Manila, Feb. 11 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to partner with various government agencies to help Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries gain access to other government programs, an agency official said on Tuesday.

"Poverty alleviation is not the sole responsibility of one government agency, it must be a whole-of-nation approach. With this, the 4Ps continues its partnership with other government agencies to help its grantees avail of programs and services that are not within the mandate of the DSWD," Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao said in a news release.

Among the partners of the program is the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) which provided tertiary educational support to 2...