Section 3. Definition of Terms.— As used in this Act, the following terms are defined, as follows:

1. Authorized Government Depository Banks refer to banking institutions accredited and managed by government which is also categorized as government-owned and -controlled corporation (GOCC) or government financial institution;

2. Case Management refers to a process used by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to enable the household-beneficiaries to improve their functioning by dealing with their difficulties specifically in complying with the terms of the program;

3. Compliance Verification refers to the checking and monitoring undertaken to ensure that the qualified household-beneficiaries comply with conditions for entitlement set forth by the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps);

4. Conditional Cash Grant refers to the amount received by the qualified household-beneficiaries who comply with the conditions for entitlement;

5. Grantee refers to the most responsible adult member of the qualified household-beneficiary authorized to receive the conditional cash transfer;

6. Grievance Redress System refers to the mechanism of the DSWD which addresses and resolves issues and concerns related to the implementation of the Program;

7. Health Facility refers to a barangay health station, rural health unit, barangay health center, infirmary or hospital;

8. Institutionalization refers to making the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) an added function of the DSWD and a regular program funded from its annual appropriation;

9. Poor refers to households whose income falls below the poverty threshold as defined by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and cannot afford in a sustained manner to provide their minimum basic needs of food, health, education, housing and other essential amenities of life;

10. Preventive Health Check-up refers to health and nutrition services comprising of complete immunization, deworming, growth and development monitoring, management of childhood diseases; malnutrition, and services for pregnant, lactating and post-partum women;

11. Qualified Household-Beneficiaries refer to households identified by the DSWD for entitlement to the monthly conditional cash grants as provided under Section 6 of this Act;

12. Responsible Person refers to the parent or guardian in the qualified household-beneficiary;

13. Standardized Targeting System refers to a system for identifying who and where the poor households are through the generation of socioeconomic database of poor households that is adopted by national government agencies and implemented by the DSWD; and

14. Sustainable Livelihood Program refers to the livelihood and capability building program managed by the DSWD for the poor, vulnerable and marginalized families and individuals to help improve their socioeconomic conditions. The one-time livelihood assistance is in the form of microenterprise development (MD) and employment facilitation (EF). The MD track provides microenterprise interventions to the poor or savings generation while the EF track provides interventions that facilitate employment.