Benefits for Solo Parents BELOW Poverty Threshold

  1. Livelihood/Skills training programs and services (DOLE, TESDA, DSWD)
  2. Educational services for solo parents and their children (DepEd, TESDA, CHED)
  3. Essential health services for solo parents and their children (barangay health centers and hospitals)
  4. Housing assistance/services for qualified solo parents under the eligibility requirement of the National Housing Authority (NHA)

Benefits for Solo Parents ABOVE Poverty Threshold

1. Employment-related benefits (both private and government sector)

  • Flexible working schedule
  • Protection against work discrimination
  • 7 days parental leave in one year (must have rendered services for at least one year) with full pay, consisting of basic salary and mandatory allowances

2. Housing assistance for solo parents who are members of Government Funding Institutions (GFI) such as GSIS, SSS, and HDMF/PAGIBIG provided that they qualify under the GFI’s eligibility requirement and respective program of availment/implementing guidelines

Expanded Benefits for Solo Parents in Quezon City

  1. Individual, peer, and family counseling
  2. Positive Discipline seminar
  3. Parent Effectiveness seminar
  4. Critical Incidence Stress debriefing
  5. Self-concept Building programs
  6. Crisis Management and Spiritual Enrichment
  7. Referral for legal, health, and burial assistance
  8. Livelihood/vocational trainings and Seed Capital assistance through SB-ECO
  9. Educational assistance for indigent Solo Parent and their children
  10. Employment referrals through QC PESO

REQUIREMENTS

For NEW APPLICANTS:
a.) Accomplished application form c/o SSDD
b.) Barangay certificate
c.) 1pc. of 2×2 ID picture
d.) Birth certificate of minor child/children (xerox)

For RENEWAL:
a.) Old Solo Parent ID
b.) Barangay Certificate
c.) 1pc. 2×2 ID picture

FOR LOSS ID:
a.) Affidavit of Loss
b.) 1pc. 2×2 ID picture
c.) Accomplished Form c/o SSDD
PLUS supporting documents (ANY of the following):
a.) Xerox copy of Death Certificate of spouse (if widowed)
b.) Affidavit (circumstance of being a Solo Parent)
c.) Copy of filed/pending petition for Annulment of Marriage/Legal Separation

NOTE: Applicants must personally apply. All new and renewal applications are for an interview and home visit/assessment.