How to know if you are a beneficiary of the annual income program

The Ministry of Social and Prosperity (DPS) is an agency of the Government of Colombia that seeks to establish policies, plans, programs and projects for support, care and reparation for victims of violence, social inclusion, and care for vulnerable individuals and groups. Social and economic load integration.

The annual income payment cycle for March and April has already begun this month. About 4 million Colombian people will receive $380,000 for the two periods, or $190,000 each. These are delivered every other month and we have in mind that the purpose is to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 emergency on that population.

Solidarity income was initially designed to operate for 3 months, but thanks to the Social Investment Act approved by Congress and approved by President Iván Duque Márquez, the department operates the program longer. Under this Social Investment Law, the coverage of the program increases from 3 million to 4 million 85,000 beneficiary households from these two months onwards.

This program prioritizes households registered in extreme poverty in Sisbén IV (Group A). This targeting allows more than 30% of enrolling incumbents to become women. Thus, 64.13% of households who are already receiving cash transfers are represented as female heads of household.

To confirm that you are a beneficiary of the program, you must register on the Program page.Here's how:

If you receive the benefits, money will be entered and your bank will notify you if you have a savings account in a financial institution in Colombia; however, those who do not have a bank account will receive a text message stating that they are beneficiaries of the program and will receive instructions for opening a digital wallet on their

In addition to the annual income, other subsidies collected from March 14 to 30 are: Families in action, youth in action, and minimum income guarantees.

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