Social Protection in So Paulo

Social Protection in the city of So Paulo

Anna Fruttero

Presentation to the delegation from Johannesburg Washington DC, July 27th 2011

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Scope & Context Social Protection: anti-poverty and/or risk management policies and programs
Cash or in-kind transfers Mandatory social insurance programs Programs that aim to help individuals build skills, find jobs, improve earning opportunities

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Scope & Context

In So Paulo, social protection services and programs are offered by several municipal secretariats

Social Assistance and Development (SMADS); Economic Development and Labor (SEMDET); Education (SME); Health (SMS); and Participation and Partnerships (SMPP).

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Scope & Context

Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS) established in 2005 to organize the social assistance sector and promote collaboration among all government levels. Two types of social protection within SUAS: Basic - that focuses on vulnerability prevention, and Special - that focuses on populations that have had violated rights, such in cases of victims of violence, abandoned children and elderly and the homeless.

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Scope & Context

Entry point to the SUAS are: CRAS (Centro de Referencia de Assistencia Social) Offer social protection services, hold the CadUnico, organize the network of social assistance CREAS (Centro de Referencia Especializado de Assistencia Social) Provides services to individuals or families whose rights have been or are at risk of being violated. Municipalities are responsible for the provision of basic and special social protection in their territories, as well as for the delivery of special programs and transfers targeted to the poor

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Vulnerability in the City

In an effort to understand the multidimensional condition of poverty, the SMADS uses the Indice Paulista de Vulnerabilidade Social (IPVS). 12.9% of its residents (1.3 million people) living in areas of very high vulnerability Greatest vulnerability is located in the southern and east areas.

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SMADS Social Protection Services

36 CRAS: 9 CREAS and 11 smaller centres

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SMADS social protection services

The SMADS subcontracts a vast number of services that the municipal network is not able to cover with its own staff:
For Basic Social Protection, there are currently more than 704 subcontracted services that support 100,000 people (mainly on family reintegration activities and on training courses for adolescents and adults).

For Special Social Protection, there are currently more than 342 subcontracted services that support 33,200 people (including 130 shelters that look for various types of groups such families, children and the elderly and centers for victims of violence).

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The SMADS administers a diverse number of transfer programs that are funded through federal, state and municipal funds.
Program & beneficiaries Bolsa Familia 194,632 families BPC 148,467 families Selection Criteria Registry System Value of Benefits (Per Month) R$70-242

Per capita monthly income below R$140 (approx US$90 or of MW) Senior citizens older than 65 years or people with a proven disability that have a per capita monthly income of less than half of a minimum wage. Per capita monthly income below R$175 (US$114) and have at least one child younger than 15 years. Per capita monthly income equivalent to half a minimum wage. Per capita monthly income equivalent to half a minimum wage (R$545 approx US$355) and have at least one adolescent from 15 to 24. Children in Bolsa Familia that are at risk of child labor.

Cadastro Unico

Cadastro Unico

1 MW

Renda Mnima 107,076 families Renda Cidad 13,216 Ao Jovem 4,513 families

Banco de Dados Cidado Pro-social Pro-social

R$140- 200

R$80 R$80

PETI 1,237 families

Cadastro Unico

It is integrated to PBF

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SMADS Program Challenges

Some programs have similar target populations and eligibility criteria, but they use different registry systems and different implementation schemes. Registries do not communicate with each other. They are separate systems and may easily have registered the same family in 3 different systems.
Registry/ Key Information Who does it register Cadastro Unico Families with per capita monthly income of up to half a minimum wage. 480,000 Banco de Dados Cidado All families that are interested in registering (doesnt have an income limit to be registered) 600,000 Pro-social Families with per capita monthly income of up to half a minimum wage. 40,000

Total registered families in the city

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SMADS: Programs Challenges

Estimated number of families eligible for PBF is 327,000 families.

Coverage is 60% Estimated number of Poor families (profile CadUnico) 720,264. Total families in CadUnico 480,000 With new emphasis on CadUnico as unique registry for social programs, need to strengthen social workers at the CRAS to better register families and link them with available opportunities.

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SEMDET programs

SEMDET aims at developing training and inclusion projects to support workers (re)entry in the labor market. It works on three levels: labor intermediation; training; and micro-credit for micro and small entrepreneurs.

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SEMDET programs
Labor intermediation

Services are offered in the network of Work Support Centers (Centros de Apoio ao Trabalho CATs). Currently there are 17 throughout the municipality and an additional 6 mobiles. Local offices offer free services such as: posting of vacancies; validation of unemployment insurance requests, training and capacity building activities, including soft skills courses for interviews and examinations, and orientation to work, issuing of the carteira de trabalho and microcredit - for those who seek inclusion in the formal labor market and income generation.

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SEMDET programs
Training

One the responsibilities of SEMDET is to implement actions to promote social and professional skills, for the most disadvantaged citizens and socially vulnerable in the city of So Paulo. It currently oversees five main programs directed to different target groups

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SEMDET programs
Work Grant Program : youth 16 to 20 from families with monthly per capita
income below of MW; Operation Work Program: for worker who have been unemployed for over 4 months and do not receive UI; Young Paulistanos: provides training and preparation for entenring the labor force for youth and adults (16 and older) in situations of social vulnerability who have al least completed primary education (some courses require high school); ProJovem: young people 18 to 29 years who are unemployed, are members of families with per capita monthly income of up to 1 minimum wage and who are completing or have completed primary school or high school; PlanTeq: people aged 16 and up living in Sao Paulo, who are unemployed and have completed (or are enrolled in) high school

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SEMDET challenges

Little knowledge of impact of programs

Limited capacity Need to strategize on the type of programs offered to ensure workers get the right skills