ZUS paid a new benefit. PLN 317.15 million went to families

At the beginning of October, the “Active parent” program, also known as “grandmother’s”, was launched. Under the program, parents of children aged 12 to 35 months can take advantage of the following options:

• “Actively at home” – a parent who stays at home with a child can receive PLN 500 per month,

• “Active parents at work” – professionally active parents can receive PLN 1,500 per child, the assumption is that this will finance the work of a nanny or care by a grandmother or another family member,

• “Actively in the nursery” – PLN 1,500 will go to parents of children who attend the nursery.

Applications can only be submitted electronically – via PUE ZUS, the mZUS mobile application, electronic banking or the Emp@tia portal.

The new benefit immediately aroused great interest among parents. According to data provided to “Wprost” by the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy, over PLN 270,000 was received after the first week of operation. applications for almost 275 thousand kids.

“Grandma’s”. How much has been paid so far?

Today, ZUS issued a statement informing about the launch of the first benefit payments. So far, a total of PLN 317.5 million has been paid for over 272,000. kids. The largest amount, nearly PLN 189 million, was paid under the “Actively in the nursery” benefit (for 148.3 thousand children). Slightly over PLN 100 million was paid under the “Active parents at work” benefit (for 66.6 thousand children). Much less, PLN 28.5 million, was paid for the “Actively at home” benefit (for over 57.1 thousand children).

– Applications are considered on an ongoing basis. Those submitted in November will be considered by ZUS in December – informs ZUS.

Government estimates show that approximately 560,000 families are entitled to benefit from “grandmother’s benefits”.