Abstract
This paper presents some results of a survey that intended to identify effects of social protection programs - more specifically cash transfer and social assistance services - on less tangible dimensions of poverty. The survey, conducted in Belo Horizonte city/MG, has a quantitative and qualitative approach. In this way, was developed a survey applied in 608 families, and focus groups with staff of the Reference Centers of Social Assistance (CRAS), and families assisted by these services. Based on a literature that focuses on the various dimensions that make up the poverty phenomenon, we considered the changes that occur in families receiving Bolsa Familia that, besides the benefit, are in touch with social care services developed in CRAS. The results of both quantitative and qualitative stages realize that the effects of the interventions are different for the different strata of families: those exposed to more systematically social care services have different answers, regarding the psycho social effects, compared with the group that receives only income transfer. Finally, some issues are problematized concerning social intervention ways and the chances of fighting poverty through social welfare policies.KEYWORDS: Poverty, social assistance policy, psycho-social effects, conditional cash transfer programs, social care services.
Highlights
Ao contrário das condições materiais das famílias pobres, os seus ativos menos tangíveis têm sido pouco pesquisados
Based on a literature that focuses on the various dimensions that make up the poverty phenomenon, we considered the changes that occur in families receiving Bolsa Família that, besides the benefit, are in touch with social care services developed in Centros de Referência de Assistência Social (CRAS)
The results of both quantitative and qualitative stages realize that the effects of the interventions are different for the different strata of families: those exposed to more systematically social care services have different answers, regarding the psycho social effects, compared with the group that receives only income transfer
Summary
Ao contrário das condições materiais das famílias pobres, os seus ativos menos tangíveis têm sido pouco pesquisados. Este artigo apresenta alguns resultados de uma pesquisa que buscou mensurar os efeitos dos serviços socioassistenciais desenvolvidos nos Centros de Referência de Assistência Social (CRAS) sobre o público beneficiário do Programa Bolsa Família em Belo Horizonte. Foram explorados os efeitos (e seus condicionantes) da intervenção governamental junto às famílias no que se refere ao desenvolvimento de capacidades e alterações em dimensões de natureza psicossocial, relativas ao manejo de ativos e à capacidade de ação, operacionalizada aqui por meio da dimensão sociorrelacional, uma expressão de empoderamento. A pesquisa buscou constatar a ocorrência dessa relação e determinar se os programas, em conjunto ou separadamente, são eficazes para produzir o aumento dos ativos das famílias ou, pelo menos, alterações nas estratégias de respostas ou no manejo desses ativos. Ambos os centros se encontram em pleno funcionamento, adotam metodologias de trabalho similares e são reconhecidos por sua boa gestão
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