Caixa starts paying Bolsa Família with a new additional R$ 50

Caixa Econômica Federal begins to pay the June installment of the new Bolsa Família. Beneficiaries with Social Registration Number (NIS) at the end of 1 will receive this Monday (19). This will be the first installment with the new additional R$ 50 for families with pregnant women and children aged 7 to 18 years.

Since March, Bolsa Família has paid an additional R$150 to families with children up to 6 years old. In this way, the total value of the benefit can reach R$ 900 for those who meet the requirements to receive the additional two.

The minimum value corresponds to R$ 600, but with the new additional benefit, the average value of the benefit will be higher and will reach the largest in the history of the program. According to the Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, the creation of the additional payment is the last planned change in the program, which had its implementation completed this month.

Since the beginning of the year, the social program has been renamed Bolsa Família. The minimum amount of BRL 600 was guaranteed after the approval of the Transition Constitutional Amendment, which allowed the use of up to R$ 145 billion outside the spending ceiling this year, of which R$ 70 billion are destined to fund the benefit.

The payment of the additional BRL 150 began in March, after the government combed the Single Registry for Social Programs of the Federal Government (CadÚnico), to eliminate fraud. According to the most recent balance, released in April, about 2.7 million individuals with inconsistencies in the registration had their benefit cut.

Despite the cut, a period of 60 days was granted for around 1.2 million people who registered as single-person families in the second half of last year to regularize the situation and prove the requirements to return to the program. The main rule is that the family has a monthly income of up to R$218 per person, which is obtained by dividing the total income by the number of family members.

In the traditional Bolsa Família model, payment takes place in the last ten business days of each month. The beneficiary will be able to consult information about payment dates, the amount of the benefit and the composition of the installments in the Caixa Tem application, used to monitor the bank’s digital savings accounts.

Bolsa Família Calendar – Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger

Gas Allowance

The Gas Aid will also be paid this Monday to registered families in the Single Registry for Social Programs of the Federal Government (CadÚnico), with final NIS 1. The value has not yet been disclosed, but it should fall in relation to the R$ 110 paid in April, due to recent reductions in the price of the cylinder.

Expected to last until the end of 2026, the program benefits around 6 million families this month. With the approval of the Constitutional Amendment of the Transition and the provisional measure of the Novo Bolsa Família, the benefit was maintained at 100% of the average price of the 13 kg cylinder until the end of the year.

You can only receive the Gas Allowance if you are included in the CadÚnico and have at least one family member who receives the Continued Provision Benefit (BPC). 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.