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What is the duty of the Department of Social Welfare in regards to guardianship or custody proceedings?
What is the duty of the Department of Social Welfare in regards to guardianship or custody proceedings?
- To provide education to the child
- To provide financial assistance to the child
- To make a case study of every child and submit a report to the court (correct)
- To deny petitions for guardianship or custody
Under what circumstances will the Department of Social Welfare intervene on behalf of the child?
Under what circumstances will the Department of Social Welfare intervene on behalf of the child?
- If the child is refused admission to a public school
- If the parents are indigent
- If it finds, after its case study, that the petition for guardianship or custody should be denied (correct)
- If the child is not enrolled in school
What is the goal of the compulsory education policy?
What is the goal of the compulsory education policy?
- To provide financial assistance to indigent parents
- To ensure all children acquire at least an elementary education (correct)
- To provide education only to children living in urban areas
- To deny admission to public schools
What is the requirement for parents under the Child and Youth Welfare Code?
What is the requirement for parents under the Child and Youth Welfare Code?
What is the purpose of the assistance provided to parents under the Child and Youth Welfare Code?
What is the purpose of the assistance provided to parents under the Child and Youth Welfare Code?
Which of the following is a right ensured by the Child and Youth Welfare Code?
Which of the following is a right ensured by the Child and Youth Welfare Code?
What is the purpose of the Council for the Welfare of Children established under the Office of the President?
What is the purpose of the Council for the Welfare of Children established under the Office of the President?
According to the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006, how should the provisions of this Act be interpreted in case of doubt?
According to the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006, how should the provisions of this Act be interpreted in case of doubt?
What type of institution provides care and protection to abandoned, neglected, or abused children?
What type of institution provides care and protection to abandoned, neglected, or abused children?
Which of the following is NOT a type of child and youth welfare agency?
Which of the following is NOT a type of child and youth welfare agency?
What is the role of the Department of Social Welfare in relation to child and youth welfare agencies?
What is the role of the Department of Social Welfare in relation to child and youth welfare agencies?
What is the purpose of the Child and Youth Welfare Code?
What is the purpose of the Child and Youth Welfare Code?
What is the primary consideration in all actions concerning children, as stated in the Republic Act 9231?
What is the primary consideration in all actions concerning children, as stated in the Republic Act 9231?
What is the role of the State in situations of child abuse, exploitation, and discrimination?
What is the role of the State in situations of child abuse, exploitation, and discrimination?
What is the focus of the program for prevention and deterrence of child abuse, exploitation, and discrimination?
What is the focus of the program for prevention and deterrence of child abuse, exploitation, and discrimination?
What is the principle guiding the actions of public and private institutions, courts, and authorities concerning children?
What is the principle guiding the actions of public and private institutions, courts, and authorities concerning children?
What is the State's policy towards child labor and its worst forms?
What is the State's policy towards child labor and its worst forms?
What is the ultimate goal of the Republic Act 9231 regarding children?
What is the ultimate goal of the Republic Act 9231 regarding children?
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Study Notes
The Child and Youth Welfare Code – P.D 603
- The Department of Social Welfare is responsible for making a case study of every child involved in guardianship or custody proceedings and submitting a report with recommendations to the court.
- The Department of Social Welfare can intervene on behalf of the child if it finds that the petition for guardianship or custody should be denied.
Education
- The state ensures that no child is refused admission to public schools.
- Parents are required to enroll their children in schools to complete at least an elementary education.
- Assistance is provided to parents, especially indigent ones, to enable children to acquire an elementary education.
Child and Youth Welfare Agencies
- The Department of Social Welfare coordinates public and private child welfare agencies that provide care and protection to children.
- Classifications of child and youth welfare agencies include:
- Child-caring institutions
- Detention homes
- Shelter care institutions
- Receiving homes
- Nurseries
- Maternity homes
- Rehabilitation centers
- Reception and study centers
- Child-placing agencies
Council for the Welfare of Children
- The Council for the Welfare of Children was established under the Office of the President.
- The Council is composed of the Secretary of Social Welfare as Chairman and seven members.
Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 – Republic Act 9344
- The Act is construed liberally in favor of the child in conflict with the law in case of doubt.
- The State provides special protection to children from abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation, and discrimination.
Protection of Children
- The State intervenes on behalf of the child when the parent, guardian, teacher, or person having care or custody of the child fails or is unable to protect the child against abuse, exploitation, and discrimination.
- The best interest of children is the paramount consideration in all actions concerning them.
- The State protects and rehabilitates children gravely threatened or endangered by circumstances affecting their survival and normal development.
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