During the month of January, a new aid to families was approved. The breeding income It is a measure, launched by the Ministry of Social Affairs and the 2030 Agenda, which aims to help with 100 euros to families who have children between 0 and 3 years. This aid will be included in the future family law that is being urgently processed in the Congress of Deputies to guarantee that it can be approved before the dissolution of the Cortes at the end of the year.
To access this aid, in addition to having dependent minor children from 0 to 3 years of age, citizens who want to receive the subsidy must comply with one of the three conditions that the legislation has established: Mothers who receive some benefit, mothers who have part-time or full-time employment, single-parent families and those families whose parents are of the same sex.
The foster income has as its goal help families in vulnerable situations or those who have low income with the intention of being able to face the economic expenses derived from raising them. This money is destined to defray the expenses of the minor children as food, clothingeducation or care.
This new aid has been launched in recent years by various European countries with the aim of contributing to the disappearance of child poverty and improving equal opportunities among minors.
The new family law broadens, with this type of measure, the protection of minors and adolescents to meet the objectives established by the United Nations within the framework of the Agenda 2030 and international conventions that establish the need to reduce and eliminate the child poverty and inequality.
With the outbreak of the invasion of Russia to Ukraine, prices have experienced a strong increase, a situation that forced the Government to implement aid 200 euros, at the end of the year, to help families cope with rising prices. However, as the Executive recognized, it has not been requested by all the people who were entitled to receive the payment, in addition, has not been entered yet in the bank accounts of the applicants.
Before the aid of 200 euros, the Ministry of Social Security in collaboration with the Vice Presidency of Social Affairs led by Pablo Iglesias, launched the Minimum Vital Income. The measure was implemented after the worst of the pandemic to face the difficulties derived from the economic situation generated by the spread of the virus.
Despite opposition opinions against the IMV, it did not register no votes against when it was voted in the Congress of Deputies. As the Government explained at the time, the implementation of this subsidy came to prevent the risk of poverty and social exclusion among people who do not receive a basic income to guarantee a dignified life.
