Emergency Aid to Citizens: How to apply, who is entitled and how it works

The Emergency Aid to Citizens is a financial benefit created exclusively for the unemployed, self-employed and MEI workers (individual micro-entrepreneurs).

The idea is that during the crisis caused by the COVID 19 (coronavirus) pandemic, these people have the resource as a way to guarantee emergency protection.

What is it? How it works?

As has already been said, Emergency Aid was created to provide “support” to the Brazilian people during the quarantine period motivated by the coronavirus.

It is worth mentioning that not all citizens are entitled to the benefit, so carefully follow the information on the website. The value of the benefit is R$ 600.00, for a period of three, for up to two people from the same family.

In families where the woman is solely responsible for household expenses, this monthly amount increases to R$ 1,200.00.

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Those who were already in the Single Registry until March 20th, and who fit the Program's rules, will receive Emergency Aid without the need to register on the CAIXA website.

For families receiving Bolsa Família, Emergency Aid will also be available, as long as it is more advantageous. It is important to emphasize that Bolsa Família will be suspended during this period.

Who is entitled to Emergency Assistance?

Some rules have been imposed so that the person/family is entitled to the benefit, check out:

• Be over 18 years of age
• Not having a formal job
• Not receiving social security or assistance benefits, unemployment insurance or any other federal income transfer program other than Bolsa Família;
• Per capita monthly family income (per person) of up to half a minimum wage (R$ 522.50) or total monthly family income (everything the family earns) of up to three minimum wages (R$ 3,135.00); 
• Not having received taxable income, in 2018, above R$ 28,559.70;
• Exercise activity as an individual micro-entrepreneur (MEI) or be an individual or optional contributor to the General Social Security System (RGPS) or be an informal worker registered in the Single Registry for Social Programs of the Federal Government (CadÚnico);
• Have met the average income requirement by March 20, 2020.

How to Apply for Emergency Aid

Those who were not in the Single Registry until 03/20, but who are entitled to the financial benefit, can register through the APP Caixa l Auxílio Emergencial or on the official website of the program through the link > auxilio.caixa.gov.br.

To download the APP Caixa l Auxílio Emergencial to your cell phone, just go to Google Play or the Apple Store and search for APP Caixa l Auxílio Emergencial, the application is completely free.

Once registration is completed, citizens can follow the status of their request on Caixa's website or through the APP (as we reported in the previous paragraph).