DSWD figures show around 3.9 million families across the country are enrolled in the program as of March 31, 2013. In Valenzuela City, beneficiary families are at 11,288. Around 3,000 families nationwide have been removed from the program so far due to fraudulent acts, none of them from Valenzuela City.

Beneficiaries count their money after withdrawing their stipend. The DWSD NCR Regional Office distributed the cash cards of newest batch of 7,454 Valenzuela City beneficiary families from July 11 to 18.

The national government started the CCT in 2008 as a poverty-alleviation program of the national government. The program selects families who most need assistance and provides them with a minimum monthly stipend of P800 (P500 for health and nutrition, and anothr P300 for the education of children aged three to 14.)

With the volume of beneficiaries who turned up for their stipend, a DSWD staff provides assistance to speed up their transaction. The department disburses the stipend to beneficiaries through various means, the Land Bank cash card being the most common.