Bolsa da Mãe provided small cash grants to children in vulnerable households on a conditional basis, to assist with the cost of school-related expenses. Additionally, the MSS continued its social assistance through a variety of on-demand social support programs: disaster recovery programs, provision of funeral cars, support to victims of domestic violence, prisoner counseling, child protection services, health services for the critically ill, and other humanitarian assistance programs. Table 4: Major features of the Elderly, Disability, and Bolsa da Mãe Programs Target Benefit Amount Coverage Conditionality Implementing Population Agency Elderly Elderly (60+) US$30/month, paid 84,569 None National in a lump sum once (2012) Directorate of per year Social Security (MSS) 18+ with US$30/month, paid 5,558 None National Disabled severe in a lump sum once (2012) Directorate of disabilities per year Social Security (Class III or IV (MSS) per WHO) Bolsa da School-going Primary students: 15,150 School National children who US$40/year; (2012) attendance, Directorate for Mãe are orphans, and proven through Social (design living in Secondary: submission of Reinsertion in 2012) single-parent US$80/year; report card and (MSS) households University letter from or in large (domestic/ school families international): headmaster US$160/240 per year, paid once per year Source: Program Documents and Interviews with MSS program officials 2008 also saw the first distribution of cash payments to veterans and survivor families, who had been identified through a nationwide validation exercise. Though providing a substantial benefit, veterans’ transfer payments were not designed as part of the nation’s social assistance strategy, but were rather put in place as recognition for past service, and compensation for the hardship suffered during the independence struggle. As shown in Table 5, few veterans received assistance in the program’s first
Bolsa da Mãe provided small cash grants to children in vulnerable households on a conditional basis, to assist with the cost of school-related expenses. Additionally, the MSS continued its social assistance through a variety of on-demand social support programs: disaster recovery programs, provision of funeral cars, support to victims of domestic violence, prisoner counseling, child protection services, health services for the critically ill, and other humanitarian assistance programs. Table 4: Major features of the Elderly, Disability, and Bolsa da Mãe Programs Target Population Benefit Amount Coverage Conditionality Implementing Agency Elderly Elderly (60+) US$30/month, paid in a lump sum once per year 84,569 (2012) None National Directorate of Social Security (MSS) Disabled 18+ with severe disabilities (Class III or IV per WHO) US$30/month, paid in a lump sum once per year 5,558 (2012) None National Directorate of Social Security (MSS) Bolsa da Mãe (design in 2012) School-going children who are orphans, living in single-parent households or in large families Primary students: US$40/year; and Secondary: US$80/year; University (domestic/ international): US$160/240 per year, paid once per year 15,150 (2012) School attendance, proven through submission of report card and letter from school headmaster National Directorate for Social Reinsertion (MSS) Source: Program Documents and Interviews with MSS program officials 2008 also saw the first distribution of cash payments to veterans and survivor families, who had been identified through a nationwide validation exercise. Though providing a substantial benefit, veterans’ transfer payments were not designed as part of the nation’s social assistance strategy, but were rather put in place as recognition for past service, and compensation for the hardship suffered during the independence struggle. As shown in Table 5, few veterans received assistance in the program’s first
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