CarioCAD Program begins in Costa Barros: more than 550 vulnerable families served

Rio de Janeiro now has an enhanced registration of vulnerable families. The CarioCAD project, launched this Friday (19/2) by the vice-mayor and municipal secretary of Housing, Nilton Caldeira, by the municipal secretary of Social Welfare, Laura Carneiro, and by the deputy mayor of the North Zone, Diego Vaz, in Costa Barros, in the North Zone, will visit places where the largest pockets of poverty are located in the city with the goal of finding families with income equal to or below half the minimum wage (below R$550,00) and adding them to the federal government's Single Registry for Social Programs (CadÚnico). By the end of the morning, 553 families had already been served.

The Secretariat's goal is to add 48 new families to the CadÚnico database in Rio. This is the number needed to include all 458.525 families considered vulnerable in Rio, according to federal government data, in this registry. The idea is to reach those who cannot get to the Social Assistance Reference Centers (CRAS), bringing this service to the population and thus facilitating assistance to families in the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS) who are eligible for access to direct income transfer programs.

– CarioCAD will reach every invisible, forgotten area where the government has not yet reached. It is a simple, easy project that will make a difference in people’s lives. We will be the first city in the country to include all families that need CadÚnico – said Laura Carneiro.

For Nilton Caldeira, the inauguration in Costa Barros represents the City Hall's rapprochement with the population:

– We want to be partners, we want to experience your difficulties so that we can find the best solutions. May you make the most of what the City Hall is providing with all its care.

The initiative involves a minibus traveling twice a week to the city's main pockets of poverty to include and update registrations as close as possible to the population. Costa Barros was chosen to launch the project because it has the lowest Human Development Index (HDI – an indicator that assesses development according to education, health and income) in the city. Of the 553 families served, 101 actions were taken for CadÚnico (63 new registrations and 38 updates) and 452 appointments were made for CRAS.

The population can access programs such as Bolsa Família, Casa Verde e Amarela (formerly Minha Casa, Minha Vida), Carteira do Idoso (Senior Citizens' Card), Programa de Erradicação do Trabalho Infantil (PETI) and Tarifa Social de Energia Elétrica (Social Electricity Tariff), among others, through CadÚnico. It was created by the federal government to assess how the poorest Brazilians live and functions as a database. This is why it is essential that the information is updated regularly, even if there are no changes. The registry identifies families with an income equal to or less than half the minimum wage per person or a monthly family income of up to three minimum wages.

To register, the family member must present the following documentation: CPF or voter registration card, nationally issued document (identity card, work card or birth certificate) and proof of residence. For other family members, a nationally issued document is required and, in the case of children and adolescents, a declaration from the school must also be presented.

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February 19, 2021

Appointments: Single Registration CarioCAD Housing City Hall of Rio Rio de Janeiro City Hall Municipal Department of Social Welfare