Caixa Econômica Federal pays this Thursday (28) the November installment of the new Bolsa Família to beneficiaries with a Social Registration Number (NIS) ending at 9. The minimum amount corresponds to R$600, but, with the new additional amount, the average value of the benefit rises to R$681.22.
According to the Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, this month the federal government’s income transfer program will reach 20.77 million families, with expenditure of R$14.11 billion.
In addition to the minimum benefit, there is the payment of three additional benefits. The Nutriz Family Variable Benefit pays six installments of R$50 to mothers of babies up to 6 months of age, to guarantee the child’s nutrition. Bolsa Família also pays an additional R$50 to families with pregnant women and children aged 7 to 18 and another R$150 to families with children up to 6 years old.
In the traditional Bolsa Família model, payment occurs in the last ten working days of each month. The beneficiary will be able to consult information about payment dates, the value of the benefit and the composition of the installments in the Caixa Tem application, used to monitor the bank’s digital savings accounts.
Residents of Rio Grande do Sul, affected by floods from April to June, and four other states (Amazonas, Pará, Paraná and Sergipe) received the Bolsa Família payment in a unified manner on the 14th, regardless of their NIS number. The unified payment benefited 62 municipalities in Amazonas and 140 in Pará affected by drought and low rivers, four municipalities in Paraná and eight municipalities in Sergipe affected by heavy rains.
Starting this year, Bolsa Família beneficiaries no longer have the Defeso Insurance discount. The change was established by Law 14,601/2023which rescued the Bolsa Família Program (PBF). Defeso Insurance is paid to people who survive exclusively from artisanal fishing and who cannot carry out the activity during the piracema period (fish reproduction).
Protection rule
Around 2.83 million families are under the protection rule in November. In force since June last year, the protection rule allows families whose members get a job and improve their income to receive 50% of the benefit to which they would be entitled for up to two years, as long as each member receives the equivalent of up to half the minimum wage. For these families, the average benefit was R$372.85.
Gas Aid
This month there will be no payment of Gas Aid, which benefits families registered with CadÚnico. As the benefit is only paid every two months, payment will return in December.
Only those who are included in CadÚnico and have at least one family member who receives the Continuous Payment Benefit (BPC) can receive Gas Aid. The law that created the program defined that the woman responsible for the family will have preference, as well as women victims of domestic violence.
