How to check with your ID if you receive financial aid?

( Spanish) — In November 2022, more than 4 million Colombians will receive a new round of their bimonthly contributions from the Solidarity Income program, a program created during the covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

November 2022 will be the last month in which this contribution will be paid, since President Gustavo Petro said that for payments in November and December, the contribution will become 500,000 pesos per month for mothers who are heads of households (about US$103 at the current exchange rate). ), because due to lack of budget, the government will not be able to continue paying this contribution.

Until September of this year, the beneficiaries of Solidarity Income receive 190,000 pesos each month, which will accumulate to be paid every two months. In other words, it is expected that in May each household will receive about 380,000 pesos (about US$100 at the current exchange rate).

The beneficiaries are families with limited economic resources identified in the Sisbén databases, which classify families by “their ability to generate income and quality of life,” according to the National Planning Department.

And the families that receive Solidarity Income are those that do NOT receive other social benefits such as Familias en Acción, Jóvenes en Acción, that have sales tax compensation, or the Program for the Protection of the Elderly, Colombia Mayor.

How to know if you are a beneficiary of Solidarity Income in July?

To check if you are a beneficiary of Solidarity Income you must register on the page of the Department of Social Prosperity on its website (solidary income.prosperidadsocial.gov.co).

In the upper right part of your screen you will find a button to check your status in the program with your ID number.

There a window will be displayed in which you must enter the type and number of the document, first and last name, and date of issue of the document. On the screen it will appear if you are a beneficiary or not.

If you benefit, if you have a savings account with a financial institution in Colombia, your money will be deposited there and the bank will notify you.

But for those who do not have an account with a bank, they will receive a text message informing them that they are beneficiaries of the program and will receive instructions to open a digital wallet from their cell phone.

It is NOT necessary that you sign up for this program, as it depends on the data of the State in the Sisbén.