Programme of Food Support for Adults over 68 years old living in Mexico City
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Institutions and agencies involved
Programme type
Population group
Elderly persons
Programme Details
Programme objectives
Contribute to the improvement of nutritional conditions of adults over 68 years of age, through the provision of a monthly pension.
Programme components
i) Food Pension Card: Food pension benefit delivered by Magnetic Card;
ii) Credit: This component seeks to guarantee the access of older people to economic rights and the improvement of health conditions and feeding.
Conditionalities (if any)
i) Food Pension Card component: Older adults registered in the Register of Beneficiaries. In the case of financial support for walking, which is granted to the representative of the participant when he/she dies.
Coverage
Programme expenditure
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Eligibility criteria
Adults 68 years of age or older living in/or whom lived in Mexico City for at least 3 years.
I. Self-selection: Registration of recipients in the offices of Institute for Aid to the Older people in the Federal District; Registry of recipients: Recipient Census. f the participant can not register on his/her own, this process can be done by a voluntary representative, upon presentation of the identification documents of the participant and the representative.
Coverage and other information
Contribution type and amount
ii) Credit component: There are a new offer of loans directed to beneficiaries with no necessity of guarantee. The credit must be paid in 12, 24 or 36 payments, and the maximum amount is 5,000 Mexican pesos and a monthly interest rate of 1.8%. This component seeks to guarantee the access of elderly to economic rights and the improvement of health conditions and feeding.
Amount of benefits
i) Card of food pension: MXN 1.275 (2019);
ii) Credit: maximum amount is MXN 5,000 and a monthly interest rate of 1.8% (2019).
Payment/delivery frequency
i) Food Pension Card: Monthly;
ii) Credit: Single payment.
Benefit delivery mechanism
Flat transfer. Debit/Magnetic Card.
Benefit recipients
Legal Framework
Law Establishing the Right to the Food Pension for Older Adults Sixty Eight Years, Living in the Federal District (2003).