Política de assistência social e programas de transferência de renda: particularidades da realidade de Juiz de Fora

Abstract

This work makes a preliminary analysis of the relation, articulation and ambiguities between national social assistance policy and the income transference programs, giving priority to Bolsa–Família, in the ambit of Brazilian social protection from the 1988 Constitution. These programs are analysed in the perspective of facing the poverty by governmental action. Thus, this work seeks to analyse the accomplishment of the income transference programs in Juiz de Fora, and explicits the interface and the fragmentation in the management of the social assistance policy in the city, as well as, the role of AMAC (Municipal Association of Community Support) in the implementation of SUAS (Unified Social Assistance System). For this study was done a bibliographical review of the themes and subjects related, documental research and secondary sources with indicators analysis.