| Date: | 1975-2008 |
| Description: | Assistance pensions were created in 1974 for those who did not have access to contributory pensions for old age and disability and found themselves in poverty. In 1997, it was expanded to include minors suffering from any type of mental disability. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Population aged 65 and over, disabled and lacking resources |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Targeting method: | 1) Proxy means test. 2) Categorical: Requirements for residence (20 years for PBS-Older Persons and 5 years for APS - disability), age, do not have a contributory pension and disability condition. |
| Instrument of selection: | This program utilized several prioritization instruments, including the Socioeconomic Characterization Forms (CAS I and II) and the Social Protection Instrument. |
| Registry of recipients: | Social security information system |
| Exit strategies or criteria: | Start receiving a contributory pension or the receptor dies or do not are payment registered over 6 months |
| Comments: | Given the program's antiquity, it has gone through various targeting methods. However, the law established the following condition: The family nucleus of a person with per capita income below 50% of the minimum pension will be deemed to lack resources (article 2 of Decree Law 869). Different instruments have been used during the program's implementation. Since the late 1970s, the CAS and CAS II forms have been used as targeting instruments. Starting in 2006, the social protection form is used to allocate benefits. Regional governments had a role in allocating benefits, but various regulations changed the allocation procedure, resulting in targeting not always being adequate. On the other hand, the total quotas of the program depended on the budgetary restrictions in force at any given time. |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | DECRETE LAW 869 of 1975 |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare |
| Executing organization(s): | Instituto de Previsión Social (IPS, ex-INP) (Social Welfare Institute ) and local goverments |
| Source of funding: | General budget of government of Chile |
1) Old age
| Recipient(s): | Adults over 65 years of age without pension rights |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Cash withdrawal |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Montlhy |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Maximum per household: | Does not have |
| Conditionalities: | Does not have |
| Sanctions: | … |
| Comments: | None |
| Amount : | In 2006, individuals under 70 years old receive CLP 44,186, those between 70 and 75 years old receive CLP 47,103, and those over 75 years old receive CLP 51,503. |
2) Disability
| Recipient(s): | Adults between 18 and 65 years of age with physical and /or mental disabilities. |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Cash withdrawal |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Maximum per household: | Does not have |
| Conditionalities: | Does not have |
| Sanctions: | … |
| Comments: | None |
| Amount : | In 2006, the receptor would receive CLP $ 47,103. |
3) Mental Disability
| Recipient(s): | Individuals under 18 years old with mental disabilities |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Transfer to bank account |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct recipient |
| Maximum per household: | … |
| Conditionalities: | … |
| Sanctions: | … |
| Comments: | None |
| Amount : | In 2006, the receptor would receive CLP $ 47,103. |
