Overview
- Resolution 209/2026, signed by Minister Sandra Pettovello and published May 27–28, has entered into force and adds a new 'Situación Penal' section to the program's regulation.
- The update bars from Acompañamiento Social people who are fugitives, those detained by judicial order, and individuals serving final criminal sentences.
- The Ministry of Capital Humano says the measure consolidates incompatibilities that were issued separately in recent months into a single rule to depurate beneficiary lists and improve controls.
- Courts have ordered that payments continue for some Volver al Trabajo beneficiaries who had been suspended, creating an overlap between judicial rulings and the ministry's new rules.
- The program, created by Decree 198/2024 to assist highly vulnerable households such as adults over 50 and mothers of large families, will be paired with Formando Capital Humano and Portal Empleo training aimed at labor insertion for affected beneficiaries.