Child allowance 2022: that's how much money there is for affected families
Created: 01/05/2022, 1:13 PM
By: Anne Hund
The child allowance has risen slightly.
© Marcel Kusch / dpa (archive image)
The child allowance increased on January 1, 2022 - but only slightly.
The Ampel-Coalition has announced further measures to support numerous families.
The
child allowance
, a benefit in addition to child benefit for
families with low incomes
, was increased slightly at the turn of the year.
On January 1, 2022, it rose by 4 euros from 205 euros
to up to 209 euros per month and child
.
The Federal Employment Agency informs on its website, among other things, that the child allowance is calculated individually for each child.
“You will receive a maximum of 209 euros per child per month.
If there are several children, a total amount will be paid out. "
Entitlement to child allowance?
The child allowance is intended to help parents make a living.
But not all families are
entitled
to it.
You can find out more about the requirements here *.
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Families: Basic child security is coming - what is in the coalition agreement?
For critics, the increase does not go far enough.
What else is planned in the future to support low-income families?
In the coalition agreement, the SPD, FDP and the Greens
agreed on
basic child security.
It is planned that with such a basic child protection, previous financial support services such as
child benefit
and
benefits for children in Hartz IV households
will be bundled.
The basic child security should primarily relieve families with little money, it said.
You can find out more about what the coalition agreement provides here *.
Many questions still remained unanswered.
According to a report by the
Handelsblatt
(as of December 16)
, Federal Family Minister Anne Spiegel (Greens) announced that the working group agreed in the coalition agreement, headed by the Federal Family Ministry, will be set up in early 2022 to initiate
basic child
benefits.
"She has difficult questions to solve at the numerous interfaces between the various services," Spiegel is
quoted in the above-mentioned report on
handelsblatt.com .
"That will certainly take some time."
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The Federal Minister has also announced an
immediate bonus for children
from low-income families, as the editorial network Germany (RND) reported at the beginning of December. The
immediate surcharge
should benefit recipients of
Hartz IV
,
social welfare
or
child allowance
until the Ampel-Koalition implements its more comprehensive project of basic child protection, the German Press Agency (dpa) described on the occasion of the report at the time about the plans. According to Spiegel, the immediate surcharge for children in poor families planned by the traffic light parties should be
graded according to age
will.
"We will still determine the exact amount," explained the Federal Minister for Family Affairs in the interview with the RND.
When asked whether the surcharge should be 10 to 25 euros per child and month, she replied: “This is the direction we are going.” According to her, 2.7 million children in Germany would benefit from it.
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