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Extra payment of 100 euros per child for low-income families from August

2021-06-16T09:47:38.604Z


Families with low incomes will receive a so-called children's leisure bonus of 100 euros per child from August. What the money in the corona crisis is for.


Families with low incomes will receive a so-called children's leisure bonus of 100 euros per child from August.

What the money in the corona crisis is for.

On June 11, the Bundestag passed the so-called

children's leisure

bonus.

This means:

families with low incomes

will receive an

extra payment of 100 euros per child

from the state

from August

.

This "leisure bonus" is part of the "

Corona catch-up program *

" with which the federal and state governments want to mitigate the long-term consequences of the long restrictions in education and leisure for children and young people.

The program is worth two billion euros.

Private tuition, school social work, holiday camps and more positions in the voluntary social year are also funded, as the German Press Agency (dpa) also reported.

Hartz IV: 100 euros “children's leisure bonus” for families - paid out from August

According to the dpa, the 100 euros can be spent

on holiday, sport or leisure activities

- “depending on your mood,” said Family Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD).

The payment goes to

families who are dependent on Hartz IV, who are entitled to housing benefit or child allowance

or

who

receive

benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act

.

The bill assumes around 2.7 million children.

According to the Family Ministry, the 100 euros will be paid out “from August”

, as dpa wrote.

Most families would

not have to submit a separate application for this

.

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Measures to relieve families in the corona crisis

Previously, there had been a child bonus for families and a corona surcharge for those families with little income.

The

extra payment

now decided by the Bundestag

(the aforementioned children's

leisure bonus

) of 100 euros per child for families with low incomes

is also

intended

as a measure to

relieve the corona crisis

.

Because many children and young people in particular were and are severely affected by the social consequences of the crisis.

However, representatives of social organizations consider such a one-off payment of 100 euros per child to be insufficient.

(

ahu) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.

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