Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa program (PNA file photo by Robert Alfiler) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development Region-Northern Mindanao (DSWD-10) has received 515 families under the "Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa" (BP2) program during the first half of the year. Rosemarie Conde, DSWD-10 Assistant Director for Operations said during the Cabinet Officers for Regional Development and Security Region 10 (CORDS-10) webcast Saturday night that the most recent dispatch on May 31 was composed of 10 families. The families were given a PHP50,000 livelihood settlement grant. BP2 families also get transitory shelter or rental subsidies while waiting for the assessment of their permanent housing assistance. On May 6, 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order 114 which institutionalized BP2, with the primary goal of ensuring balanced regional development and equitable distribution of wealth, resources, and opportunities in the countryside.