Did you already get paid? The National government confirmed an economic incentive conditional on school attendance and health care. profit is called Families in Action and it is a program in charge of the Department of Social Prosperity, whose mission is to provide better life chances to children and adolescents in conditions of poverty and extreme poverty. Know all the details of the project, check if you are a beneficiary and how to register in the following paragraphs.
Families in Action has a wide coverage that includes all the departments, municipalities, districts and departmental corregimientos of the country. For the indigenous population, the program covers the country’s indigenous reservations and councils, recognized by the Ministry of the Interior, following a consultation process, between the recognized traditional indigenous authorities, the respective mayors’ or governors’ offices and Social Prosperity.
By criteria of territorial equity, Families in Action has a classification of municipalities into four groups that allows differentiating the actions in the territory, according to the degree of urbanization and multidimensional poverty. Those families in situations of poverty and extreme poverty, with children and adolescents under 18 years of age, who meet the targeting criteria defined by the program, may be part of Families in Action.
Families in Action 2022: when do they pay?
Last May 24 was the last day to collect the second cycle of 2022 of Families in Action. NeverthelessSocial Prosperity has not yet announced a new payment schedule. Pierre García Jacquier, director of Social Prosperity, revealed on July 6 that the third payment cycle of the program generated by the National Government will begin, which corresponds to the verification of February and March.
Families in Action: am I a beneficiary?
To find out if your family is part of Families in Action: https://familiasfocalizadas.prosperidadsocial.gov.co/#popup33:
- Enter the option ‘Check here if it is focused’.
- Enter the type of document (identity card, citizenship card, civil registry or foreigner’s card).
- Write the document number.
- Write your first name and then the first last name
- Indicates the date of issue of the document.
- Select the ‘I am not a robot’ checkbox and wait for the system to verify the information.
How to register for ‘Families in Action’ in Colombia?
The Department of Social Prosperity began the second stage of registration for the Families in Action program, which in its fourth phase will be open until December 31 of this year, for people registered in the Sisbén IV and who meet the requirements established by the regulatory entity of social programs.
- That the household has been surveyed using the Sisbén IV methodology.
- That the household is classified in subgroups A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1, B2, B3 or B4 of Sisbén IV.
- That the household has children and adolescents under 18 years of age registered in its composition.
Applicants who want to be part of this second stage, must be focused by Sisbén IV, to check if they meet the requirements, or in any case update them, you must enter the following link https://cutt.ly/ALY7UPE and place the information they request, and there verify if they are favorable to enter Families in Action, to later be contacted and scheduled by officials of the Municipal Administration who will continue with their process.
Families in Action: how to collect via SuperGIROS
SuperGiros will deliver the incentives only through the money order method, at 1,917 points in 277 municipalities.
- Download the app on your cell phone.
- Go to the ‘register’ option.
- Enter your mobile number and click on ‘receive SMS’.
- Choose your identity document (follow the verification steps).
- Enter your email. Leave the ‘referral’ field empty.
- Accept the contract. A copy will be sent to your email.
- Create a password to enter the app.
The schedule for each municipality, the payment points, the allies and the schedules will be socialized by the municipal liaisons and through the channels provided by both banks.