Citizen Income: bimonthly transfers will begin to be delivered

This Saturday, April 29, the transfers of the Citizen Income program begin, that the national government will implement so that households in extreme poverty, moderate poverty and vulnerability have an additional income that allows them “overcome hunger, and achieve economic autonomy and access to education and health“.

Sky Rusinque, General Director of Social Prosperity, He assured that this aid is not linked to the previous Solidarity Income subsidy program, which came to an end on December 31.

(See: Colombia Mayor: where and when can you claim the subsidy?).

“It is a conditional transfer, whose provisional legal basis is what was found in the Families in Action Program“, he said in an interview with Blue Radio.

With Citizen Income, the Government hopes to reach approximately 3.3 million households benefited in 466 municipalities, In other words, the coverage that was previously available with Familias en Acción would be doubling.

(See: Citizen income: changes announced to claim up to $500,000).

During the last few days, the beneficiaries of this new program have received text messages giving them the good news, but families can also go to the Social Prosperity website and check if they apply to receive this subsidy.

On the web you can find a virtual calculator where families, entering their data, the place where they live and the composition of the household, will be able to see the estimate of what they will receive as a beneficiary of Citizen Income. Besides, by text message they will receive the information of the payment point.

(See: Mi Casa Ya would shelter the 52,000 families that were pending).

These transfers will be made progressively until May 28 and will have a cap of 500,000 pesos every two months, although the specific amount will depend on the conditions of each home. Before, the average for this type of transfer was between 25,000 and 90,000 pesos.

The general director of Social Prosperity also stated that to apply for this subsidy, children who are part of the household must be in school and those in early childhood must have medical check-ups. It is also essential to have the Sisbén IV survey.

(See: Keep in mind: the changes that the Mi Casa Ya program will have).

“For those families whose payment appears suspended because there is a report of an anomaly, that is, they eventually do not meet the prioritization criteria, we will give them an opportunity to rectify and we will pay them an attractive one, otherwise the payment will be definitively suspended because The intention is that this resource reaches whoever it has to reach.“, he added.

LINA QUIROGA
WEATHER – ECONOMY AND BUSINESS