Eligible SSS members to get P8K UPLIFT aid
The Philippine Social Security System (SSS) is launching an expanded financial aid program called 'Uplift' for eligible members starting October 30. Qualified members with low monthly salary credits will receive up to P8,000 in assistance.
Why it matters
This program provides essential economic relief to low-income workers in the Philippines, highlighting government efforts to mitigate financial hardship.
STARTING Oct. 30, eligible members of the Social Security System (SSS) who are covered by the expanded Uplift assistance program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will receive up to P8,000 in financial aid.SSS President and CEO Victor Alfonso Limlingan said the upcoming payout will benefit qualified SSS members whose monthly salary credit (MSC) does not exceed P10,000.Uplift, or Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food and Transport, assistance would be disbursed in four tranches of P2,000 each, credited directly to beneficiaries' registered SSS disbursement accounts, Limlingan said.Working in coordination with the SSS, the DSWD extended the program to extend additional assistance to qualified members with an MSC not exceeding P10,000, supplementing the aid previously available to members with an MSC of up to P20,000.The SSS emphasized, however, that an MSC not exceeding P10,000 does not automatically qualify a member for Uplift assistance.To be eligible, members must also…
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