Familias por la Inclusión Social (Families for Social Inclusion)
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Institutions and agencies involved
Programme type
Population group
Children, Persons with disabilities, Women, Mother, Pregnant, Lactating women
Programme Details
Programme objectives
The two objectives of the program were to improve the conditions of social inclusion of present and future generations, and to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty.
Programme components
i) Ingreso no remunerativo (Unearned compensation);
ii) Social promotion component;
iii) Social participation component.
Previous programme name (if any)
Successor of the "Jefas y Jefes de Hogar Desocupados" (2002-2005) programme and reformulation of the "human development income" (IDH) component of the "Atención a Grupos Vulnerables" programme (PAGV) (1996).
Conditionalities (if any)
Ingreso no remunerativo (Unearned compensation): The modality of conditionalities control implemented in the first phase of of the programme (2005-2008), was replaced by the monitoring the educational, health and social risks (for intervention and follow-up), the cross-checkinging of interstate information about the households and the commitment of the recipients to update family data and participate in prevention and promotion activities.
Coverage
3.058.779 beneficiaries, 7,34% of the population (2009).
Programme expenditure
ARS 1.084.696.974 (2008)
Source of funding: Government of Argentina, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Target groups
Families at social risk with children aged between 0 and 19 years, pregnant women and / or persons with disabilities.
Eligibility criteria
i) Children under 19 years old;
ii) Persons with disabilities;
iii) Pregnant women;
For the young female beneficiaries from the program PAGV-IDH, the transfer starts from the first dependent child, and for families beneficiaries from the PJJHD programme, the transfer starts from the second dependent child.
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Cash, Social Promotion and Social Participation.
Amount of benefits
Transfer according to family composition (number of children).
Payment/delivery frequency
Benefit delivery mechanism
Benefit recipients
Minimum and maximum duration of benefits (if any)
Maximum number of beneficiaries per family (6) with decreasing amount. From the 7th child, the family qualifies for a non-contributory pension.
Legal Framework
Resolution no. 825/05(MSD), Decree PEN no. 1506-1504, modified in 2009 by Resolution No. 3380 (MSD).
