The government is continuing its fight against the non-use of social benefits.
From 2024, eligible French people will receive pre-filled forms,
the Minister of Solidarity, Autonomy and People with Disabilities Jean-Christophe Combe announced on Wednesday
.
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From 2024, the Family Allowance Funds (CAF) will automatically send pre-filled forms for requests concerning the RSA, the activity bonus or other, as is the case for the pre-filled tax declaration
", explains the former boss of the French Red Cross in an interview with the economic daily.
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“
They will specify, according to their known situation, the benefits to which these people are entitled
”, he adds, specifying that “
it will always be necessary to apply for them, but it will be much simpler
”.
The stated objective was to reduce "
non-recourse linked to ignorance of rights, but also fraud and undue payment
".
“Solidarity at the source” tested from 2023
The non-use of social aid and benefits remains a real problem.
The Drees, the statistical service of the health and social ministries, recognized in 2020 in a study on the subject that the phenomenon seemed "
far from being marginal for many benefits and in particular for various social minima, benefits targeted at people with the lowest incomes. the most modest
.
Concerning the RSA, for example, the DREES noted last February: “
In 2018, a third (34%) of households eligible for the RSA would be non-recipients each quarter, and one in five (20%) would be so for three quarters. consecutive.
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The Minister of Solidarity confirms to
Les Echos
the experimentation from 2023 “
in around ten departments of the “zero non-recourse” territories”
.
The automatic payment of social benefits will be tested there, initially only for the RSA, the activity bonus and the APL.
The objective is to generalize the system in 2024.
