In addition to the federal government, state and municipal authorities also operate social assistance programmes, and sometimes these programmes overlap, or eligible recipients are not aware that they could apply for a certain kinds of assistance. A promising initiative is the roll-out of Centres of Reference for Social Assistance (CRAS) across municipalities with a high incidence of poverty. These centres deliver family-assistance services, and could become the main point of delivery of all assistance programmes, including federal programmes under Brasil sem Miseria and state and municipal programmes.