Revisiting auxiliary social services for persons with disability: The Philippines case

Abstract

AbstractUsing multiple case studies design, the paper examined how selected local governments in the Philippines implement the policy on auxiliary social services for persons with disability (PWDs) and analyzed how the implementation is influenced by factors such as local policy guidelines, financial resources, and local institutional actors. It was found that local policies play a key role in providing knowledge and guidance to local governments on social services that need to be delivered and could serve as basis for budget allocation. Financial resources can also influence the operation of the unit/office responsible to deliver the services, the types of services that the local government is able to deliver, the number of PWDs that can be provided with services, and the capacity building activities for local government workers. Likewise, local institutional actors can affect the functionality of responsible offices as well as the extent and coverage of services provided to PWDs.