VII. Beneficiaries

Target beneficiaries shall include but not limited to the following:

1. Drug dependent surrenderers and family members;
2. Out-of-school youth;
3. Unemployed;
4. Underemployed;
5. Industry workers obtaining skills upgrading training programs;
6. OFWs and their dependents;
7. Basic and marginalized sectors such as:
   • Persons with Disabilities (PWDs);
   • Farmers and fishermen;
   • Disadvantaged women;
   • Indigenous Peoples (IPs);
   • Solo parents and their children;
   • Senior citizens;
   • Rebel returnees/decommissioned combatants;
   • Wounded in-action (WIA) AFP and PNP personnel;
   • Urban and rural poor;
   • Victims of Natural Disasters and Calamities;
   • Victims of Human Trafficking;
   • Displaced Higher Education Institutions (HEls) teaching personnel;
   • Micro entrepreneurs and their family members;
   • Cooperatives intending to engage or expand business enterprise;
   • Employees with contractual/Job Order status to help them engage in entrepreneurial activities and consequently become contributors to jobs generation;
   • Farmers and fishermen and family members;
8. Other marginalized groups may also avail of the scholarship program subject to pre- qualification;
9. Other targeted special groups:
   • Family members of AFP and PNP personnel killed and wounded in-action (KWIA);
   • Inmates and detainees including their families;
10. TVET Trainers; and
11. Currently employed workers (CACW).

The beneficiaries must be at least 18 years of age at the time he/she finished the program.