CRESS-MG - Conselho Regional de Serviço Social de Minas Gerais - 6ª Região

What CRESS-MG - Conselho Regional de Serviço Social de Minas Gerais - 6ª Região does

CRESS-MG (Conselho Regional de Serviço Social de Minas Gerais - 6ª Região) is a Brazilian public autarquia established in 1987 to regulate, discipline, and supervise the practice of social work across the state of Minas Gerais. It operates as the regional arm of the national CFESS-CRESS regulatory system, with its headquarters in Belo Horizonte and three regional seccionais extending service coverage across the state's 853 municipalities. The council serves individual social workers (assistentes sociais) — both people and entities — practicing in Minas Gerais, who are legally required to maintain active registration.

The council's core products and services include professional registration and licensing, issuance of professional identity cards (Carteira de Identidade Profissional), ethical discipline proceedings, workplace inspection, and fiscal oversight of the profession. Since March 2023, all core services — registration, fee payment, and document requests — are delivered through a fully digital online services platform. The organization also runs continuing education programming (notably "Ética em Movimento") and publishes Revista Conexão Geraes as its institutional periodical.

Revenue is generated almost entirely through mandatory annual membership fees (anuidades), with the 2026 fee set at R$575.30 for early payment and R$676.82 at the full rate. Secondary revenue streams include event registration, publication sales, and rental income from owned real estate assets. As a non-profit regulatory entity, all revenue is reinvested into operations, professional development programs, and regulatory infrastructure. The council maintains 31 employees and operates under standard three-year elected management cycles, with the next cycle covering 2026-2029.

Name

CRESS-MG - Conselho Regional de Serviço Social de Minas Gerais - 6ª Região

Legal name

Conselho Regional de Serviço Social de Minas Gerais (CRESS-MG)

Website

https://cress-mg.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CRESS-MG is the Brazilian regional regulatory council for social workers in Minas Gerais, providing mandatory professional licensing, ethical oversight, and continuing education to assistentes sociais across the state via a digital member-services platform.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Belo Horizonte

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Annual Professional Fees (Anuidades): Mandatory annual membership fees charged to registered social workers. Fees can be paid in a single lump sum with early payment discounts (5-15% for payments by mid-February through mid-April), or in up to 10 monthly installments. After the payment deadline, penalties of 2% fine plus 1% monthly interest apply. Non-payment may result in enrollment in active debt, protest, and tax execution proceedings.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

CRESS-MG is the regional professional council for social workers (assistentes sociais) in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It issues primary and secondary professional registrations, collects annual membership fees, performs ethical oversight and inspection of professional practice, and delivers continuing education, training, and publications to its registered members. Services are provided to individual social service professionals operating in the state of Minas Gerais.

Product overview

CRESS-MG is a professional regulatory council for social workers in Minas Gerais, Brazil (6th Region). The organization operates as a unified platform offering professional registration, oversight, and annual fee collection services through its online portal. Key products include the Boletim Conexão Geraes (quarterly newsletter), Revista Conexão Geraes (annual scientific journal), Ética em Movimento (continuing education course), and advocacy services including public defense (Desagravo Público) for professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Revista Conexão Geraes: Annual scientific journal produced by CRESS-MG to disseminate theoretical and scientific production among social workers in Minas Gerais, published since 2012.
• Boletim Conexão Geraes
• Ética em Movimento

Products and services

• Registro Profissional (Primary Professional Registration) Primary professional registration issued to social workers (assistentes sociais) in Minas Gerais, required by Federal Law 8.662/93 to legally practice the profession.
• Registro Secundário (Secondary Professional Registration) Secondary professional registration for social workers already registered with another regional CRESS but who also practice in Minas Gerais.
• Anuidades (Annual Membership Fees) Annual fee (anuidade) charged to each registered social worker, with options for early payment discount, installment plans up to 10 installments, and discounts for recent graduates within the regulated period after graduation.
• Orientação e Fiscalização do Exercício Profissional (Guidance and Inspection of Professional Practice) Statutory function of providing guidance and inspecting the professional practice of social workers in Minas Gerais to ensure compliance with the Code of Ethics and applicable regulations.
• Serviços On-line (Online Services Portal) Online portal launched in March 2023 that enables registered professionals to access membership services, request documents, and interact with the council digitally.
• Boletim Conexão Geraes Bulletin published by CRESS-MG to communicate regulatory updates, council activities, and relevant content to registered social workers and the public.
• Revista Conexão Geraes Periodical magazine published by CRESS-MG providing longer-form content on social work topics, regulation, and council activities for registered members.
• Ética em Movimento Continuing education and ethics training program delivered to social workers through training sessions, including online webinars.
• Desagravo Público Statutory public vindication mechanism by which CRESS-MG publicly defends social workers who have been offended or disrespected in the exercise of their profession.
• Plano de Transparência e Prestação de Contas (Transparency and Accountability Plan) Transparency and accountability reporting framework maintained by CRESS-MG to provide members and the public with visibility into council activities and finances.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Serviço Social Institutions and Public Bodies in Minas GeraiscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012CRESS-MG maintains ongoing relationships with various public institutions, hospitals, courts, schools, and social assistance facilities where social workers practice, through its supervision and orientation activities (Cofi). These institutions are not formal partners but are the subject of CRESS-MG's regulatory oversight.
• Conselho Nacional de Assistência Social (CNAS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 July 2011CRESS-MG participated in the ceremony for the sanctioning of PL SUAS (Projeto de Lei do Sistema Único de Assistência Social), which legally established the SUAS system. CNAS is the national council responsible for social assistance policy oversight, and CRESS-MG works with CNAS on matters of professional regulation and social assistance policy.
• Fórum dos Trabalhadores do SUAS de BH (Secretaria Municipal Adjunta de Assistência Social)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 July 2011CRESS-MG was elected as titular representative of workers in the Conselho Municipal de Assistência Social de Belo Horizonte (CMAS/BH) through interlocution with the SUAS Workers Forum. This represents CRESS-MG's active role in social assistance policy control bodies.
• Conselho Estadual de Assistência Social (CEAS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011CRESS-MG was elected as titular representative in the Conselho Estadual de Assistência Social (CEAS), achieving the highest number of votes among worker representatives at the 9th State Conference on Social Assistance.
• Conjunto CFESS-CRESS (National System of Social Work Councils)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011CRESS-MG is part of the national CFESS-CRESS system, which includes the Federal Council (CFESS) and regional councils (CRESS) across all Brazilian states. The system coordinates national events, publishes joint publications, develops ethical guidelines, and conducts national elections for the unified system. CRESS-MG actively participates in national seminars, management meetings, and the Encontro Nacional CFESS-CRESS.
• ABEPSS (Associação Brasileira de Ensino e Pesquisa em Serviço Social)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011ABEPSS is the Brazilian association for teaching and research in social work. CRESS-MG collaborates with ABEPSS on educational events such as the national seminar on defense of education quality, organized jointly with CFESS-CRESS and ENESSO.
• ENESSO (Executiva Nacional de Estudantes de Serviço Social)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011ENESSO is the national executive of social work students. CRESS-MG collaborates with ENESSO on joint educational events and seminars.
• Seminário Legislativo Pobreza e Desigualdade - Assembleia Legislativa de Minas Gerais (ALMG)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011CRESS-MG partnered with over 40 civil society entities and movements to organize the Legislative Seminar on Poverty and Inequality, promoted by the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais (ALMG).
• Sintibre-MG (Sindicato dos Empregados em Instituições Beneficentes, Religiosas e Filantrópicas de MG)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Sintibre-MG was elected as first alternate representative alongside CRESS-MG in the CMAS/BH worker representation seats, indicating a collaborative relationship in representing social assistance sector workers.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• CRESS-RJ (Conselho Regional de Serviço Social do Rio de Janeiro - 7ª Região): Same profession and regulatory function, serving social workers in Rio de Janeiro state. Directly comparable in fee structure, oversight activities, and digital services delivery, with similar regulatory mandate under Federal Law 8.662/93.
• COREN-MG (Conselho Regional de Enfermagem de Minas Gerais): Regulatory council for nursing professionals in Minas Gerais. Directly comparable in statutory mandate, annual fee collection, professional oversight, and regional sectional structure, though serving a different healthcare profession.
• CRESS-SP (Conselho Regional de Serviço Social de São Paulo - 9ª Região): Same profession (social work), same regulatory function, different state (São Paulo). Operates the identical CFESS-CRESS system model for the largest state by population, providing the closest direct comparable for membership fees, services, and oversight scope.
• CRM-MG (Conselho Regional de Medicina de Minas Gerais): Medical professional regulatory council serving the same state (Minas Gerais). Comparable in scale, fee structure, ethical oversight mandate, and digital services delivery, representing a larger profession with similar regulatory responsibilities.
• OAB-MG (Seccional de Minas Gerais da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil): Regional section of the Brazilian Bar Association in Minas Gerais. Operates as a comparable professional regulatory body in the same geography with annual fee collection, ethical oversight, and disciplinary functions, though for the legal profession.
• CREFITO-6 (Conselho Regional de Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional da 6ª Região): Regulatory council for physiotherapy and occupational therapy professionals in the same 6ª Região (Minas Gerais). Operates under an identical professional council framework with annual fees, professional oversight, and sectional office structure for a smaller healthcare profession.
• CRP-MG (Conselho Regional de Psicologia de Minas Gerais - 6ª Região): Different profession (psychology) but operates the same regulatory council model in the same geographic jurisdiction (Minas Gerais, 6ª Região). Comparable in fee structure, oversight function, sectional office model, and digital service delivery approach.

Broad incumbents

• CFESS (Conselho Federal de Serviço Social): Federal-level parent body that coordinates all regional CRESS councils nationwide. Comparable as the higher-tier regulatory authority that sets ethical guidelines, coordinates national policy, and supervises CRESS-MG's activities within the unified CFESS-CRESS system.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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