Households in extreme poverty, moderate poverty and vulnerability now have an additional income that will allow them to “overcome hunger, and achieve economic autonomy and access to education and health.” These are the transfers that, under the state program Renta Ciudadana, people in these conditions will receive, according to their needs.
Cielo Rusinque, general director of Social Prosperity, assured that this aid is not linked to the previous subsidy program Solidarity Incomewhich came to an end on December 31st.
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“This is a conditional transfer, whose provisional legal basis is what was found in the Families in Action Program“He said in an interview with Blu Radio.
With Citizen Income, the Government expects reach approximately 3.3 million households benefited in 466 municipalities, that is, the coverage that was previously available with Familias en Acción would be doubling.
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For those families whose payment appears suspended, we will give them an opportunity to correct
During the last few days, the beneficiaries of this new program have received text messages conveying the good news, but families can also Go to the Social Prosperity website and check if you 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, you will be able to see the estimate of what you will receive as a beneficiary of Renta Ciudadana. In addition, they will receive the information of the payment point by text message.
These turns will be made progressively until next May 28 and They will have a cap of 500,000 pesos every two months, although the specific amount resulted from the conditions of each home. Before, the average for this type of transfer was between 25,000 and 90,000 pesos.
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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. Also It is essential to have the Sisbén IV survey.
“To 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 correct 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.
