Monthly allowance for children under 16: dimensions

Unfortunately, not all parents know that it is possible to receive monetary compensation for children almost until their coming of age. Today we will talk about how to properly issue a monthly allowance for children under 16, who it relies on and what documents will have to be stocked. The fact is that most citizens receive such information not from official sources, but from the stories and advice of acquaintances. Hence, there may be some confusion.

Monthly allowance for children under 16: who has the right to receive it?

First of all, the basis for such compensation is the assignment of low-income status to the family. Duration of benefits can also be different:

• In general - up to 16 years;
• In cases where a child visits an educational institution (department of a day hospital) - up to 18 years;
• In exceptional cases, when the child still has not graduated from the university or is a graduate student - up to 24.

The monthly allowance for children under 16 years can be assessed in the following categories:

• Full / incomplete families ;
• Children whose parents are serving on conscription (conscripts);
• Working / unemployed, studying parents;
• Children of servicemen;
• Children whose parents refuse to pay child support.

To receive benefits, only two conditions are necessary:

• The average monthly income per member of your family should be less than the subsistence minimum accepted by the legislation;
• The child must live exclusively with his parents.

Monthly allowance for children under 16 years can not be accrued if:

• The parents of the child are deprived of their rights;
• It is transferred to full provision to the state;
• The child is adopted and brought up by guardians, in this case other payments and benefits are provided.

In order to use taxpayers' funds most rationally, social protection bodies have the right to check the living conditions and content of a particular child and make sure that the allowance is spent for the purpose.

How to get

In order to find out whether you are entitled to the allowance, you need to apply to the social protection authorities (OSZN) at the place of residence and write the corresponding application, which indicates the average monthly income of the family in terms of each member for the last 6 months.

Documents for a monthly allowance for a child under 16 years of age need to submit the following:

• Application - the form can be asked in the social protection department or downloaded on any state board;
• Parents' passports (copies / originals), where there is a note on registration in the territory of a specific subject of the Russian Federation;
• Birth certificate (original / copy) of the child or passport if he is already 14 years old;
• A certificate from the Housing and Communal Services about the composition of your family;
• Data on incomes for the last 6 months;
• Parent workbooks (originals / copies);
• Certificate from the school about the child's training;
• An extract from the bank about an open account.

Based on the submitted documents, the social protection authorities issue a compulsory decision on the calculation of assistance within ten working days. It is necessary to know that the entire procedure for processing benefits will have to be held annually.

Some features

In some cases, some documents for a monthly allowance for a child under 16 will have to be submitted additionally.

Citizens who are divorced at the time of writing up the benefits should be added:

• Certificate (original / copy) on divorce;
• Document (certificate) on the presence / absence / delay of alimony.

Parents who have the status of individual entrepreneurs:

• Permission to conduct activities;
• Income declaration for the past 6 months.

Foreigners will also be asked to obtain a residence permit, while a non-resident will have to present a certificate stating that at the place of residence registration the cash benefit was not previously assigned.

The amount of benefits for 2015

Since payments of this kind are regional, it is quite difficult to specifically name the monthly allowance for a child under 16. For an example in this article will be given data for 2015 relating to St. Petersburg.

So, the amount of monthly allowances for a child under 16 years in this region is as follows.

From 0 to 1.5 years:

• 2 thousand 684 rubles. - for 1 child;
• 3 thousand 031 rubles - for one child from an incomplete family or when one of the parents is a draftee;
• 3 thousand 463 rubles. - for the 2 nd and each of the following children, including for single-parent families, and for the children of conscripts.

From one and a half to seven years:

• 779 rubles. - for each of the children;
• 1 thousand 125 rubles. - for conscript children or in single-parent families.

From 7 to 16/18 years of age:

• 723 rubles. - for each of the children;
• 1 thousand 45 rubles. - children of military servicemen who are drafted or who live in single-parent families.

Of course, in other regions of Russia the size of payments can significantly differ from those mentioned. In general, the fluctuation can occur in the range from 300 to 1,500 rubles.

Payments not depending on income

In some cases, the state is obliged to pay parents additional compensation (allowance) for the upbringing of children, regardless of what level of per capita income the family has. So, the cases and sizes of benefits:

• 5 thousand 311 rubles. - disabled child from 0 to 18 years;
• 11 thousand 966 rubles. - a disabled child from 0 to 18 years with special needs;
• 5 thousand 311 rubles. - a child from 0 to 7 years of age, both parents of whom are recognized as disabled I and / or II groups;
• 7 thousand 374 rubles. - the same + the child himself is disabled at the age of 0 to 18;
• 3 thousand 688 rubles. - a monthly allowance for a child from 7 to 16 years, when both his parents are invalids I and / or II;
• 5 thousand 311 rubles. - HIV-infected child from 0 to 18 years;
• 8 thousand 855 rubles. - a child, a patient with celiac disease;
• 3 thousand 463 rubles. - children from large families in 2014/2015;

As already mentioned, these data are valid only for St. Petersburg, in other regions of Russia, the amounts of payments can be different.

Increased benefits

It is worth mentioning that in some cases, the monthly allowance for a child under 16 years of age can and should be increased. In an increased amount, for example, you can receive cash compensation for a child from an incomplete family. Such a family can be recognized one where one of the parents independently brings up one / several children, while:

• There is an assigned lone father / mother status;
• One parent died or was declared missing on the basis of a court decision;
• Father / mother are deprived of their parental rights;
• The court's decision (order) on recovery of alimony from the second parent is not implemented in practice.

Also, the increased benefit must be paid to the child / children of a serviceman who is on military service on conscription. These include sailors, soldiers, sergeants, sergeants or cadets of military educational establishments of professional education until they conclude a contract.