Caixa Econômica Federal pays Friday (21) the February installment of the new Bolsa Familia to beneficiaries with social registration number (NIS) of the end 5.
The minimum amount corresponds to R $ 600, but with the new additional the average value of the benefit rises to R $ 671.81. According to the Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, this month the federal government’s income transfer program will reach 20.55 million families, with expense of R $ 13.81 billion.
In addition to the minimum benefit, there is a payment of three additional. The Nutriz Family Variable Benefit pays six installments of R $ 50 to mothers of babies up to six months of age, to ensure the child’s diet. Bolsa Familia also pays an increase of $ 50 to families with pregnant women and children from 7 to 18 years old and another, from $ 150, to families with children up to 6 years old.
In the traditional model of Bolsa Familia, payment occurs in the last ten business days of each month. The beneficiary can consult information about payment dates, the benefit amount and the composition of the installments in the Caixa application application, used to track the bank’s digital savings accounts.
The beneficiaries of 623 cities received payment on Monday (17), regardless of NIS. The measure benefited residents of Rio Grande do Sul, affected by floods from April to June, and from six more states, affected by rain or drought. In addition to all 497 municipalities from Rio Grande do Sul and 62 from Amazonas, the unified payment occurred in 16 cities of Paraná, 14 of Sergipe, ten from Mato Grosso, nine Sao Paulo, seven from Minas Gerais, six from Bahia and two from Piauí.
Since last year, Bolsa Familia beneficiaries have no longer have the discount of the defense insurance. The change was established by Law 14.601/2023which rescued the Bolsa Familia (PBF) program. Defense insurance is paid to people who survive exclusively from artisanal fishing and cannot perform the activity during the piracema period (fish reproduction).
Protection rule
About 2.92 million families are in the protection rule in February. In force since June 2023, this rule allows families whose members get employment and improve income receive 50% of the benefit they would be entitled to up to two years, provided that each member receives the equivalent of up to half a minimum wage. For these families, the average benefit was R $ 367.63.
Register
Since July 2023, the integration of Bolsa Familia data is valid with the National Register of Social Information (CNIS). Based on the intersection of information, about 31,000 of families were canceled from the program this month because they had income above the rules established by Bolsa Familia. CNIS has more than 80 billion administrative records related to income, formal employment links and social security benefits and care paid by the INSS.
On the other hand, another 101,000 of families were included in the program in February. Inclusion was possible because of the active search policy, based on the restructuring of the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS) and which focuses on the most vulnerable people who are entitled to income supplement, but do not receive the benefit.
Gas
Gas aid will also be paid this Friday to families registered in the Single Registry for Social Programs of the Federal Government (Cadúnico), with NIS Final 5. The amount rose to R $ 106 this month.
Lasting until the end of 2026, the program benefits 5.42 million families. With the approval of the constitutional amendment of the transition, at the end of 2022, the benefit was maintained 100% of the average price of the 13 kg cylinder.
It can only receive gas assistance those who are included in the cadunic and have at least one family member who receives the continued benefit (BPC) benefit. The law that created the program has defined that the woman responsible for the family will preference, as well as women victims of domestic violence.
