The Solidarity income The beneficiaries selected by SISBÉN IV were paid through the Department of Social Prosperity, who in May 2022 announced a different form in the payment schedule, which established an increase in the subsidy, which would be paid bimonthly. However, this year, following the arrival of the new government led by Gustavo Petro, came new changes in its implementation.
The director of Social Prosperity, Cielo Rusinque, confirmed that the Solidarity Income program will not continue in 2023: “The subsidy had been given within the framework of the pandemic to mitigate its effects, that there were limited resources that we did not have and that the previous government had left it available until December 31, that is the only transfer that ends”.
However, the other social programs such as Familias en Acción or Jóvenes en Acción will continue as normal. For now, from Social Prosperity they hope to reorganize the programs that will remain in force, establish a budget and forms of access by people who need it.
HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM A BENEFICIARY OF THE SOLIDARITY INCOME?
To check if you are a beneficiary of the program, you must register on the program page. Here we tell you how to do it:
- Enter ingresosolidario.prosperidadsocial.gov.co
- Click the SIGN UP button located at the top right of the page.
- In the Digital Citizen Authentication service, log in with your ID number if you are already registered or go to REGISTER HERE.
- In the TYPE OF ACCESS, select REGISTRATION WITH IDENTITY DOCUMENT and continue with the process.
- Once you are registered, enter the program page once more and log in (steps 1, 2 and 3).
- Upon entering the system, a window will appear with the information of the registered user. Check the data and close the window.
- Click on the CHECK TURNS AND BENEFICIARIES button. Finally, a window will appear with the information related to your household (if you are a beneficiary, household status, etc.).
HOW MUCH MONEY DO BENEFICIARIES RECEIVE FROM THE SOLIDARITY INCOME?
Those who meet all the requirements for the benefit will have the extra support of $500,000 as part of the Solidarity Income, Families in Action and Youth in Action programs. There will be 2 million households in a situation of extreme poverty and, for the most part, mothers head of the family will receive that they will benefit from the measure.
WHICH ARE THE BANKS THAT ARE SUITABLE TO COLLECT THE SOLIDARITY INCOME?
The program has an alliance with some banking entities in the country. The citizen who has been a beneficiary will receive a text message from the financial institution each time the resources are consigned. Therefore, we show you the list of financial entities:
- AV Villas
- Bancamia SA
- agrarian Bank
- social housing Bank
- Corpbanca Bank – Helm
- Bank Falabella SA
- Bank Finandina SA
- Bank Pichincha SA
- Banco WWB S.A.
- Bancolombia
- Bancolombia – Savings On Hand
- Bancolombia – No
- Bancoomeva S.A.
THE NEW BONUS OF $500 THOUSAND PESOS IN 2023 BY GUSTAVO PETRO
Regarding the modification to the Solidarity Income, the president added that the objective is that those $500,000 is “for that mother not only to get out of the poverty line, but also to bring food to children; we are going to subsidize fertilizers for food throughout Colombia, here our officials from the Ministry of Agriculture are calculating how much we need; Regardless of the size of the producers, they will receive subsidized fertilizers, this must have an objective and that is to lower prices in supermarkets, and another beyond, thinking regarding what Colombia needs, to increase the profitability of the families that dedicate themselves to the food production”.
However, it is not known how the budget will be obtained to increase to $500,000, which will be delivered to each mother who is the head of the household benefiting from this program.
In fact, the former director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency (Dapre), Víctor Muñoz, reported that the 2023 budget “does not explicitly include Solidarity Income because its legal basis is Law 2155 on social investment and it ends in December.” Therefore, he stressed that the Solidarity Income subsidy is in the hands of the Ministry of Finance: “You must give legal means in the budget law.”
And it is that, a month and a half ago, the Colombian president had already declared following the director of the Department of Social Prosperity (DPS), Cielo Rusinque, announced that it would be dismissed. “The Solidarity Income was born in the context of the pandemic with a predefined period that goes until December 31 of this year. The resources were not left”, he pointed out on September 15 through a local medium.
WHAT IS SOLIDARITY INCOME?
The Solidarity Income program was implemented by the National Government of Colombia to respond to the social effects of the pandemic in Colombian households. Thanks to the Social Investment Law, Prosperidad Social will be able to execute the program until 2022. In addition, the coverage of the program was increased, going from 3 million to 4 million 85 thousand beneficiary households, starting in March and April 2022.
The Solidarity Income program prioritizes households registered in extreme poverty in SISBÉN IV (Group A). 64.13% of the households that already receive the monetary transfer are represented by female heads of household.
To be part of the Solidarity Income program of Colombia, you do not need intermediaries or registrations. The entire process is carried out by updating the Sisbén IV survey.
The Solidarity Income was created and designed for people and families who are in a situation of vulnerability, in this case, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the different crises that plague the country and the entire world that have left an increase as a scar. of prices in the basic basket that affects not only Colombia, but the entire planet.
