 Many countries in Latin America are now using CCT programs as a major tool of their social policy since they have been proven to be very effective in helping poor families.By 2011 CCTs had spread to 18 countries in the region and covered as many as 129 million beneficiaries.Although the conditions and amounts of money may vary from country to country, ranging from $5 to $33 per child, in general these programs provide money to poor families under the condition that those transfers are used as an investment on their children’s human capital, such as regular school attendance and basic preventive health care.