SSS members with ₱10,000 salary credit or below to get up to ₱8,000 in UPLIFT aid

Social Security System (SSS) members with monthly salary credits (MSC) of ₱10,000 or less may receive up to ₱8,000 in financial assistance starting October 30, 2026, under the expanded UPLIFT Assistance program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), according to Mindanao Times.

The aid is released in four tranches of ₱2,000 each and will be credited directly to members' registered SSS disbursement accounts, the SSS said in an announcement from Quezon City.

The DSWD, working with the SSS, earlier widened the program to give additional help to members with MSCs not exceeding ₱10,000. The assistance had previously been available to members with salary credits of up to ₱20,000.

The SSS stressed that a low MSC does not automatically qualify a member. Beneficiaries must also have paid at least one SSS contribution in 2025 or 2026, be listed in the Philippine Statistics Authority's 2024 Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) database, and have enrolled their disbursement accounts through the SSS Disbursement Account Enrollment Module (DAEM) within the set period.

Members are advised to check their My.SSS accounts for official notices on whether they are eligible.

Separately, qualified members with an MSC of ₱20,000 are set to receive the third and fourth tranches, worth a combined ₱4,000, on November 6, 2026. The DSWD released the first and second tranches earlier this year.

Eligible members who have not yet received any UPLIFT Assistance will get the full ₱8,000 covering all four tranches, while those who already received the first ₱4,000 will get the remaining ₱4,000. The tranches will be credited at the same time, according to the SSS.