An Extension of Eligibility for Immediate Social Assistance (rozšířená dostupnost pro mimořádnou okamžitou pomoc) was made. The benefit could only be used to cover rent or mortgage, food, clothes, energy, and internet and phone bills (not for drugs, debts, leasing and business expenditure)
Country
CzechiaPolicy Area
Additional income support for families with childrenMeasure
Easing of eligibility conditionsEligibility
Typically low-income single mothers who had to care for children due to the school closure and other low-income households whose income was close to the subsistence minimum thresholdType
Cash (social assistance)Start / Announced Date
16/10/2020End Date
N/AAmount
Up to 10 times the amount of the subsistence minimum (i.e. Kč38,600)Total Cost
N/ARecipients
ParentsRoute to the child
IndirectSources
Eurofound (2020) Simplified procedures to obtain one-time benefit for people in material distress, case CZ-2020-43/1304 (measures in Czechia), COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch, Dublin. Available at: http://eurofound.link/covid19eupolicywatchAccess the full dataset here
