DSWD is working toward more prepared frontline responders by strengthening skills in crisis intervention, trauma care, psychological first aid, and referral mechanisms.
The administration is pushing downstream development to connect Philippine mineral resources with manufacturing, electronics, battery production, and renewable energy technologies.
Food security among Filipino households remains a DSWD priority even as the latest figures indicate improvement in the country's involuntary hunger situation.
OFW welfare remains a focus as the Philippines and New Zealand deepen their partnership on migrant labor, responsible recruitment, and worker protection.
The Marcos administration is proposing higher funding for both AFP modernization and MUP allowances as part of its national spending priorities for 2027.