The traffic light coalition agreement is in place.
One of the points concerns the introduction of a so-called basic child benefit.
The coalition agreement * between the SPD, Greens and FDP has 177 pages and is entitled: “Dare to make more progress - Alliance for freedom, justice and sustainability.” It also deals with family policy.
Families: Basic child security is coming - what is in the coalition agreement?
The coalition agreement provides, among other things, a
basic child security
. "We want to create better opportunities for children and young people with basic child benefits and concentrate on those who need the most support," says
Tagesschau.de
in the paper. Accordingly, all previous financial support such as child benefit, benefits from SGB II / XII for children, parts of the education and participation package and the child allowance are to be bundled. "This achievement should reach the children directly without bureaucratic hurdles and secure their newly defined socio-cultural subsistence level", quoted
Tagesschau.de
on Wednesday evening further from the coalition agreement.
"The basic child protection should consist of two components," says the
Tagesschau
report
(as of November 24):
an
income-independent guarantee amount
that is the same for all children and adolescents, and a staggered additional amount that depends on the parents' income, such as it says in the paper.
We can look forward to further details.
The basic child security provided for in the coalition agreement should bundle previous family benefits, according to a report on
Sueddeutsche.de (as of November 24)
.
“
The socio-cultural subsistence level, ie the amount of the monthly amount, is to be redefined,” the report said.
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Children's rights should be anchored in the Basic Law
The idea of basic child protection is not entirely new: Social associations, child protection organizations and trade unions have long been calling for
child benefit
,
child allowance
and
Hartz IV
for adolescents to be combined in one amount.
The Ampel coalition agreement now also stipulates that
children's rights
should be anchored in the Basic Law.
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