Políticas públicas - Bolsa Família: estratégia de enfrentamento da pobreza e os efeitos de sua implementação

Abstract

This study examines how the national welfare program of monthly allowance to families (Programa Bolsa Família-PBF) influences the breaking of the cycle of poverty, analyzing the mechanisms of promoting well-being. This is a federal program of income transfers to families in poverty and extreme poverty, subject to conditions relating to the areas of health, education and social assistance. The promulgation of the Constitution of 1988 led to the creation of laws and principles in order to guarantee social rights to the Brazilian population. The right to food is a human right and as every human right corresponds to the state's obligations and responsibilities of different social - actors individuals, families, society, and nongovernmental organizations and the private sector. Together, by virtue of Law was created PBF, whose number of beneficiaries must be compatible with the existing budget allocations. This study presents a qualitative research to achieve the goal of research. How much sources of information, this study obtained its data through the literature search and field under the Reference Center for Social Assistance (CRAS) in the city of Porto Alegre. The conclusions studied clearly indicate that the PBF produces more positive results than negative in the sphere of development, particularly in reducing extreme poverty and hunger, assisting in family income, stimulating demand for basic services and persistence in school attendance of children and adolescents. Finally, the results of this study reveal the importance of the PBF conditionalities to achieve their goals.