Tag: DSWD statement on food stamps

Credits received under Food Stamp Program should complement beneficiaries’ existing income: DSWD

(Eagle News)–The Department of Social Welfare and Development clarified on Saturday, Sept. 30, that the food credits beneficiaries receive under the Food Stamp Program should merely complement their income. Under the FSP launched by the World Food Programme of the United Nations in Siargao Island beneficiaries receive P3,000 worth of food credits loaded to Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Cards. The EBT cards can then be used to purchase food products in all DSWD-accredited merchants and […]