Cash Transfers
Temporary Support for the Strengthening of Child Development - Grant of 200 soles for children (Apoyo Temporal para el fortalecimiento del Desarrollo Infantil - Bono 200 soles para niños y niñas).
Date announced
8/10/2020
Start date
9/10/2020
End date
8/31/2021
Date of last update
3/25/2022
Description
Promote with monetary incentives access to the integrated package of prioritized health services in favor of children under 24 months of age residing in districts with monetary poverty level equal to or greater than 15%, taking as a reference the 2018 Poverty Map. The measure is implemented through the National Program of Direct Support to the Poorest 'JUNTOS'. Households are subject to compliance with health co-responsibilities.
Annexes Supreme Decree N°10-2020-MIDIS: The intervention will be implemented under the organizational structure of the JUNTOS Program, and through the contracting of goods and services according to the budget authorized for the intervention.
Official Sources
El Peruano (08-10-20). 'Decreto de Urgencia Nº 095-2020 del 10 de agosto de 2020'. [https://busquedas.elperuano.pe/download/url/decreto-de-urgencia-que-aprueba-intervenciones-temporales-de-decreto-de-urgencia-n-095-2020-1876539-1].
Gobierno del Perú (08-20-20) 'Decreto Supremo N° 010-2020-MIDIS' [https://www.gob.pe/institucion/midis/normas-legales/1108718-010-2020-midis]
El Peruano (05-28-21) 'Decreto Supremo N°125-2021-EF' [https://busquedas.elperuano.pe/normaslegales/autorizan-transferencia-de-partidas-en-el-presupuesto-del-se-decreto-supremo-no-125-2021-ef-1957865-1/]
Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social (07-13-21). 'Inversión de más de S/ 300 millones permitió promover el desarrollo infantil temprano con intervenciones temporales de Juntos y Cuna Más'. [https://www.gob.pe/institucion/midis/noticias/505858-inversion-de-mas-de-s-300-millones-permitio-promover-el-desarrollo-infantil-temprano-con-intervenciones-temporales-de-juntos-y-cuna-mas].
MIDIS (05-28-21) 'Transfieren S/ 66.7 mlls. a Midis para apoyo alimentario e impulso de vacunación infantil y suplementación con hierro en zonas vulnerables' [https://www.gob.pe/institucion/midis/noticias/496679-transfieren-s-66-7-mlls-a-midis-para-apoyo-alimentario-e-impulso-de-vacunacion-infantil-y-suplementacion-con-hierro-en-zonas-vulnerables]
Gobierno de Perú (s.f.). 'Apoyo Temporal para el fortalecimiento del Desarrollo Infantil Temprano (DIT) - Afiliaciones Cerradas'. [https://www.gob.pe/institucion/juntos/campa%C3%B1as/2011-apoyo-temporal-para-el-fortalecimiento-del-desarrollo-infantil-temprano-dit-afiliaciones-cerradas].
Characteristics of the measure
Type of measure
Cash transfer (1)
Sphere
Income protection (1)
Target population
Families in a situation of vulnerability with children under 2 years old (1) (2)
Informed coverage
2021: 442,618 affiliated households (in 1,594 prioritized districts in all regions of the country).
2020: Half a million households.
Annexes Supreme Decree N°10-2020-MIDIS: Eligibility Criteria: Child under 24 months with DNI or Unique Identification Code; Mother of minor with DNI; District of residence of the minor located in the intervention area; Survival of the minor and the mother; In case the mother is identified in a household in the National Registry of Households for COVID-19 Measures and the father in another, the mother's household will be taken for affiliation. Exclusion for incorporation: Household that desists from participating in the intervention;
Death of the minor under 24 months of age or of the mother or does not have her mother in her care.
Delivery method
Transfer to bank account
Frequency / duration
Up to 5 times
Place of delivery
Banks or cashiers
Recipient Registration System
Registro Nacional de Hogares
-Innovación: El Registro Nacional de Identicación y Estado Civil (RENIEC) remite al Programa JUNTOS la información nominal, y su actualización sobre las niñas y niños menores de 24 meses. El Ministerio de Salud proporciona al Programa JUNTOS la información nominal de las prestaciones registradas en el HIS (Sistema de Salud Hospitalario)
Legal Framework
Emergency Decree No. 095-2020 of August 10, 2020.
Supreme Decree No. 010-2020-MIDIS of August 20, 2020.
Supreme Decree No. 125-2021-EF of May 28, 2021.
Responsible Institution
Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social - MIDIS) and Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo - MTPE)