Benefícios assistenciais e suas controvérsias frente à legislação brasileira

Abstract

This scientific article analyzes the controversies and challenges in the implementation of welfare benefits in Brazil, with special emphasis on the Continuous Benefit Payment (BPC). The research examines the historical evolution of welfare protection in the Brazilian legal system, from its origins to its current constitutional configuration, as well as the main controversial issues related to the criteria for granting and maintaining these benefits. The methodology used is based on bibliographic and documentary research, with analysis of the legislation. The results indicate that, despite legislative advances, important challenges persist in the operationalization of the BPC, especially with regard to the criteria of poverty and the need for flexibility of the rules. It is concluded that the realization of the right to social assistance requires adequate criteria and accessible procedures that go beyond the mere application of mathematical formulas in the verification of social vulnerability.