WHEREAS, it
is the responsibility of the state to protect the young, enable them to
survive and develop, and help them to assume their responsibilities as
citizens, now and in the future, in order to achieve for themselves and
the generations after them self-fulfillment and happiness; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is mandated by the Constitution and the provision of
Presidential Decree No. 603 that operational services be installed, by
both public and private agencies to achieve this objective;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is a need to preserve and strengthen the family as a
basic social institution in the delivery of services of children and
youth;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there are twenty million children and youth below 21 years of
age, with special priority for those belonging to families earning less
than the subsistence level; and
WHEREAS, in the recently concluded President's Conference for the
Welfare of the Filipino Children and Youth the need to strengthen
social services was clearly emphasized;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. Programs, services and strategies must be
geared for the following purposes:cralaw:red
(a) Strengthen the family as the basic social
institution for the development of children and youth, particularly its
unity and socio-economic stability.
(b) Integrated religious and cultural values in all
services for families, children and youth.
(c) Maximize responsible participation by the youth
planning, decision-making, implementation and evaluation. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(d) Provide for linkages with the economic and
industrial sectors so that the services will be part of the national
economic development program.
(e) Develop and make available substitute parental
care for children and youth who can not be serve in their own homes.
(f) Establish on the regional level, detention
centers for youth officers and rehabilitation centers for children and
youth with special needs.
Section 2. The Department of Social Services and
Development shall establish a comprehensive operational network under
its administrative machinery and a unified system which will not ensure
the child and youth service delivery system under Presidential Decree
No. 603 but also foster coordination and collaboration among agencies
as soon as possible for the proper delivery of services at all
levels. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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