What is KALAHI-CIDSS?
•    The
 Kapit‐Bisig
 Laban
 sa
 Kahirapan
 ‐
 Comprehensive
 and
 Integrated
 Delivery
 of
 Social
 Services
 or
 Kalahi‐ CIDSS
 program
 is
 a poverty
 alleviation
 program
 of
 the
 DSWD
 that uses
 a
 community‐driven
 development 
(CDD)
 approach.
 The
 program
 provides
 resources
 to
 poor
 rural
 municipalities
 for
 public
 goods
 investment
 and
 promote 
people’s
 participation in governance.

•    Kalahi‐CIDSS 
uses 
the 
community-driven 
development
 approach
 to
 empower 
local 
communities
 through capacity
 building 
and 
implementation 
support 
for 
participation
 in 
local 
governance and provision 
of 
barangay 
grants
 for 
involvement 
in 
the 
design 
and 
implementation
 of 
poverty‐reduction 
projects.

Why Community‐Driven
 Development approach?
Community Driven Development (CDD) approaches 
have
 been 
proven 
to 
be 
effective 
in 
empowering
 communities, 
especially
 the
 poor,
 to
 participate
 in
 governance
 to
 ensure
 that
 their
 needs
 are
 properly
 addressed
 and
 that
resources
 are
 allocated
 and
 used for
 these
 needs.
 At
 the
 same
 time,
 CDD
 supports
 poor
 LGUs
 in
 local 
development.
 Through
 participatory 
processes, 
LGUs 
become 
more 
effective 
leaders 
in 
addressing 
the 
needs
 of
 the
 community
 while
 community
 members
 are
 empowered
 to participate
 in
 governance
 and
 demand
 social 
accountability
 from
 their 
leaders.