Emergency Income

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

An emergency income (reddito di emergenza) was introduced as an anti-poverty means-tested cash benefit

History

Country

Italy

Policy Area

Additional income support for families with children

Measure

Cash transfer

Eligibility

Families being resident in Italy, having an ISSE value (the indicator of equivalised socio-economic condition, computed taking into account household income and wealth) lower than €15,000 per year and household equivalised monthly income in April 2020 lower than €400, and not having received other ordinary benefits or any of the extraordinary benefits that were introduced to tackle COVID-19 crisis

Type

Cash (social assistance)

Start / Announced Date

19/05/2020

End Date

Jul-20

Amount

For a single-member household: €400 per month for up to 5 months For a non-single-member household: higher amounts (in accordance with an equivalence scale assigning 0.4 to each adult and 0.2 to each member aged below 18 in addition to the household head) for up to 5 months

Total Cost

N/A

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

Jessoula, M., Pavolini, E., Raitano, M. and Nataili, M. (2021) ESPN thematic report: social protection and inclusion policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis - Italy. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?pager.offset=15&advSearchKey= ESPN_covid2021&mode=advancedSubmit&catId=22&policyArea=0&policyAreaSub=0&country=0&year=0