CHECKLIST OF REQUIREMENTS

REGISTRATION OF A SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Name of SWDA: _________________________________________________________________

a. Accomplished Applicant Form

b. Certified true copy of certificate of Registration and Articles of

Incorporation and by-laws indicating that the purview of social
welfare and development issued by any of the following
regulatory government agencies that gives a juridical
personality to a SWDA to operate in the Philippines:
b.1. SEC – for a non-stock, non-profit or non-stock profit –
oriented – entity
b.2. CDA – for a Cooperative

c. Updated certification e.g. Certificate of Corporation

Filling/Accomplished SEC General Information Sheet or
Certificate of Good Standing from any of the above –
mentioned regulatory government agencies if the date of
registration with the operation if the date of registration with
the concerned regulatory government agency is more than five
(5) years prior to application.
d. Profile of governing board or its equivalent
e. Profile of employees
f. Work and financial plan

F.1. SWDA intending to operate and operating not more than 1

year – at least 6 months.

f.2. SWDA operating more than one year – at least two(2)

succeeding years.
g. Manual of Operation/Handbook containing the SWDAs
program and administrative policies, procedures and strategies
to attain its purpose/s among others
h. For those already operation prior to the application, if
applicable:

h.1. Annual Accomplished Report of the previous year.

h.2. Audited Financial Report of the previous year. Audited

Financial Report submitted to SEC, CDA and/or Bureau of
Internal Revenue (BIR) shall be accepted. However, financial
 report conform to the DSWD template shall also be submitted.
For those SWDAs with a total revenue of less than Php.
500,000, an unaudited financial statement prepared by the
Financial Officer and concurred by the Head of Agency may
suffice.

h.3. Profile of client/beneficiary/community served/caseload

inventory for the preceding and current year.
i. For those operating in more than one region:

i.1. Validation assessment report from any of the following

attesting to the existence and status of operation of the SWDA
in the area/s of jurisdiction.

 DSWD-FO/s
 Local Government Unit/s
 ABSNET Regional/Cluster

If not available upon SWDA’s application, the

Standards Bureau shall request such certification of existence from the
concerned DSWD-FOs in which the latter is expected to provide
response fifteen (15) working days upon receipt of the Bureau’s
request.

If Auxiliary SWDA. A certified true copy of the written

agreement of partnership or cooperation to implement or take
part in the implementation of the SWDA’s SWD programs or
services in the specific region/s e.g. Memorandum of
agreement (MOA), Contract of Partnership, among others,
may be considered.
i.2. List of main and satellite/branch offices to include the
contact person/s, address/es and contact number/s and
programs and services to be or being implemented. If with
satellite/branch offices.