PAN beneficiaries will be able to use portion reserved for the family market at other certified merchants

The participants of the Nutritional Assistance Program (PAN) may use, from tomorrow, Thursday 17 December, 4% reserved for purchases in the Family Markets, in all trade certified for PAN transactions as a temporary measure.

This authorization is given after an expenditure requested by the Family Socioeconomic Development Administration (ADSEF) is approved by the Federal Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), the federal agency that administers the PAN program, under the Federal Department of Agriculture.

“This is the second time that this waiver has been approved during the emergency period. The first time that the effect of liberalizing the use of resources for the Family Market announced its temporary closure, “said the Secretary of the Department of the Family, Orlando López Belmonte.

Beneficiaries were informed that they do not have to make any arrangements to access these Family Market benefits, as the balances have been enabled so that they are available for use through their Family Card. “The shops are being oriented so that they do not have inconveniences”, highlighted the administrator of the ADSEF, Alberto Fradera Vázquez.

The official urged participants to “make use of unused resources and review their balances through the platform www.ebtpr.com where they can see their transactions and the profit available before they go out to make their purchases. This speeds up the process and allows you to go with the certainty of the additional resources available. “

By regulation, 4% of the PAN benefit allocated to Family Markets must be used within 180 days. After that period, they revert to a general PAN fund to be redistributed among the beneficiaries. “For the reason of reason we have increased the options of the participants to be able to purchase foods in any trade certified for transactions with the PAN. We will continue to seek to facilitate the use of allocated resources for the benefit of participants, “said Fradera Vázquez.

The PAN is currently at 841,149 families, for a total of 1.5 million people supported in their food supply. These include about 344 thousand children under 18, 375 thousand adults over 60 years, 100 thousand people with disabilities, 216 thousand working individuals and 440 thousand who received Social Security income.