Caixa starts paying Bolsa Família with an additional R$ 150

Benefit

The minimum value corresponds to R$ 600, but with the new additional benefit the average value rises to R$ 669.93.

This Monday (20), Caixa Econômica Federal will start paying the March installment of Bolsa Família. This will be the first installment with an additional R$ 150 for families with children up to 6 years old.

Beneficiaries with Social Registration Number (NIS) at the end of 1 now receive. The minimum amount corresponds to R$ 600, but with the new addition the average value of the benefit rises to R$ 669.93.

According to the Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, this month the federal government’s income transfer program will reach 21.1 million families, with an expenditure of R$ 14 billion. With the review of the registry, which eliminated mainly families consisting of a single person, 1.48 million beneficiaries were excluded from Bolsa Família and 694.2 thousand families were included, of which 335.7 thousand with children up to 6 years old.

Since the beginning of the year, the social program has been renamed Bolsa Família. The minimum amount of BRL 600 was guaranteed after the approval of the Constitutional Amendment of the Transition, which allowed the spending of up to BRL 145 billion outside the cap this year, of which BRL 70 billion is destined to fund the benefit.

The payment of the additional R$ 150 is starting this month, after a fine-tooth comb in the Single Registry for Social Programs of the Federal Government (CadÚnico), in order to eliminate fraud. In June, the payment of an additional R$ 50 will begin per pregnant woman, per child aged 7 to 12 years and per adolescent aged 12 to 18 years.

In the traditional Bolsa Família model, payment takes place in the last ten business days of each month. The beneficiary will be able to consult information about payment dates, the amount of the benefit and the composition of the installments in the Caixa Tem application, used to monitor the bank’s digital savings accounts.

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