Family benefits are financial aid granted to those raising children.
They help reduce the differences in living standards between households without children and households with children with the same income.
There are (in 2015) 8 family benefits:
- family allowances paid from the 2nd dependent child;
- early childhood care benefit (PAJE) itself comprising four components (birth or adoption premium, basic allowance, additional free choice of childcare, and, depending on the date of birth of the children or their date of adoption, additional free choice of activity or shared provision of child-rearing);
- family supplement;
- family housing allowance;
- education allowance for disabled children;
- family support allowance;
- back-to-school allowance;
- daily parental presence allowance.
The allocation of each of these benefits is subject to specific conditions, in particular related to household income. This is referred to as means-tested benefits, which means that above a certain income threshold, households are no longer entitled to them or that the amount of benefits paid is lower. Thus, since July 2015, the amount of family allowances varies according to household resources (social security financing law for 2015 of 22 December 2014).
Documents to be provided:
- a copy of your identity document (passport is also accepted)
- proof of address of more than 3 months
- the family record book
- a RIB (Bank Identity Statement)
Registration fees : free
For more info:
https://www.vie-publique.fr/fiches/37954-prestations-familiales-sous-conditions-de-ressources
