An emergency income (reddito di emergenza) was introduced as an anti-poverty means-tested cash benefit
Country
ItalyPolicy Area
Additional income support for families with childrenMeasure
Cash transferEligibility
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 crisisType
Cash (social assistance)Start / Announced Date
19/05/2020End Date
Jul-20Amount
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 monthsTotal Cost
N/ARecipients
ParentsRoute to the child
IndirectSources
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=0Access the full dataset here