How to get a social allowance for the poor. Types of benefits for low-income families

Since the beginning of 2018, the size of social payments for some categories of citizens living in the capital has changed. Changes primarily affected the unprotected cells of society - large and low-income families. In this article we will talk about what benefits are approved for poor large families in Moscow, what kind of social assistance families can count on, how and where to turn for help, and what documents are needed.

How can I get benefits for low-income large families in Moscow in 2019 - the amount of benefits for low-income families

Currently, poor families, including large families, have the right to apply for the following payments:

Benefits to low-income large families in Moscow in 2018 - the size of payments and compensations to large families

Large families in Moscow receive tangible social support. In particular, they are available to:

• opening of a family kindergarten;
• benefits, allowances, subsidies, compensation and in-kind assistance;
• free parking;
• free use of public transport.

In 2019, large parents from Moscow can apply for the following compensation payments, designed to compensate for the increase in the cost of living in the capital:

What documents are needed to apply for benefits for large families in Moscow in 2019

Important!   When establishing the status of a large family, native and adopted children, as well as stepdaughters and stepsons, are taken into account.

Depending on which status (large or poor family) gives the right to payments, parents will need the following documents when applying for their registration:

Important!    If the authorization is not done by the parent personally, but by an authorized representative, he needs to issue a notarized power of attorney. If a family member changed his last name, first name and / or middle name, a certificate of change of name will be required.

Where are benefits issued to low-income large families in Moscow in 2019

Important! Guardians and trustees of 3 or more adopted children must submit an application in any case to the My Documents Service Center.

To apply for the following manuals, documents must be submitted to the My Documents Service Center:

• compensation for retired mothers raising at least 10 children;
• annual compensation by May 15;
• annual compensation by September 1.

To complete all other benefits, parents, adoptive parents, stepfathers, and stepmothers must send an electronic application through

Poor citizens - citizens who have been recognized as such by local governments. When making such a decision and assigning a status, the income of each family member must be taken into account. The status of "poor citizens" implies their right to take advantage of the benefits and allowances provided by the state.

Who is given the status of the poor?

When determining the status of a poor family, not only the income of each family member is taken into account, although this is the most important point for making a decision. The commission must make sure that members of the family applying for the status of the poor live together and conduct a joint household.

In 2019, poor families can be considered those that consist of spouses, their parents and children (relatives and / or adoptive parents), grandparents, grandchildren and stepsons (stepdaughters), stepfathers and / or stepmothers, trustees (guardians) and their wards . First of all, the status of a poor family is granted to those who apply who have disabled people and pensioners in their families.

Both childless families and the parent raising the child alone can apply for the status in question. But the law clearly states that poor families cannot be recognized as couples living in a civil marriage (there is no official registration of marriage in the registry office), and those who are legally married, but live in different territories.

Note:   only the family that fell into distress due to circumstances beyond its control can be recognized as poor. That is, those who are parasites, abuse alcoholic beverages and / or narcotic substances (these facts must be officially confirmed), the status in question will not be assigned.

Types of help for low-income families in 2019

State aid for low-income families is not only cash payments, but also the issuance of food, subsidies for utility bills and more.

Helping Parents with a Poor Family Status

It is worth paying attention to the fact that mandatory payments to parents from poor families, as well as benefits for children, are provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation. But the specific amounts for each item must be found in each specific region - the numbers will vary.

Helping parents and children from low-income families:

1. If a pregnant woman from a family with the status in question is registered with the antenatal clinic for up to 12 weeks, then she is entitled to a lump sum payment of 581 rubles (in Moscow this figure will be higher).
2. Maternity allowance for unemployed women from a poor family will be 534 rubles per month. But it is relied only if the pregnant woman was dismissed for the following reasons:

• the company in which the woman providing lawyer and notarial services was closed;
• a company has ceased its activities, the operation of which requires a license;
• the company was liquidated in an official manner;
• the organization / firm / enterprise in which the woman worked was officially declared bankrupt;
• IP issued by an individual has closed.

1. When a child is born, a mother from a poor family receives a lump sum - it is credited to the woman's account. The size of such a payment is variable - in Moscow, for example, this is an amount of 15 500 rubles.
2. If the pregnant woman is the wife of a soldier, then in the third trimester of pregnancy she is entitled to a payment of 24,500 rubles one-time.
3. If parents from a poor family raise foster children (guardianship is issued), then they are entitled to a monthly payment of 15,500 rubles per child each month (the so-called “parental salary”).

In 2019, amendments were also made to the laws on the payment of cash assistance to poor families with children. Now, families with the status in question are entitled to the following monthly assistance:

1. A child under one and a half years old. One of the parents is paid monthly 40% of the average earnings. Such payment cannot be less than 2 908 rubles for the first child and 5 817 rubles for the second and each subsequent children.
2. Child under 3 years old. The monthly payment for a child under 3 years old, who was born in the family third in a row (and each subsequent one), was established. In 2019, it is 9,396 rubles.
3. A child under 5 years old from the family of a serviceman. We are not talking about the family of a conscript conscript - this type of allowance covers only children from the family of a contracted soldier. The size of the monthly allowance is 10,500 rubles.
4. Loss of breadwinner for a family member. It is 2 117 rubles and is paid monthly.
5. Poor family allowance. This is a specific amount, but it is determined only by regional authorities and in many regions it simply does not exist.

New benefits for low-income families in 2019

First of all, innovations affect the educational sphere. For example, a child from a poor family can enter a higher education institution if:

• his age is under 20 years old;
• successfully passed final exams at school (USE) and earned a minimum passing score when passing the entrance exams at the selected university;
• the parent of the child has the status of a disabled person of group 1, and the child himself is the sole breadwinner of the family.

In addition, children from low-income families must be assigned to kindergartens out of turn, and until the child is 6 years old, the state fully provides the necessary medicines.

It is worth paying attention to the fact that if a child from a poor family is studying at school, then he is supposed to:

• two meals a day on a free basis;
• to receive school and sports uniforms for personal use;
• use of a reduced ticket with a 50% discount;
• free visits to exhibitions and museums of various kinds no more than 1 time per month;
• free visit to the sanatorium (if the child is registered with a medical institution for any illness, then such a visit should be provided at least 1 time per year).

Subsidies and incentives for low-income families in 2019

First, they can register an individual entrepreneur, and this process for the category of citizens under consideration will be absolutely free (low-income families are exempted from any payments specifically when registering an individual entrepreneur).

Secondly, families with the status in question have the right to preferential mortgage. The law also provides for the right of poor families to apply for social hiring for an apartment / private house and / or summer cottage.

Thirdly, workers from a family with the status in question can rely on various benefits from the employer - for example, they may have a shortened working day or they may be given additional leave.

In addition, for poor families in 2019, as before, they can use the right to apply subsidies for utility bills   - such benefits are provided only for up to 6 months.

How to get the status of a poor family

To take advantage of the benefits for a family with the status in question and receive all the payments due under the law, you will need to work hard. And first of all, you need to collect a package of documents:

• application for assignment of the status of a poor family;
• passports of all adult family members;
• birth certificates of all minor children (relatives and adopted / under guardianship);
• marriage certificate;
• income statement for each family member;
• certificate of family composition - you can take it either at the passport office at the place of registration / residence, or make an extract from the house book if you live in a private house;
• employment records for each family member (if any);
• certificates from the employment center for each adult family member (if they are registered with this institution as unemployed);
• savings book or plastic bank card.

Note:   all able-bodied members of a family applying for low-income status must either work or be registered with the employment center — the only exception is women on maternity leave. If the whereabouts of one of the family members is unknown, then documents for obtaining the status of a poor family will be accepted only if a case has already been opened on the search for a person.

Parenting is a responsible and very costly affair. And if parents have financial problems, a child support for low-income families can be a good help. It is assigned based on the average income per family member. We will tell you who can apply for the status of a poor family and what are the amounts of cash assistance in 2018.

Status Criteria

To assess the financial situation of the family, the average per capita income indicator is used. For this, the earnings of all its members over the past 3 months are divided by the total number of people in the family, including the disabled. This refers to any blood relatives living together, as well as adoptive parents and adopted children, stepdaughters and stepsons. Excluded from the calculation are conscript soldiers, persons serving sentences in places of detention, and citizens on state support.

The average per capita income for receiving a monthly allowance should not exceed the regional subsistence level. This is the main criterion by which social assistance is assigned to poor citizens. It is fixed by Art. 6.

In addition to average income, when classifying a family as poor, attention is paid to the following factors.

1. Cohabitation. All family members must be registered at one address and maintain a common household. Social authorities The defense has the right to arrange an additional check to make sure that the parents and children live together. There are exceptions to this rule - these are prisoners and persons called up for military service.
2. All family members of working age have a job. If a citizen is not employed, then he must be listed in the center of employment, that is, be in search of work. The exception is women caring for a child under 3 years old. But if the parents voluntarily do not want to work or lead an asocial lifestyle, such a family is not assigned the status of the poor.

The subjects of the Russian Federation have the right to establish additional criteria for assessing the financial situation of citizens. For example, in Moscow the property security of the family is additionally considered. The new order is valid from the moment of adoption. Families who own: no longer have the right to receive child benefits for the poor

• two or more living quarters;
• housing, the quadrature of which exceeds 18 m 2 per person;
• non-residential premises (with the exception of garages);
• two or more garages;
• two or more land plots;
• a summer house with a plot of over 30 m 2 per person;
• two or more cars;
• cash deposits, the amount of which exceeds 1 million rubles.

A complete list of criteria for assigning the status of a poor family can be clarified in the territorial branch of the social services. protection.

The nuances of determining per capita income

Calculate the rate of employees of the social services. protection on the basis of documents provided by the applicant. The income of all family members for the previous 3 months is accepted for consideration. The list taken into account when calculating the indicator of income is fixed. It includes:

• salary (including paid in kind);
• prizes
• severance pay;
• reduction payments;
• business income;
• pensions;
• scholarships;
• maintenance payments;
• unemployment benefit;
• sick leave payments;
• childcare allowance;
• payments to spouses of military personnel;
• other types of state benefits;
• income from leased property;
• income from the sale of agricultural products from own subsidiary plots;
• return on investment.

The only exceptions are income from social assistance, as well as the earnings of adult children living separately.

Amounts of income are accepted before tax.

List of documents for registration of benefits

Children's allowance in connection with a low level of family income is assigned by application. To do this, low-income citizens need to contact the local social protection authorities, providing the following documents:

1. passports (birth certificates) for each family member (necessary to confirm kinship);
2. certificate of marriage (divorce);
3. certificate of family composition;
4. extract from the apartment card (for private houses - from the house book) - is necessary to confirm the joint registration;
5. certificates of 2-personal income tax from work, income statement (for entrepreneurs), certificates from the university, extracts from the pension fund and other documents confirming the receipt of funds;
6. copies of work books and certificates from the employment center (only for unemployed people of working age);
7. extract from the USRN (contains information on the property available to the family).

  The package of documents is accompanied by a statement of the established sample, which will help fill out the employees of the social services. protection. You can submit an application with minimal loss of time through multifunctional centers or electronically through, but only if you have registration on this resource.

For checking documents and making decisions to the bodies of social services. protection is given 10 days. If in doubt about the veracity of the data provided, this period may be extended to 1 month. If you are denied benefits, the reasons for this must necessarily be justified in writing. Most often, these are errors in documents or inaccurate income data. After correcting the defects, the application can be re-submitted. If you are confident in your right to a status of a poor family, then an unlawful refusal can be challenged in court.

The financial situation of the family may change, therefore the status has a time limit. Depending on the region, its validity period is from 6 months to 1 year. If the situation has not improved during this time, the extension of status should be accompanied by a re-confirmation of income.

What help can you count on?

Help for the poor is provided from budgets of all levels. In 2018, families with limited income receive 2 types of benefits from the federal budget:

1. for the first-born in the amount of the regional subsistence minimum (the benefit is paid until the child is 1.5 years old);
2. for the second child, cash payments are assigned from the parent capital, their size is also equal to the cost of living, and the provision period is 1.5 years.

The conditions for assigning federal benefits are somewhat different. In this case, the average per capita income should be no more than 1.5 times the subsistence level.


The amount of children's allowances to low-income families can vary significantly depending on the subject of the Russian Federation. Here are some examples.

• In Moscow, 10,000 rubles are paid per month for a child from a poor family under the age of 3 years, and 4000 rubles for a child from 3 to 18 years old.
• In the Moscow Region, payments amount to 2,250 rubles up to 1.5 years, 4,290 rubles from 1.5 to 3 years, 1,126 rubles from 3 to 7 years and 564 rubles over 7 years.
• In St. Petersburg, 3321 rubles are paid monthly for the first child, and 4285 rubles for the second and subsequent children. The benefit is paid until children are 1.5 years old. Then, from 1.5 to 7 years, its size decreases to 964 rubles, and during the school period - to 848 rubles.

In other regions, more modest amounts of child allowances have been established. So, in the Krasnodar Territory this is 189 rubles, in the Republic of Tatarstan - 295 rubles, in the Novosibirsk Region - 318.88 rubles, in the Samara Region - 200 rubles.

The basic allowance is supposed to include allowances in cases where the child has a disability, is brought up in an incomplete family, and also when the second parent refuses to list child support.

In addition to the monthly allowance, regions can establish additional support measures for children from low-income families. These include:

• natural types of assistance (groceries, clothing, shoes);
• annual payments to prepare children for the school season;
• free school meals;
• benefits for utility bills;
• free medication;
• tax incentives;
• compensation for kindergarten fees;
• discounts on public transport;
• rest in children's camps and sanatoriums on preferential terms;
• admission to the university out of competition.

Social support measures for poor families approved in your area can be found in the local social authorities. protection. Sometimes a “ridiculous” allowance can be supplemented by a good set of benefits, and in this case it still makes sense to formalize the status of a poor family.

In order not to waste your time collecting information, calculate in advance all your income and divide it by the number of people in the family. Compare the amount received with the cost of living adopted in the region. Its value is approved quarterly and must be published on the official Internet resource of local authorities. If the comparison is not in your favor and you are not happy owners of a variety of movable and immovable property, you can safely apply for assignment of the status of a poor family.