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New Bolsa Família welfare program to pay BRL 260 per beneficiary

Launched this Thursday (Mar. 2), the new Bolsa Família income transfer program will pay, on average, BRL 260 per beneficiary, said Minister of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight Against Hunger, Wellington Dias, in an interview with A Voz do Brasil, a program broadcast by Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC). The benefit will start being paid on March 20."Each beneficiary will receive an average of BRL 260, the minimum value stands at BRL 143. Back then, it was BRL 30 per person," the minister explained. "Our goal is to interrupt a history of poverty and the Bolsa Família is a great anchor," he added.Bolsa Família is aimed at families in situations of economic and social vulnerability. To be eligible, beneficiaries must meet some criteria, such as having per capita incom...

Lula calls for strict inspection of new Bolsa Família welfare program

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Lula calls for strict inspection of new Bolsa Família welfare program

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva demanded, this Thursday (2), a strict inspection by the whole of society on who is receiving Bolsa Família welfare program. He signed, in a ceremony at the Planalto Palace, the provisional measure that recreates the income transfer program and the public inspection and social control network of the Cadastro Único (CadÚnico).“This is not the program of a government, of a president, this is the program of Brazilian society and that will only work if society assumes the responsibility of inspecting the Cadastro Único. The program will only work if the registration allows the benefit to reach exactly the women, men and children who need this money”, said Lula, during the event.He cited, among other inspection agents, the federal and state public ministri...

Larger families to get welfare boost under Bolsa Família

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Larger families to get welfare boost under Bolsa Família

The new rules for the Bolsa Família income transfer program will be included in a provisional measure to be signed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília on Thursday (Mar. 2).A provisional measure is a prerogative of Brazil’s president. It has a fixed term and needs Congress approval.Besides bringing back its former requirements, the program will offer extra amounts for larger families. One such supplement was among President Lula’s most popular campaign promises, boosts the grant by BRL 150 per child aged up to six, in addition to the full BRL 600 family allowance. Another BRL 50 is to be paid for each dependent between the ages of seven and 18.The move restores the original model designed during Lula’s first government, in the 2000s, requiring children’s steady school a...