The national Government confirmed the completion of the Back to Work (VAT) program, an initiative that had been implemented as a replacement for Empowering Work, and which, as clarified by the Ministry of Human Capital, had already been planned for a limited duration since its creation.
The portfolio led by Sandra Pettovello reported that the program completed its two-year cycle, so its closure does not respond to a short-term decision but to a scheme planned from its original design. Within this framework, the last non-remunerative monthly allowance was liquidated during the month of April.
From the ruling party, they explained that the measure is part of a reorientation of social spending, with the objective of allocating resources to policies considered to have greater impact and efficiency. The focus of this new phase is to strengthen direct assistance, eliminating intermediaries and improving the allocation of public funds
.The Back to Work program had been conceived as a tool to facilitate the transition to formal employment, unlike Empowering Work, which presented incompatibilities with registered work and a strong intermediation of social organizations. Under this scheme, the beneficiaries accessed job training instances coordinated by the Undersecretary of Employment and Occupational Training
