The Ministry of Social Affairs and Prosperity (DPS) is an agency of the Government of Colombia that seeks to develop policies, plans, programs and projects to support, care and compensate victims of violence, social inclusion and care for vulnerable individuals and groups. Integration of the social and economic burden.
The annual income payment cycle for March and April has already started this month. About 4 million Colombians will receive $380,000 for both periods, or $190,000 each. It is delivered every two months, and we keep in mind that the purpose is to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 emergency on these populations.
Solidarity income was initially designed to operate for 3 months, but thanks to the Social Investment Act approved by Congress and approved by President Ivan Duque Marquez, the administration manages the program for a longer period. Under this Social Investment Act, program coverage increases from 3 million to 4 million 85,000 beneficiary families from these two months onwards.
This program gives priority to families registered in extreme poverty in Sisbén IV (Group A). This targeting allows more than 30% of registered job holders to become women. Thus, 64.13 per cent of households that actually receive cash transfers represent female heads of household.
To confirm that you are a beneficiary of the program, you must register on the program page. Here's the following way:
If you receive benefits, funds will be entered and your bank will notify you if you have a savings account at a financial institution in Colombia; however, those without a bank account will receive a text message stating that they are beneficiaries of the program and will receive instructions to open a digital wallet at
In addition to annual income, other benefits collected from March 14 to 30 are: working families, youth at work, and minimum income guarantees.
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