The purpose of this supplement will be to advance support for families in vulnerable situations and reduce child poverty in Spain, according to the Minister of Social Rights.
The General State Budgets (PGE) for 2022 will include an aid of up to 100 euros to Ffamilies with children who receive the Minimum Living Income or have low income.
United We Can and the PSOE have reached a agreement to include this measure by means of a transactional amendment to the new public accounts. The purpose of this supplement will be to advance support for families in vulnerable situations and reduce child poverty in Spain.
Families consisting of two adults and one child with incomes of up to 27,000 euros, as well as families with two children and two adults with total incomes of up to 32,100 euros, may receive this aid.
For single-parent families, the annual income requirement will be € 30,800 with two children and € 27,700 with one child.
The design of this initiative gives priority to children up to 0 to 3 years old. In this way, families with children from 0 to 3 years old will have 100 euros per month, for those with children between 3 to 6 years old the range is set at 70 euros and in the case of 6 to 18 years old, 40 euros is stipulated.
The Minister of Social Rights, Ione Belarra, has indicated this morning in statements to Onda Cero, that this supplement represents an advance towards the goal of achieving a universal child-rearing benefit, something that “would strengthen the welfare state.”
Unidos Podemos had already planned to include this provision in the draft of the Budgets, which was presented yesterday, but finally its development will be included in the parliamentary process, through the aforementioned amendments.
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