3.78 mln children receiving 500 plus: Rafalska

The Minister of Family, Labor, and Social Policy Elżbieta Rafalska has informed that 3.78 mln children are receiving the 500 plus supplement, and that after six full months PLN 11.3 bln has been transferred to families.

During Thursday's Sejm debate on the Family 500 plus program, Rafalska reported that the number of first or only children covered by the provision, after fulfilment of the income criterion, is 1.59 mln. The number of second and subsequent children receiving benefits is 2.19 mln. Nearly 39 percent of children covered by the program live in urban gminas and over 36 percent in rural ones; the remaining 25 percent are from mixed urban-rural gminas. Altogether, the Family 500 plus program covers 55 percent of all children under the age of 18.