Secretaria de assistencia social

What Secretaria de assistencia social does

The Secretaria Municipal de Assistência Social, da Mulher e do Trabalho is a department of the Prefeitura Municipal de Pedro Afonso, a municipal government entity in the state of Tocantins, Brazil, led by Mayor Joaquim Martins Pinheiro Filho (2025–2028). The Secretariat, headed by Jucelma Alves da Silva Pereira, is responsible for delivering public social assistance, women's rights protection, and labor market integration programs to the municipality's ~14,731 residents (IBGE 2024) across a 2,019.556 km² territory. Its service portfolio spans family protection, domestic violence prevention (Maria da Penha Law enforcement), foster family services, land regularization, vocational training, school nutrition, and entrepreneurship support — with documented outcomes including 56 land titles delivered, 20 sustainable soap-making trainees, and 60 merchants trained in sales techniques.

The broader municipal government operates a digital services ecosystem centered on the pedroafonso.to.gov.br portal, integrating transparency (Portal da Transparência), legal publishing (Diário Oficial Eletrônico), sanitation billing (SISAPA), electronic invoicing (NFS-e), citizen complaints (Ouvidoria/E-SIC), and employee self-service modules — all built on third-party Megasoft platforms. Service delivery is omnichannel: in-person at the Rua Guimarães Natal / Rua Getúlio Vargas headquarters, through web portals, WhatsApp, and telephone. The Secretariat is engaged in regionalized delivery, leading a four-municipality consortium (with Santa Maria, Bom Jesus, and Tupirama) for Foster Family Services, and maintains strategic partnerships with SEBRAE Tocantins, Patrulha Maria da Penha de Palmas, BP Bioenergy, and Rodes Transportes. The entity is LGPD-compliant and certified to WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards.

The business model is non-commercial: services are provided free of charge to citizens, and funding flows from municipal taxation and federal/state budget allocations rather than user fees or commercial revenue. There is no conventional revenue, headcount scale is small (11–50 across the Secretariat), and growth is measured in social program coverage and inter-municipal consortium expansion rather than financial returns. Strategic direction in 2026 has emphasized regionalization of child protection services, multi-stakeholder women's safety initiatives, and long-horizon infrastructure planning through the 20-year Plano Municipal de Saneamento Básico.

Name

Secretaria de assistencia social

Legal name

Prefeitura Municipal de Pedro Afonso

Website

https://pedroafonso.to.gov.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1937

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Secretaria Municipal de Assistência Social, da Mulher e do Trabalho de Pedro Afonso/TO is a municipal government department in Tocantins, Brazil, delivering social assistance, women's rights, and labor programs to approximately 14,731 residents through in-person and digital e-government channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Social Assistance

NAICS

Public Administration (92), Other General Government Support (92119), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

State/Provincial Human Services & Benefits Administration (Welfare, Disability, Child & Family) (BPAIABAI)

Keywords

• Social assistance services
• Welfare protection programs
• Women protection services
• Labor market integration
• Municipal social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Pedro Afonso, To

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Secretaria Municipal de Assistência Social, da Mulher e do Trabalho de Pedro Afonso/TO is a municipal government department that delivers public social assistance, women's rights protection, and labor-market integration services to residents of Pedro Afonso, Tocantins, Brazil. Its core activities include social protection for vulnerable families and individuals, enforcement of the Maria da Penha Law against domestic violence, vocational and entrepreneurship training, school nutrition support, land regularization, and a regional Foster Family Service consortium with neighboring municipalities.

Product overview

The municipal government of Pedro Afonso operates a comprehensive digital services ecosystem delivered through its unified web portal (pedroafonso.to.gov.br), supplemented by specialized transactional platforms. The portfolio centers on citizen-facing e-government services including the Portal da Transparência for budget and spending oversight, the Diário Oficial Eletrônico for legal publications, and the SISAPA system for sanitation management. The government provides integrated service modules for tax management (Nota Fiscal Eletrônica, REFIS), citizen services (Ouvidoria, E-SIC, CND Municipal), and internal employee services (Comprovante de Rendimentos, Ficha Funcional). Recent initiatives include the 20-year Plano Municipal de Saneamento Básico and the Alô P.A. direct citizen communication channel, both announced in 2026 at the TCE-TO meeting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Portal da Transparência: Transparency portal for public government data
• Diário Oficial Eletrônico
• SISAPA

Products and services

• Social Protection and Family Assistance Program
• Women's Rights Protection Service
• Labor Market Integration and Vocational Training
• Regional Foster Family Service Consortium
• School Nutrition Program
• Land Regularization Program
• Civil Registry and Documentation Assistance

Quantifiable outcome

• 56 families received land regularization titles
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• BP BioenergyminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 26 June 2026BP Bioenergy participated as host venue and partner in the 'Operação Mulher Segura' (Safe Woman Operation), hosting awareness sessions about the Maria da Penha Law for employees at their facilities in Pedro Afonso.
• Rodes TransportesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 26 June 2026Rodes Transportes participated as host venue in the 'Operação Mulher Segura' initiative, hosting workplace awareness sessions about domestic violence prevention and women's rights for their employees.
• Patrulha Maria da Penha de PalmascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 June 2026Partnership with the Women's Patrol from the state capital Palmas for joint operations and knowledge exchange on domestic violence prevention. Specialists from the patrol conducted training sessions in Pedro Afonso on women's protection laws and enforcement.
• Municipalities of Santa Maria, Bom Jesus and TupiramacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2026Regional consortium for the implementation of the Foster Family Service (Serviço de Família Acolhedora). Pedro Afonso leads the inter-municipal articulation to establish shared child protection services, optimizing resources and expanding coverage across four municipalities in the legal district.
• SEBRAE TocantinscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 April 2026Strategic partnership with SEBRAE (Brazilian Service for Support to Micro and Small Enterprises) for business development programs. SEBRAE provides technical expertise and resources for entrepreneurship training, sales techniques workshops, and economic development initiatives targeting local merchants and entrepreneurs in Pedro Afonso.
• Câmara Municipal de Vereadores de Pedro AfonsominorGTM or Marketing Partner · 16 April 2026City Council collaborated in organizing and supporting the 'Técnicas de Vendas' (Sales Techniques) seminar for local merchants, providing institutional backing and helping mobilize participants.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Ministério do Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social, Família e Combate à Fome (MDS): Brazilian federal ministry that designs and funds national social assistance policy (Bolsa Família, Cadastro Único). It is the federal-level counterpart and primary funding source for municipal social assistance secretariats like Pedro Afonso's.
• Fundo Nacional de Assistência Social (FNAS): Federal fund that finances municipal social assistance programs through co-financing transfers. Operates within the SUAS (Sistema Único de Assistência Social) framework that structures municipal-level services like those delivered by Pedro Afonso.

Others

• UNICEF Brasil: International organization that supports child protection and family services in Brazil, including foster care frameworks. Operates at scale on similar child welfare mandates that Pedro Afonso addresses through its Foster Family Service consortium.
• SEBRAE (Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas): Brazilian small business support entity that partnered with Pedro Afonso for sales training and entrepreneurship workshops. Operates in adjacent labor/economic development space and serves as both a service provider and capacity-extension partner for municipal labor programs.

Regional players

• Patrulha Maria da Penha (Polícia Militar do Tocantins): State-level specialized police unit for domestic violence enforcement based in Palmas, Tocantins. Partnered with Pedro Afonso for women's protection operations, representing a regional public-safety peer operating in the same women's rights mandate space.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/prefeituramunicipalpedroafonso/?locale=pt_BR
• Instagraminstagram.com/prefeituradepedroafonso
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/secretaria-de-assistencia-social

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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