Unclaimed benefits & grants in Brazil
67 real support programmes from national, regional and city bodies — each with the published eligibility rules, an official source and the date we last checked it. 8 of them pay out automatically; the other 59 need an application.
67
Programmes
25
Human-verified
10
Categories
BRL
Currency
Business & self-employment 6Education & training 8Work & employment 8Energy & utilities 2Family & children 4Health & care 5Housing & rent 9Income support 14Tax relief 5Transport 6
Income support
14 income support programmes
Bolsa Família cash transfer programme (successor of Auxílio Brasil)
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Verified
Continuous Benefit Payment (BPC) - social assistance pension for elderly 65+ and persons with disabilities
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Verified
moreLocked
Housing & rent
9 housing & rent programmes
My Home My Life - Band 1 subsidised housing for lowest-income families
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Verified
My Home My Life - Bands 2 and 3 subsidised housing finance
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Verified
moreLocked
Work & employment
8 work & employment programmes
Inclusion Allowance for persons with disabilities entering formal work
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Verified
Unemployment Insurance
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Verified
moreLocked
Education & training
8 education & training programmes
Pé-de-Meia student savings incentive for low-income public high school students
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Verified
Student Financing Fund (Fies) - government-backed tuition financing
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Verified
moreLocked
Transport
6 transport programmes
Free public transport for seniors aged 65+ (Estatuto do Idoso)
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Not human-checked
Free interstate travel pass for persons with disabilities in economic hardship
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Verified
moreLocked
Business & self-employment
6 business & self-employment programmes
Individual Microentrepreneur - simplified registration, tax exemption on opening and reduced monthly tax
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Not human-checked
Simples Nacional - unified reduced tax regime for micro and small enterprises
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Not human-checked
moreLocked
Health & care
5 health & care programmes
People's Pharmacy - free and subsidised medicines
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Verified
SUS high-cost specialised medicines (CEAF)
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Not human-checked
moreLocked
Tax relief
5 tax relief programmes
Income tax exemption up to R$ 5.000/month and reduction up to R$ 7.350
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Not human-checked
Income tax exemption on retirement/pension for serious diseases
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Not human-checked
moreLocked
Family & children
4 family & children programmes
Family Salary - INSS per-child supplement for low-wage workers
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Verified
Maternity Pay (INSS), including unemployed and individual contributors
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Not human-checked
moreLocked
Energy & utilities
2 energy & utilities programmesRegions covered: Bahia · Ceará · Distrito Federal · Minas Gerais · Paraná · Pernambuco · Rio Grande do Sul · Rio de Janeiro · São Paulo. City and regional schemes are the ones people miss most — if yours isn't listed, the national programmes above still apply.