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Additional Child Benefit

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posted on 2023-11-06, 21:18 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

An extra allowance of the child benefit (prestação complementar de abono de família para crianças e jovens) was provided

History

Country

Portugal

Policy Area

Additional income support for families with children

Measure

Cash transfer

Eligibility

All existing recipients of child benefits

Type

Cash (social assistance)

Start / Announced Date

Sep-20

End Date

N/A

Amount

A one-off payment ranging from €28 for a child in the third cohort to €37.46 for a child in the first cohort

Total Cost

€63.4 million for the extra benefit

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

Eurofound (2020) Extraordinary extension of unemployment benefit and social benefit, case PT-2020-11/397 (measures in Portugal), COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch, Dublin. Available at: http://eurofound.link/covid19eupolicywatch Perista, P. (2021). ESPN thematic report: social protection and inclusion policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis - Portugal. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?pager.offset=25&advSearchKey= ESPN_covid2021&mode=advancedSubmit&catId=22&policyArea=0&policyAreaSub=0&country=0&year=0