What is the Modified Conditional Cash Transfer (MCCT) Program?

The MCCT Program is designed to reach out to families who are definitely poor and more vulnerable and disadvantaged but are not covered of the Regular Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) because of their being excluded in the enumeration of the National Household Targeting System (NHTS) or Listahanan

Why are some families not included in Listahanan?

Listahanan is a household targeting system that covers only poor families that have a house or a shelter to call theirs. However, the reality is that the poorest families in need of government intervention are those who have no home or those who reside in makeshift shelters on the streets. For this reason, the MCCT was developed to respond to the needs of these families and provide them wherewithal to improve their well-being until they can be covered by the regular programs.

Why is it called “modified”?

It is “modified” because the strategy is through CCT but with modifications in terms of targeting, conditionalities, package of benefits and interventions and modes of implementation.

Who are the target beneficiaries of the MCCT?

Homeless Street Families (HSF)

Families whowho have no home or those who reside in makeshift shelters on the streets.

Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA)

Families who resides in areas which are specifically disadvantaged due to the presence of both physical and socio-economic factors.

Families in Need of Special Protection (FNSP)

Families who are identified victims of disasters or armed conflicts who are temporarily placed in evacuation centers or in transitory shelters.

In the program, the beneficiaries are called “partner families”.

What are the objectives of the MCCT Program?

The MCCT Program seeks to:

• Assist HSF in the transition from living in the streets to a more decent dwelling unit;
• Facilitate access of HSF, IPs in GIDA and other FNSP to health, education and other basic social services;
• Zero deaths among infants and children, and children under five years old;
• Zero deaths among pregnant women under normal condition;
• Ensure all 3-5 years old children are availing early childhood care and development services;
• Ensure all 6-18 years old children in target areas are in school;
• Ensure third-degree malnourished children under five years of age are rehabilitated

What are the basic qualifications required to be a partner family?

• They must have children aged 0-18 years old and/or with pregnant member of the family at the time of selection
• They must be willing and committed to comply with the program conditionalities and cooperate in the helping process
• They must be excluded from NHTS database and the Pantawid Pamilya Program

What are the benefits granted by the MCCT?

MCCT provides cash grant and appropriate social welfare interventions to HSF, IPs in GIDA, and FNSP.

It also provides partner-families with other support services or interventions which will facilitate their access to health and educational services until they are ready for mainstreaming in the regular CCT.

1. Direct Grants
   1. Education grant of P300 per month for each child in the beneficiary household if enrolled in day care, pre-school and elementary
   2. Education grant of P500 per month for each child in the beneficiary household if enrolled in high school
   3. Health grant of P750 for each beneficiary household


2. Support Services Intervention
   For HSF
   1. Shelter assistance in the amount of P4,000, which may be offered as early as the first month of membership and for a maximum period of 12 months. Payments are given to the lessor, not to the beneficiary.
   2. Access to job and livelihood opportunities, e.g. cash-for-work and thru Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), maybe offered on the fifth month of membership.
   For IP in GIDA

   Other incentives which may be used for community-initiated projects or for any communal income-generating activities.

What are the obligations of the partner family under the MCCT?

• Attendance to school either in formal or by Alternative Delivery Mode of Learning
• Availment of health care services in accordance with Department of Health (DOH) protocols
• Attendance to Family Development Sessions

How long is the membership to MCCT?

The exposure of household beneficiaries in the program is within six months to one year as long as they remain eligible for the program and comply with the conditionalities with sufficient regularity.

For FNSP and IP in GIDA, the project is implemented in selected areas for two years. After which, they will be processed for inclusion in the regular Pantawid Pamilya.