Assessment of CIU

Participating in this assessment study in the latter half of 2013 were 371 respondents of
which 157 are CIU clients, 87 are referring partners, 63 are receiving partners, and 64 are
crisis intervention unit (CIU) staff or program implementers from 17 Regional or Field
Offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The clients were
beneficiaries of the CIUs who are disadvantaged by limited education, lack if not absence of
employable skills, and/or inadequate personal resources to meet their needs. On the other
hand, the receiving partners are either government, non-government and private
organizations which accept referrals from the DSWD-CIU and take responsibility in providing
some forms of temporary and short-term support to victims of crisis situations, while the
referring partners are either government, non-government and private organizations which
refer clients to DSWD-CIU for providing temporary and short-term support to victims of
crisis situations