Instrumentos de gestão da assistência social: uma análise da realidade dos municípios brasileiros

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the adoption of instruments of social assistance management in Brazilian municipalities. For this purpose it was used the data contained in the Profile of Brazilian Municipalities - 2013, published by IBGE. The empirical strategy adopted was the creatiion of the social assistance management Index for the Brazilian municapalities. The results showed that, although there are municipalities that implement all instruments of social assistance management evaluated, the average level of instrument implementation is low. The least frequent instrument in municipal administrations is the municipal regulation law of SUAS. Concludes that this deficiency is worrisome and can reduce the impacts of welfare policies since SUAS is responsible for the operationalization of such policies and the lack of regulation can be a risk to the right of the citizen and the denial of a social assistance guaranteed in law.