“…9 An analysis of the program reinforces the necessity to articulate between the different sectors of actions carried out in the program, which currently focus on home visits, and do not become only "a palliative action for those children who, belonging to a certain class, do not access services that are entitled to social assistance, health and education", but that can go beyond, thus providing greater resolution. 10 In this scope, important elements stand out in the promotion of the integral development of children, inserted in the Política Nacional de Alimentação e Nutrição (PNAN) (National Food and Nutrition Policy), highlighted in the Marco Legal da Primeira Infância: a Vigilância Alimentar e Nutricional (VAN) (Legal Framework of Early Childhood: Food and Nutrition Surveillance), the monitoring of the health conditionalities of the Bolsa Família Program, the actions of Promoção da Alimentação Adequada e Saudável (PAAS) (Promoting Adequate and Healthy Food), the prevention and control of deficiencies by micronutrients. The VAN is of importance to promote the child's development by performing the continuous description and prediction of trends in food and nutrition conditions and their determining factors, enabling the constant evaluation and organization of nutritional care in the Sistema Unico de Saúde (SUS) (Public Health Care) and the realignment of policies and actions that focus on improving the profile of child health and nutrition.…”