Controle social: limites e possibilidades do Conselho Municipal do Programa Bolsa Família em Currais Novos-RN

Abstract

The Bolsa Família Program created in 2003 is currently considered the most important income transfer program ever carried out in Brazil and of great international standing as a way to combat poverty and social exclusion, unifying other existing social programs. These income transfer programs are added in the new social, political, economic, and theoretical context, ranging from the perspective of a welfare model to a more comprehensive form of political commitment, especially with a view to incorporating actions and own budget, returning to social programs. The objective of this work is to analyze the conception of the effective limits and possibilities of control action of the Bolsa Família Program in the city of Currais Novos / RN, the characterization of the Program, the Board's performance, as well as the limits and possibilities that it offers in the Compliance and management of results. It was possible to observe some flaws in the inspection, performance and mainly because there is no Council of the Family Grant, being incorporated by the Council of Social Assistance. The case study was done through the form of bibliographic and documentary research, whose results demonstrate gaps in what concerns the control.