DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES / STRENGTHS

• Relatively high poverty incidence

• Number of hospital beds below national level

• Sufficient number of teachers and classrooms

• Number of firemen is below the required standards

• Limited access to abundant source of quality water

• Development shock of displaced farmers and landless workers

• Sufficient number of medical practitioners

• Low fire incidence

IDENTIFIED STRATEGIES

• Joining hands with other key players in keeping poverty reduction at the forefront of development initiatives

• Effectively provide health services and uphold the practice of specialized medicine

• Create an atmosphere conducive for the practice of medical profession, particularly specialized medicine

• Enhance social services for the poor

• Continue the infrastructure support for the education sector

• Advocacy and social mobilization to gain/sustain for education programs.

• Enhance people νs awareness on fire prevention

• Expand the water distribution system to include all barangays

• Reduction of biases on industrial job skills and qualification to promote a labor-intensive

atmosphere for the industry that must flexibly accommodates not only displaced

labor but also existing landless workers and those who are forced to suffer most from

development shock

PRIORITY INVESTMENTS

• Barangay Integrated Development Approach for Nutrition Improvement (BIDANI)

• Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning (IRAP)

• Health Care Programs

• Construction of New Health Facilities to promote specialized medicine

• Agad na Serbisyong Bayan

• Construction of School Buildings

• San Jose City Vocational Scholarship

• Local Fire Fighting Program

• Aid to San Jose City Water District (SJCWD)

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