Many families with low incomes will receive a one-off support of 100 euros per child from August 1st.
However, some have to apply for the money first.
From August
, families with low incomes will receive an extra payment of 100 euros per child, the so-called
children's leisure bonus.
The bonus can be used for vacation, sports and leisure activities.
The money is given to families with underage children * and adolescents who
are dependent
on
Hartz IV
or
housing benefit
,
for example
.
The leisure bonus is part of the "Corona catch-up program" with which the federal and state governments want to at least mitigate the long-term consequences of the long restrictions in education and leisure for children and young people.
With Hartz IV, entitlement to housing benefit or child allowance
Specifically, the children's leisure bonus is intended for 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
, as the German Press Agency (dpa) described.
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Who has to apply for the children's leisure bonus?
Automatically, i.e. without an application, the money goes to those families who
receive
a
child allowance
, as BR Online reports.
Because they are already known as beneficiaries at the family benefits office.
The money also automatically goes to families who
receive
Hartz IV benefits
or
benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act
and
supplementary support for living under the Federal Pension Act
.
Families who
receive
housing benefit
or
social assistance
,
but no child allowance
received, however, would have to submit an application.
“It can be made informally, so it does not have to meet any special requirements.
However, the families must prove that they will receive housing benefit or social assistance in August 2021.
You can do that with a copy of the approval notification, ”informs BR.de.
The report goes on to say: “Those who have to submit an application send it to their relevant family benefits office.
Your address is on the notification for child benefit. ”The Family Benefits Office of the Federal Employment Agency has also made a corresponding form available on its website, where you can find information about what you may need to enclose as proof of such an application.
You can also
find out
more information about the children's leisure bonus
here
.
When is the children's leisure bonus paid out?
For those families who
receive
the
child allowance
and therefore do not have to submit their own application, the
child leisure
bonus
flows
according to BR Online in August after the child allowance has been paid.
For those who have to submit an application, the money will flow “from August at the earliest.
It may also be transferred later, when the application has been processed. ”If the parents are separated, the money will be transferred to the parent who
receives
the
child benefit
.
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