Families with little income will receive a children's leisure bonus from August.
Find out here who can actually count on the money.
For families with low incomes, there should be a little financial relief in the Corona crisis: From August they will receive a special payment from the state of 100 euros per child. We are talking about the so-called
children's leisure bonus
* - "additional support in the
corona
pandemic
for needy
families
and families with low incomes," as the Federal Employment Agency informed.
As the term suggests, the money is intended for
children and young people's
leisure activities
, as well as for holidays or sports activities.
There is a lot to catch up on here, especially after the corona lockdown - but of course the swimming pool, zoo or climbing garden also cost a lot of money.
Not everyone can afford it.
The one-time bonus, which is to be paid out to families from August 2021, could at least help a little.
You can also read
: Child benefit and child allowance: How parents can save taxes in the future.
100 euro children's leisure bonus for families - is an application necessary?
The payment goes specifically 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
, described the German Press Agency (dpa) on the occasion of the Bundestag resolution on June 11 on the children's leisure bonus. Most families would not have to submit a separate application to receive the one-off payment of 100 euros. The following applies to them: The
children's leisure bonus
is automatically paid out here from August.
In some cases, however, an informal application is necessary, as the
Eltern.de
portal
informs: “Only families who only
receive
housing benefit
and
no child allowance
, as well as families with
social assistance,
must submit an informal application to the family
benefits office
,” the website says the federal government. The family benefits office of the Federal Employment Agency has also made a corresponding form available on its website, where you can also find more information about what you may have to add to such an application. Further information on the payment of the
children's leisure bonus
and in which cases an application is necessary is
also available here
.
(ahu) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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