Polsa Familia is the largest and most important social program in Brazil. The title, however, appears to be threatened. Continuing entitlement (BPC) is increasingly known and demanded by low -income families. With this, BPC is already consumed more general resources than Bolsa Familia in 1167 Brazilian municipalities.
reconnaissance CNN It reveals that BPC has undergone a period of strong growth from the mid -2022. Since then, there have been 31 months without interruption in the program – a period in which the number of beneficiaries jumped by 33 % or 1.6 million people. Data from the Ministry of Social Development (MDS).
The explosion coincides with the number of benefits with the adoption of new rules for granting payment, as well as legislative and administrative changes and understanding of justice on this issue. These changes that were added to the new social security and the economic context resulted in BPC explosion.
Great climbing. In just two years, the number of municipalities in which the interest has the highest weight in the budget of Bolsa Familia, who jumped from 492 by 2023 to 1,167 by 2025 – an increase of 137 %. BPC is Managed by Inss The amounts are fully paid by the federal government.
Among the cities where BPC is already larger than Bolsa Familia, it is from Capital-Such such as Recife, Campo Grande, Curitiba, Goiânia, Belo Horizone-To Small Mostiation-Such as uneven (RS), Agronomic (SC), and Vitória Brasil (SP) and Itororó (Ba).
It was created by the Organic Social Assistance Law in 1993, and the program aims to the elderly 65 and above (BPC) and persons with disabilities in weakness (BPC PCD) at any age, including children.
The beneficiaries are those in low-income families-with income equals or less than the minimum wage per person or $ 379.50 a month. In March, there were 6.2 million beneficiaries in BPC.
Each person is paid the minimum wage ($ 1518) per month. the The value is more than the weakening of Paul FamiliaIt is an average of $ 660 per family. In the same month of March 2025, the number of families in Paulla Familia was more than three times the BPC: 20.5 million.
By 2025, the federal budget expects $ 158.6 billion for Polsa Familia and another $ 112 billion for BPC.
TCU interpretations
The number of benefits exploded at the attention of the inspection agencies. The Federal Audit Court (TCU), Antonio Anastasia, realizes that this phenomenon was not only one reason.
Anastasia lists at least six reasons for BPC growth.
The first of these is to change legislation in 2020 that allowed more than one benefit to members of the same family. It is still in the laws, social security reform is mentioned for 2019 as well because it made it difficult Access to retirement. This can make the elderly more to seek other social protection, such as BPC.
Another reason that Anastasia mentioned is the expansion of the list of disabilities recognized on the right to BPC, especially the Autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In the past two years, 17 % of PCD advantages have been reported to autism.
In a report, the Minister of TCU also cited reasons for adopting a program for Reducing the INSS parking line -The acceleration of operations-the real increase in the minimum wage-which raised the number of people eligible to obtain income without this level and the increasing judicial of the demands.
BPC was a decisive program for millions of vulnerable Brazilians, but the recent development of the program raised discussions on the focus of interest and the sustainability of the initiative.
The challenge facing public managers will guarantee the continuation and efficiency of the program, as well as to assess how BPC and Bolsa Familia are not destroyed without destroying the protection network needed for the poor.