The Social Protection Program for Older Adults, Colombia Mayor, is the bet with which the National Government seeks to increase protection for older adults by providing an economic subsidy for those who They are destitute, do not have a pension, or live in extreme poverty.
This initiative, run by the Department for Social Prosperity (DPS), has functioned in recent years as a primary tool for the State in reducing social gaps and guaranteeing its presence in the most remote regions, where in many cases the assistance of mayors and governors could fall short in serving their communities.
Colombia Mayor – Older adults.
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To enroll in the Colombia Mayor Program, the adult must meet several requirements such as being Colombian, having resided in the country for the last ten years and being at least three years younger than the age required to retire due to old age (54 years for women and 59 for men).
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They must also lack sufficient income or earnings to survive, according to Sisbén IV, considering all levels of groups A, B and C up to subgroup C1. For the latter, interested persons are required to request the respective evaluation from this entity, as well as inclusion in the databases.
Elderly
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Although the National Government unified the value of the monthly subsidy of the Colombia Mayor Program at eighty thousand pesos ($80,000) for all beneficiaries nationwide, it was recently decreed that for those over 80 years of age, this subsidy will be $225,000 while waiting for the pension reform to take effect. In Bogotá DC, In addition to the standard subsidy, beneficiaries receive an additional sum co-financed by the District.
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Through a statement, the Department for Social Prosperity announced that the seventh payment cycle of the Colombia Mayor program will run from July 19 to August 1 of this year, hoping to reach 1,636,307 senior citizens throughout the country, of which 488,057 will receive the differential payment of 225,000 pesos, which the National Government approved for people aged 80 or older who are active in the program.
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“For this occasion, the National Government, through Prosperidad Social, has committed resources for 210.444 million pesos, of which 109.805 million pesos will be allocated for the differentiated payment. In the previous cycle, the sixth, the entity achieved a 94% effectiveness in the collection of the subsidy: 1,567,569 older adults claimed the subsidyof which 472,005 were over 80 years old. That cycle closed on July 5,” the DPS said.
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Prosperidad Social called on people not to fall for scams and reminded them that it does not charge any money to make the payment. Therefore, beneficiaries should not pay or purchase products at the time of making the payment.
Beneficiary of the Colombia Mayor program.
“They should only appear at the nearest payment point, once they receive the notification by text message, and bring your original identification document. Remember to count the money before leaving the window, and verify that the amount corresponds to the amount notified in the message that arrives on your phone,” he said.
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He also stressed that those seniors who have changed their contact information (telephone and address) can update it with the program link in municipal and local mayors’ offices, or through the national telephone line 018000951100.
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