“…The Brazilian Income Transfer Program ( Bolsa Família , in Portuguese), created in 2003, was reexamined in relation to other possibilities such as the institution of universal income policies, with or without conditions 3 , 4 . Some challenges, such as increasing the benefit’s value, expanding coverage, and better monitoring education and health-related conditions, were discussed in a context of political polarization, increasing number of deaths by COVID -19, and economic crisis 5 , 6 .…”