Caixa Econômica Federal begins paying the October installment of the new Bolsa Família. Beneficiaries with a Social Registration Number (NIS) ending in 1 will receive this Friday (18).
Beneficiaries in Rio Grande do Sul will receive payment this Friday, regardless of the NIS. The unified payment will benefit around 620 thousand residents of the state. Residents of municipalities in an emergency situation or state of public calamity in other states also receive Bolsa Família this Friday, regardless of the NIS.
The minimum value corresponds to R$600. 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.
In addition to the full benefit, around 2.6 million families are covered by the protection rule in October. In force since June 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 be entitled for up to two years, as long as each member receives the equivalent of up to half the minimum wage.
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).
Gas Aid
Gas Aid will also be paid this Friday to families registered in the Single Registry for Social Programs of the Federal Government (CadÚnico), with final NIS 1. The value rose to R$104 this month.
Scheduled to last until the end of 2026, the program benefits around 5.5 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-kilo cylinder.
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.
