Caixa Econômica Federal will pay this Tuesday (20) the August installment of the new Bolsa Família to beneficiaries with Social Registration Number (NIS) ending in 2.
The minimum amount corresponds to R$600, but with the new additional amount the average benefit value rises to R$681.09. According to the Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, this month the federal government’s income transfer program will reach 20.76 million families, with an expenditure of R$14.12 billion.
In addition to the minimum benefit, three additional payments are made. The Variable Family Nursing Benefit pays six installments of R$50 to mothers of babies up to six months old, to ensure the child’s nutrition. The 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, payments are made in the last ten business days of each month. Beneficiaries can check information about payment dates, benefit amounts and installment composition in the Caixa Tem app, which is used to monitor the bank’s digital savings accounts.
Starting this year, Bolsa Família beneficiaries will no longer receive the Seguro Defeso discount. The change was established by Law 14.601/2023, which revived the Bolsa Família Program. Seguro Defeso is paid to people who survive exclusively on artisanal fishing and who cannot carry out the activity during the piracema period (fish reproduction).
Register
Since July of last year, the integration of Bolsa Família data with the National Social Information Registry (CNIS) has been in effect. Based on the cross-referencing of information, approximately 170,000 families were removed from the program this month for having income above the established rules. The CNIS has more than 80 billion administrative records relating to income, formal employment relationships and social security and welfare benefits paid by the INSS.
In compensation, another 200,000 families were included in the program this month. The inclusion was possible because of the active search policy, based on the restructuring of the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS), which focuses on the most vulnerable people who are entitled to the income supplement, but who do not receive the benefit.
Protection rule
Around 2.74 million families are covered by the protection rule in August. In effect since June of last year, this rule allows families whose members get a job and improve their income to receive 50% of the benefit to which they would otherwise 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$371.04.
Gas Aid
The Gas Aid will also be paid this Tuesday to families registered in the Single Registry for Social Programs of the Federal Government (CadÚnico), with NIS ending in 2. The amount was maintained at R$102, due to recent reductions in the price of the cylinder.
The program is expected to last until the end of 2026 and benefits around 5.8 million families. With the approval of the Transitional Constitutional Amendment at the end of 2022, the benefit was maintained at 100% of the average price of a 13 kg gas cylinder.
Only those who are registered with CadÚnico and have at least one family member who receives the Continuous Benefit Payment (BPC) can receive the Gas Aid. The law that created the program defined that the woman responsible for the family will have preference, as well as women who are victims of domestic violence.
