Mato Grosso municipalities coordinate with state on social aid and school investments

The mayors of Várzea Grande and Cuiabá met with the Mato Grosso Court of Accounts (TCE‑MT) to launch a technical table aimed at improving assistance for vulnerable residents. The discussion covered funding, elderly care, street‑dwelling populations and the Cadastro Único, which records about 78 000 families (≈166 000 people) in Várzea Grande and 119 000 families in Cuiabá. Municipal officials highlighted that more than 80 % of social‑assistance costs are covered with local resources and that the city operates four CRAS centres, one POP centre and a CREAS with a monthly budget of roughly R$ 2 million.

Separately, representatives from 17 municipalities in the Rio Teles Pires and Portal da Amazônia regions gathered in Cuiabá with the State Secretariat of Education (Seduc‑MT). The meeting focused on aligning investments for school construction, creche expansion, transport fleets and pedagogical programs. The state has already allocated R$ 183.7 million for schools and sports courts (benefiting 39 schools and over 18 000 students), R$ 144 million for 170 school buses, and more than R$ 39 million for creche projects in nine municipalities, totaling over R$ 300 million in education‑related cooperation for 2020‑2026.