Overview
- The benefit covers first- through sixth-graders in public schools to offset costs of uniforms and school supplies.
- The government will hold informational assemblies in February to organize delivery, and it has not yet released the registration schedule.
- Payments will be deposited directly to Banco del Bienestar cards issued after community assemblies.
- For 2026, new preschool and primary recipients receive a single annual grant while earlier enrollees continue with 1,900-peso bimonthly payments; secondary students get 1,900 pesos bimonthly with a 700-peso sibling bonus.
- The expansion is part of a plan to reach 22.8 million students this year with a 178.2-billion-peso budget, as secondary card deliveries began January 5 for 1,053,215 beneficiaries.