PM Szydło: 500+ Program launches in April
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Prime Minister Beata Szydło revealed the details of the PiS flagship project Rodzina 500+ (Family 500+), a social benefit program involving money transfers to families with children.
Answering the questions through Facebook, Szydło assured that the program is set to be introduced in April 2016. The government plans to adopt it on February 2 after broad-based social consultations.
The Prime Minister said that the PLN 500 is not subject to taxes. The sum is aimed at all parents, including single parents.
Szydło explained that the program has two goals: to support low-income families and to tackle Poland's demographic problems.
Under the program, the government plans to hand out PLN 500 per month for every child in a family whose per capita income is lower than PLN 800 and for every second and subsequent child, regardless of family income.
