The Paraná | The readjustment of Bolsa Família devotes more than 21 million reais to Paraná until the end of 2018

Curitiba – The average amount of benefits of the Bolsa Família will be adjusted by 5,67%, and in Paraná, the increase represents an expected increase of 3,5 million reais more, per month , in the payment of the program. By the end of the year, the readjustment will allocate approximately $ 21 million of additional reais to beneficiary families.

In June, the program allocated Rs.55.5 million to more than 363,300 families in the recipient state. In Paraná, the average value of the benefit paid is R $ 153 and about 10.5% of the population is Bolsa Família beneficiary. In the capital, Curitiba, the program serves 30,700 families (4.8%) and the increase will have an impact of 300,000 reais per month. At the end of the year, 1.8 million additional reais will be transferred to the beneficiaries of the capital

. The readjustment of the amounts paid by the program was announced on April 30 and the estimated impact is R $ 684 million in the country. This is the second increase granted during the management of President Michel Temer. The first was announced in June 2016 and increased the average benefit by 12.5%.

According to the Minister of Social Development, Alberto Beltrame, the readjustment of inflation maintains the power of buying food. "We provide adjustment through management and governance measures in social programs, mainly with the revision of INSS benefits.

The future in the hand

In addition to helping families living in poverty, poverty, and extreme poverty, the program will help them better target the program and eliminate the waiting line. Ministry of Social Development launched the program The future in the hand: give a way to financial life.The initiative aims to provide financial education workshops to beneficiaries of Bolsa Família, with the aim to improve the management of the house and ensure the autonomy of families.It is expected that 200,000 women will be served next year.

For this, the future in the hand has started the training of the technicians indicated by Cras (Centers of Reference in Assistanc e Social), responsible for disseminating information among recipients of the Family Grant The first cycle, in São Paulo, trained 120 technicians from 51 municipalities of the state. For the coming months, training cycles are planned in all regions of Brazil to offer workshops to 1,200 social badistance workers.