PLN 17 billion went to families through 500 plus program

As a result of the government’s “Family 500 plus" program, 3.8 million children under 18 from 2.78 million families received more than PLN 17 billion in total up to December 2016, the head of the MRPiPS Elizabeth Rafalska said at a conference on Tuesday. Rafalska, at a joint conference with the Minister of digitization Anna Streżyńska, said that the Family 500 plus program has covered 55 percent of children up to the age of 18. Most children receiving support live in Mazovia (over 551,400), Silesia (almost 381,500) and Wielkopolska (over 377,800). Some 35.9 percent of the total number of children who receive the benefit live in the countryside.