Overview

• FAISPIAM was enshrined as a permanent constitutional fund under Article 2 reforms to grant indigenous peoples autonomy over public resources
• Secretary of Welfare Ariadna Montiel led mobile deliveries of Banco del Bienestar cards to elected women treasurers on July 18–19
• Nearly 2,600 communities have secured funds to finance water, sanitation, electrification, housing, education and health projects chosen in local assemblies
• The initiative embodies President Sheinbaum’s Fourth Transformation ‘second floor’ principle of gobernar obedeciendo to strengthen state–indigenous relations
• Indigenous women treasurers will autonomously administer and safeguard FAISPIAM resources, highlighting increased gender participation in community governance