Country’s new income transfer program, Auxílio Brasil, is expected to benefit 17 million Brazilians

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Announced in August this year, the new income transfer program, the Brazil Aid, is expected to replace the Bolsa Familia in November. To talk about the new features and differentials of Brazil Aid, the Minister of Citizenship, João Roma, was the interviewee of this Sunday’s Brasil em Pauta.

According to the minister, the new program will interconnect state tools and integrate public policies for low-income or vulnerable populations.

According to him, the central differential of the new Brazil Aid (Auxílio Brasil) is to offer social protection and the possibility of social transformation that will take place through training to access the labor market.

The program will also bring mechanisms for the protection of early childhood and food security by improving existing initiatives such as Criança Feliz and the Food Acquisition Program (PAA).

To encourage people to seek new paths without fear of losing the benefit, it is being made possible, according to Roma, a rule of permanence in which the person, even if he gets a job, can remain for up to two years without losing the aid.

The current plan is that the amount of benefit paid each month can be increased from the current R$190 (US34.50) to around R$300. The aid, which currently covers about 14 million families, will now cover 17 million.