The Department assumes 2 roles in every disaster incident. This includes the inter-agency coordination during disaster response through the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Response Pillar and provision of Social Protection Services including relief assistance, evacuation camp coordination and management, and Internally Displaced Person (IDP) Protection. With this, the DSWD was able to deliver the following:

 

• Relief Assistance. This is the provision of Food and Non-Food Items (FNFI) to the disaster affected families. DSWD provided Php 358, 201, 168.07 worth of relief assistance to 696, 807 affected families in all regions. It was ensured that the IDPs inside and outside the evacuation centers were provided adequate assistance to sustain their basic food and shelter needs;
• Cash-for-Work (CFW). This is a short-term intervention which provides transitional support and citizenship building through temporary employment in exchange for community works participated and/or trainings either along disaster mitigation, preparedness, response or early recovery and rehabilitation initiatives to provide alternative source of income to the families. DSWD provided Php 7, 7373, 030, 476.00 worth of financial assistance to 520, 002 affected families in Regions I, II, III, IV-A, IV-B, V, Vi, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, NCR, CAR and ARMM;
• Transitional Shelters. The DSWD provided 1, 386 shelters in partnership with International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Regions VIII and IX;
• Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA). This refers to the provision of emergency “self-build” shelter assistance through limited materials or financial assistance to augment resources of affected families who opted not to be transferred to a resettlement site. ESA enables them to purchase shelter materials required in the construction or repair of damaged houses which were partially or totally destroyed as a result of natural or man-made disaster/calamity. DSWD provided Php 18, 778, 410, 000.00 worth of financial or material assistance to 1, 015, 737 families in Regions IV-B, VI, VI with damaged houses due to STY Yolanda; and
• Core/Modified Shelter Assistance Program (C/MSAP). This is the provision of environment-friendly, structurally strng shelter units that can withstand up to 220 khp wind velocity, earthquakes up to intensity 4 of the Richter scale and other similar natural hazards in relocation sites provided by the national or local government units and using locally available materials to revitalize local economy. DSWD provided 74, 567 shelter units worth Php 5, 728, 560, 000.00 in partnership with UN Habitat, Habitat for Humanity and LGUs in Regions I, II, III, IV-A, IV-B, V, Vi, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, NCR, CAR and ARMM.