Family 500+ program to cost PLN 24.5 billion this year

According to Labor Minister Elżbieta Rafalska, the Family 500+ program will cost up to PLN 24.5 billion this year, and hopes that next year, the cost will remain at same level, adding that the government do not plan any changes to the program at this moment. In 2016, starting from April when the scheme was launched, the government spent PLN 23.6 billion on the program. The Family 500+ scheme is a child benefit program. Under the scheme, the government hands out PLN 500 per month for every child in a family whose per capita income is lower than PLN 800 per month and for every second and subsequent child, regardless of family income. The sum is aimed at all parents, including single parents, and is not subject to taxes.