COVID-19 Family Hardship Fund

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posted on 2023-11-06, 21:19 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

The Family Hardship Fund (Corona Familienhärteausgleich) was created for parents to apply for a special COVID-19 hardship benefit

History

Country

Austria

Policy Area

Additional income support for families with children

Measure

Cash transfer

Eligibility

Recipient families of family allowance mainly residing in Austria in the same household with their children

Type

Cash (social assistance)

Start / Announced Date

15/04/2020

End Date

N/A

Amount

During the first round (15/04/2020-): Up to €1,200 per month (3-month worth paid all together) depending on famliy size and previous income During the second round (09/07/2020-): €50 per child per month for 2 months

Total Cost

€200 million

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

Schmid, E-M. and Schmid, A. (2020) ‘Austria country note’, in Koslowski, A. Blum, S., Dobrotić, I., Kaufman, G. and Moss, P. (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2020. Available at: http://www.leavenetwork.org/lp_and_r_reports/ Eurofound (2020) COVID-19 family hardship fund and family crisis fund, case AT-2020-16/577 (measures in Austria), COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch, Dublin. Available at: http://eurofound.link/covid19eupolicywatch