Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian leads on Wednesday (January 21) the inauguration ceremony of the new office for the Innovations and Program Development Group (IPDG) at the Diliman Commercial Center along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City.
The new office will serve as the central headquarters of the IPDG, which is under the office of Undersecretary Edu Punay. It will also house the Enhanced Partnership Against Poverty (EPAPH), as well as the Tara Basa! Tutoring Program (TBTP), the DSWD’s reformatted educational assistance program. Initiated by Secretary Gatchalian, the TBTP was launched in August 2023 and was designated as a flagship program in 2024 by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr through Executive Order (EO) No. 76.
Joining the office inauguration and blessing were Asst. Secretary Atty. Baldr Bringas of the IPDG; Director Peter Paul Ang of the IPDG’s Media Welfare Unit and Advocacy Team; Director Elma Salamat of the TBTP’s National Program Management Office (NPMO); and Deputy Program Manager, Director Camille Taguba of the IPDG’s Walang Gutom Program. (KB)
