This Law creates the Family Support Programme, called Bolsa Família under the Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Combating Hunger, replacing the Auxílio Brasil Programme, established by Law No. 14.284 of 29 December 2021. The objectives of the Programme are: I - combat hunger, through direct transfer of income to beneficiary families; II - contribute to interrupting the cycle of reproduction of poverty between generations; III - promote the development and social protection of families, especially children, adolescents and young people in situations of poverty. Article 8 establishes that the financial benefits will be made to the family responsible, according to the data contained in the family's registration in CadÚnico; and preferably, to women. The objectives of the Bolsa Família will be achieved through: I - articulation between the Programme and actions related to: health, education, social assistance and other areas aimed at serving the beneficiaries, carried out by the federal, state, municipal and district governments; II - link to the Social Assistance System (Suas), referred to in Law No. 8.742 of 7 December 1993 (Social Assistance Law), allowing the use of its network of socio-assistance services; III - coordination and sharing of management and execution with the federative entities that may join the Programme, in the manner established in this Law and its regulations; IV - social participation, through the procedures established in this Law and its regulations; V - use of the Single Registry for Social Programs of the Federal Government (CadÚnico), established by Law No. 8.742 of 7 December 1993 and its promotion as a platform for integrating the Programme into actions carried out by federal, state, municipal and district governments, etc.
Brésil · 2023-06-19