Currently, approximately 20.89 million families are part of Bolsa Família, the largest income transfer program in Brazil. Of this total, 83.4% are families headed by women, which corresponds to 17.4 million family units. Thus, the social program impacts a total of 31,933,700 million women (58.1%).
Thus, the state with the highest number of female heads of households is Goiás, where they represent 89.4% of the beneficiaries. Thus, according to Wellington Dias (PT), Minister of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger, the government has “a special focus on black, indigenous, homeless women, that is, those who need it most”.
Additional benefits for women
Therefore, in March alone, 377,643 pregnant women are being covered by the Variable Family Benefit for Pregnant Women (BVG) in the amount of R$ 50. In addition, there are other benefits that are part of the Bolsa Família that women can receive depending on their family composition. Check them out:
- Early Childhood Benefit (BPI): additional R$ 150 for children from zero to seven years old;
- Family Variable Benefit (BVF): additional R$ 50 for children and adolescents aged 7 to 18 years;
- Variable Family Benefit for Nursing Mothers (BVN): additional R$ 50 for babies up to seven months old (nursing mothers).
Family Grant Calendar – March
Finally, it is worth remembering that the Bolsa Família payment schedule for the month of March began on the 15th and continues until the 28th, according to the last digit of the Social Identification Number (NIS) of the beneficiary. Check it out:
| Last digit of NIS | Payment Date |
| 1 | March 15th |
| 2 | March 18th |
| 3 | March 19th |
| 4 | March 20th |
| 5 | March 21st |
| 6 | March 22 |
| 7 | March 25th |
| 8 | March 26th |
| 9 | March 27th |
| 0 | March 28th |
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