Objective

Eliminate extreme poverty through:

• Direct financial transfers to families living in extreme poverty, for those whose income is less than the minimum wage and has as members pregnant women or teenagers and / or children under the age of 18 and/or disabled children of any age.
• Improve access to education and health services and promote participation in cultural, sporting and community activities, etc.
• Promote the development of economic activities in this sector of the population.

Conditional cash transfer

It consists of a monthly CCT of VEF$430 (USD$68) for families with children under the age of 18 and of VEF$600 (USD$95) for families with disabled children of any age, and are conditional upon attendance to schools, in the case of children under 18 years of age and for mothers under 19, they are also conditions to the attendance to health centers, in the case of disabled children and pregnant women. Aid for a maximum of three children per family is granted.

The aid is not transferred in its entirety, since 10% of it goes towards the "Fund for Family Savings and Social Investment" of the “Gran Misión Hijas e Hijos de Venezuela”; this money is reserved for the financing of productive projects, special grants, home renovations, etc. Budgetary resources are allocated to this Fund.

The program is aimed at pregnant adolescents living in poverty, pregnant women living in poverty, children under the age of 18 who live in poverty, and people with disabilities regardless of age.

Nacional

Segunda Vicepresidencia para el Área Social

Decreto N° 8.625 publicado en la Gaceta Ocial N° 39.818