| Date: | 2003 |
| Description: | Federal programme of income transfers linked to strengthening the food security of the country's population (without conditionalities). Established in 2003 by the recently created Special Ministry of Food Security and Hunger Combat (MESA), predecessor of the current Ministry of Social Development (MDS). That same year the programme became part of the newly created Bolsa Família programme. The programme continued to provide cash transfers until 2011 to families that had not migrated to the Bolsa Familia Programme. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Families in extreme poverty with children aged 0 to 6 years and/or pregnant women. |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Exit strategies or criteria: | Maximum period of permanence: 6 months extendable up to 18 months |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | MP 108 (27/02/2003); Law 10,689 (13/06/2003) |
| Responsible organization(s): | Special Minister of Food Security and Hunger Combat (MESA) |
1) Cartão Alimentação
| Recipient(s): | All participating households of the programme |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Mother |
| Maximum per household: | One transfer per household |
