Social Assistance in Old Age
Assistência Social - Benefício de Prestação Continuada
Coverage
- Destitute elderly persons aged 65 or older.
Financing
- The scheme is entirely tax-financed out of the state budget.
Administration
- The National Social Security Institute (INPS) manages the scheme and the payments.
Qualifying Conditions
- The person must be at least 65 years old and his or her family cannot provide for him or her.
- Benefits are means-tested: monthly per capita income of the household has to be less than one fourth of the minimum wage.
- The benefit cannot be received together with other social assistance or social security measures except for those concerning health insurance.
Benefits
- The flat-rate amount equals the monthly minimum wage (BRL 1,045 in 2020).
- Benefits not subject to tax.
Coverage
Financing
Administration
Qualifying Conditions
Benefits
- Destitute elderly persons aged 65 or older.
- The scheme is entirely tax-financed out of the state budget.
- The National Social Security Institute (INPS) manages the scheme and the payments.
- The person must be at least 65 years old and his or her family cannot provide for him or her.
- Benefits are means-tested: monthly per capita income of the household has to be less than one fourth of the minimum wage.
- The benefit cannot be received together with other social assistance or social security measures except for those concerning health insurance.
- The flat-rate amount equals the monthly minimum wage (BRL 1,045 in 2020).
- Benefits not subject to tax.
Legal Basis: Organic Law of Social Assistance – Law 8.742/93 (Lei Orgânica da Assistência Social – Lei 8.742/93).