October Bolsa Família payments start this Monday

Bolsa Família payments for the month of October begin to be made this Monday (19), when beneficiaries with NIS ending in 1 receive. On Tuesday (20), it will be the turn of those with NIS ending in 2.

According to the Secretariat of Social Communication (Secom), the remaining payments for the month will be unified from Wednesday (21) as a preventive measure to mitigate the effects of super El Niño on families classified as most vulnerable.

With this, the calendar will be unified next Wednesday, when payments to beneficiaries with NIS ending in 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0 take place.

In a note, the department reinforced that the unified payment format will also be valid for the months of November and December, considered critical periods for El Niño.

Data from the Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Combating Hunger indicate that, in the months of August and September 2026, 518 federal recognitions of emergency situations and states of public calamity were registered – more than double the number registered in the same period last year (253).

The increase, according to Secom, was caused, above all, by storms in the South: rain, hail, windstorms and floods were responsible for 272 recognitions this year, compared to 81 in 2025. The increase was also noticed in the semi-arid region, where recognitions due to drought and drought jumped from 172 to 239.

The unification of Bolsa Família payments has already occurred in other emergency moments, such as the floods recorded in Rio Grande do Sul in 2024. At the time, payment was unified for 497 municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul, which were able to access the benefit on the first day of the calendar.

“The unification of the calendar increases the capacity of beneficiary families to prepare for the effects of drought, water scarcity, floods and supply interruptions”, assessed Secom in the statement, citing the measure as an “instrument of adaptive social protection”.

Emergency situation

Beneficiaries who live in municipalities that are already in an emergency situation or in a state of public calamity recognized by the federal government will receive payment in a unified manner this Monday, the first day of the calendar.

To receive the benefit, families must keep the Single Registry (CadÚnico) updated, meet the program criteria and comply with health and education conditions, such as school attendance for children and adolescents, up-to-date vaccinations and prenatal care for pregnant women.