This article shows the main characteristics of benefited family units and
determinants factors of exchange program for family (colled “Bolsa Família”) in Palmas City,
Tocantins State (TO), Brazil. The methodology included interviews with beneficiaries by
questionnaires application in units of Centros de Referência de Assistência Social-CRAS
(Reference Centres for Social Assistance) in two extreme and opposite regions of the referred
city, and 605 North, and Jardim Taquari, south region of Palmas, the capital city of Tocantins
State. Results show mulatta or black mothers with more children than the average of the
general population, with low education, and most unemployed, being the same profile for
fathers. The beneficiaries fulfill the required conditions and use the money to buy mostly
food, and do not have access to credit. They are people with low political and social
participation in their communities and do not attend and do not have access to cultural goods.
They are pleased for receiving the benefit, ignoring the additional shares of Bolsa Familia,
considering being free people, happy, and believing in a better future.
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