Brazil Launches National Street-Health Policy and Interministerial Package for People Living on the Street

Overview

• The Justice Ministry unveiled an interministerial package exceeding R$130 million to expand services for people in street situations, including food programs, social assistance and rights training.
• The Health Ministry launched the Política Nacional de Atenção Integral à Saúde da População em Situação de Rua, committing R$144 million and the transfer of 400 mobile street health units to municipalities with rollout planned through 2027.
• The package funds human-rights training for 5,077 public security professionals (R$900,000), an annual R$50 million cooperation to integrate 263 Centros-Pop into the CAIS network, and R$2.9 million to strengthen Cozinhas Solidárias with 88 paid positions.
• Officials opened preparatory work for the first IBGE national census of people in street situations and established new SUS data fields and monitoring axes to better identify and track needs.
• Implementation depends on municipal uptake and regulation: Caixa and the Ministry of Cities are finalizing rules to reserve Minha Casa, Minha Vida units, and the impact will hinge on how fast mobile units, expanded Consultório na Rua teams and local services are deployed and monitored.