SSS: Qualified members with P10,000 monthly salary credit or below to get UPLIFT aid

The Social Security System (SSS) on Wednesday announced that eligible members under the expanded coverage of the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) UPLIFT Assistance program will receive up to P8,000 in financial assistance beginning October 30, 2026.

In a news release, the SSS said the latest payout will cover qualified SSS members with monthly salary credits (MSC) not exceeding P10,000.

The UPLIFT Assistance aid consists of four tranches of P2,000 each, to be credited directly to their registered SSS disbursement accounts, it said.

The pension fund said the DSWD, in coordination with the agency, earlier expanded the program to provide additional assistance to qualified members with MSCs not exceeding P10,000, beyond the assistance previously available to members with up to P20,000 MSC.

The SSS, however, clarified that having an MSC not exceeding P10,000 does not automatically entitle a member to UPLIFT Assistance.

“To qualify, members must also have paid at least one SSS contribution in 2025 or 2026 and be included in the Philippine Statistics Authority's (PSA) 2024 Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) database. They must also have enrolled their disbursement accounts through the SSS Disbursement Account Enrollment Module (DAEM) within the prescribed period,” it said.

“Members are advised to check their My.SSS accounts for official notifications regarding their eligibility for UPLIFT Assistance,” it added.

Meanwhile, qualified SSS members with an MSC of P20,000 are scheduled to receive the third and fourth tranches of UPLIFT Assistance, totaling P4,000, on November 6, 2026, following the DSWD’s successful release of the first and second tranches of aid earlier this year.

“Eligible beneficiaries who have not received any UPLIFT Assistance will receive the full P8,000 covering all four tranches,” the SSS said.

“Those who have already received the first two tranches totaling P4,000 will receive an additional P4,000 for the third and fourth tranches. These will be credited simultaneously to the beneficiaries' registered SSS disbursement accounts,” the pension fund added. —NB, GMA News