Department Order No. 1, series of 2008 [download]

Adoption of the Targeting System for Poverty Reduction as a mechanism for identifying potential beneficiaries of the DSWD Social Protection Programs and Services.

National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) Resolution No. 18, series of 2019

Adoption of the Targeting System for Poverty Reduction as a mechanism for identifying potential beneficiaries of the DSWD Social Protection Programs and Services.

Executive Order No. 867, series of 2010 [download]

Adoption of NHTS-PR as the mechanism for identifying poor households who shall be recipients of social protection programs nationwide. All National Government Agencies (NGAs) are mandated to use the Listahanan for their social protection programs and services.

Section 6 under Rule V of the IRR of RA 11310 or the Act Institutionalizing the 4Ps [download]

The DSWD shall select qualified household beneficiaries of 4Ps using a standardized targeting system. Until a new standardized targeting system is adopted by the government, the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) or Listahanan shall be utilized by the DSWD.

Section 16.5 under Rule IV of the IRR of RA 11291, also known as the Magna Carta of the Poor [download]

The NHTS-PR database shall serve as the database of poor and near-poor households for the purposes of this Section until such time as the CBMS is fully operationalized. For purposes of matching and validation, the NAPC shall enjoin the implementing departments and agencies to locate their existing beneficiary lists with the NHTS-PR database.

17th RDC III Resolution 03-45-2023 [download]

Enjoining the Regional Line Agencies and Local Government Units in Central Luzon to Adopt the Listahanan of the Department of Social Welfare and Development for the implementation of different social protection programs and services.