Senior Citizens & PWDs

Mujahideen under Special Circumstance Assistance. The amount of Eight Hundred Forty Million Pesos (₱840,000,000.00) herein appropriated as Financial Assistance/Subsidy shall be used exclusively for provision of financial assistance to senior citizens and disabled Bangsamoro Mujahideen, subject to the submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, list of validated beneficiaries, and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

HadiyaPackage. The amount of Nineteen Million One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Pesos (P 19,125,000.00) herein appropriated under the Older Persons and Persons with Disability Program shall be exclusively used for the provision of care packages for Senior Citizens subject to the submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, list of validated beneficiaries and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

KalingaParasamayKapansanan. The amount of Five Hundred Forty Million Pesos (P540,000,000.00) herein appropriated under Older Persons and Persons with Disability Program shall be exclusively used for assistance to Persons with Disability, subject to the submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, list of validated beneficiaries and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

Ensuring Accessibility for Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities. All projects pertaining to the construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of public buildings shall include provisions for accessibility facilities such as ramps, handrails, tactile paving, toilets, and paved walk ways as provided in Batas Pambansa 344 R.A. No. 7277, R.A. No. 9994, their respective implementing rules and regulations, and accessible and universal design principles.

Special Development Fund Board (SDF Board). There is hereby created a Board which shall be directly under the supervision of the Office of the Chief Minister (OCM). The Board shall be supported by a Program Management Office (SDF-PMO) with sufficient personnel headed by an Executive Director equivalent to a Director IV and assisted by a Deputy Executive Director equivalent to a Director III, who shall be appointed or designated by the Chief Minister. Their appointments shall be coterminous with the appointing authority. The Chief Minister shall prescribe the organizational structure and staffing pattern of the SDF-PMO, which shall be charged against the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund (MPBF) of the Bangsamoro Government. The Board shall be chaired by the Senior Minister; other members shall be determined by the Chief Minister. The Executive Director shall serve as the Vice-Chairperson of the Board. The SDF-PMO shall serve as the Secretariat of the Board. The Chief Minister, through the Board, shall set the policies and guidelines on the selection and implementation of special development fund programs, projects, and activities (SDF-PPA). The SDF-PMO shall be responsible for the planning and implementation of SDF-PPA and shall ensure that the same is consistent with the existing Bangsamoro Development Plan, subject to the review, deliberation, and evaluation by the SDF Board. It may call upon any ministry, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of the Bangsamoro Government for such assistance as it may need in the performance of its functions. The Chief Minister may reassign any personnel of the Bangsamoro Government to the SDF-PMO upon recommendation of the Head of the SDF-PMO. The Chief Minister, upon recommendation and submission of SDF-PPAs by the SDF Board, shall review and approve the SDF-PPA in accordance with the policies and guidelines issued on the selection and implementation thereof, and shall ensure the optimal use of funds toward high-impact, capital-intensive flagship projects.