Social payments and child benefits in Moscow in 2021

Who is entitled to the benefit: basis

The benefit is assigned to residents of any region of Russia with a low income. To receive social assistance, the family's total monthly income must be below the subsistence level.

Material payments are due:

• single or divorced parents receiving the minimum wage;
• a low-income couple with several children;
• a family where one of the parents works and the other takes care of the children.

Payments are also given to persons raising a disabled child under 18 years of age.

Benefits for families with disabled children

From 02/01/2021, the payment for Muscovites will be increased exactly twice

In addition, new material assistance will appear: an annual compensation for the purchase of clothes for attending school, its amount will be 10,000 rubles.

To apply for benefits, you must contact the social protection department. A mandatory condition is a certificate from a pediatrician confirming the disability status.

Additional Information

• What payments and benefits are entitled to a disabled child?
• Read about benefits for caring for a disabled child in this article.
• Details about pension payments to disabled children are described on this page.

Payments for a child: features of the accrual scheme

Benefits are calculated according to the total income of family members and a number of other factors. You can determine the amount yourself using the tips below.

1. Add up the official income of the spouses.
2. Find out your local PM.
3. The amount of income received is compared with the subsistence level.

When a family's monthly income is below the subsistence minimum level, they may qualify for government assistance.

Average monthly income of parents

When calculating the amount of monthly payments, the monthly income of each parent is taken into account. Not only the official salary is taken into account, but also interest from the deposit account, funds received for renting out real estate, unofficial earnings, and alimony. A calculation period of 3 calendar months is taken before submitting an application for financial assistance for a child.

Regional cost of living

The municipal cost of living is periodically announced by local authorities on websites or in the media. When a standard for a region is not established, the federal standard is taken as the basis for calculating the amount of payments.

Benefits for military families

Financial assistance for military women or wives of military personnel is slightly different.

Maternity benefit for the wife of a serviceman

A one-time benefit to the wife of a military serviceman is provided to a citizen of the Russian Federation if the pregnancy period exceeds 180 days (6 months) . Its size is 28,732.85 rubles.

Financial assistance is processed at the social protection department. To complete this procedure you will need:

• Application for the need to receive benefits.
• Photocopy of marriage certificate.
• A certificate from a medical institution confirming registration in the first trimester.
• SNILS and TIN of the parent.
• Certificate confirming the status of a military personnel. Issued at the place of work.

The time period from the moment of submitting the application until the receipt of funds should not exceed 10 calendar days .

Also, the wife of a conscripted soldier is entitled to a monthly child care allowance.

Child care allowance up to 1.5 years old

Payments for the care of a military child are provided to wives whose husbands are serving in military service. Their amount is 12,314.07 rubles (previously 11,096.76 rubles) monthly . The registration process is carried out at the social protection department at the place of registration. To do this, you need to prepare a number of documents in advance:

• Photocopies of the birth of all children.
• Statement of need for benefits.
• A certificate from your place of employment containing the amounts of all payments for the last 3 months.
• A document issued by a representative of the military commissariat stating that the child’s father was called up for military service.
• A certificate confirming the child’s cohabitation with the parent. Issued at a children's clinic or housing office.

The application review period is 10 days .

How much child benefit is paid for a child under 18 years of age: table

You can familiarize yourself with the amounts of payments for children by age and category of beneficiaries using the table below.

In areas for which regional salary coefficients are used in accordance with the established procedure, the indicated amounts of payments are determined in multiples of

Child benefits for the poor in 2021 in Moscow

In 2021, monthly payments to low-income families in Moscow with children under the age of majority depend on the age of the children, the cost of living and the characteristics of the recipient’s marital status.

The amount of child benefits for the poor in Moscow, after the beginning of February 2021, is:

• up to three years – 10,560 rubles. (single mothers – 15,840 rubles);
• from three to eighteen years – 4,224 rubles. (for parents raising a baby alone – 6,336 rubles);
• from three to seven years – 7,613 rubles.

IMPORTANT
A mandatory condition for assigning benefits to children growing up in a low-income family in Moscow is the amount of total family income not exceeding the subsistence level for each member of the social unit.

What is the amount for children under 18 years of age in different regions

The size of government payments varies depending on the regional subsistence level, since the amount is calculated relative to its value.
This is due to the fact that Russian cities have different standards of living and monthly salaries. Prices for food, gasoline, and utilities vary. Below are the basic rates for cities without taking into account additional factors. The actual calculation is carried out by social service workers on an individual basis.

Moscow

Moscow families are considered the most affluent in the country.

Low-income spouses are paid 4,000 rubles as a base rate, 6,000 rubles for single parents, military families and in the absence of assistance in the form of alimony.

St. Petersburg

In St. Petersburg, the standard benefit is 723 rubles. Children of military personnel or from single-parent families are entitled to 1,045 rubles.

Krasnodar region

The Krasnodar Territory has the lowest benefits. Poor two-parent families receive 170 rubles for each offspring. A single parent is entitled to 333 rubles, and a descendant of a military serviceman is entitled to 246 rubles.

Penza

In the Penza region, families are entitled to an average of 290 rubles of financial assistance per month. For military personnel in fixed-term uniform - 435 rubles, and for children of single parents 580 rubles are paid.

Monthly child benefits in Moscow in 2021

In Moscow in 2021, parents are entitled to payments for children, transferred on a monthly basis. Such compensation may be assigned to the following categories of recipients:

• when caring for a baby while on maternity leave;
• until the child reaches three years of age;
• low-income families;
• mothers dismissed due to the liquidation of the enterprise;
• large families, with various types of benefits for utilities, telephone, for a large number of children, for the purchase of children's things, school uniforms, etc.;
• children with disabilities and being raised by disabled people.

These payments are provided for by local and federal legislation.

How to make a payment

The process of processing payments for a child under 18 years of age takes place in several stages:

• collection of necessary documentation;
• presentation of papers to the required authority;
• waiting for a response from services.

Low-income families are extremely rarely refused. Usually, if their income still exceeds the subsistence level in the region.

List of documents

You should first prepare the necessary papers. Their list is as follows:

• income certificate in form 2-NDFL for 3 months for a working parent or both spouses, if officially employed;
• copies of children's birth certificates;
• photocopies of parents' passports;
• social card details or account of any Russian bank.

Upon arrival at the social service, find an application for accrual of child benefits at the stand, ask the employee for a form, and fill it out.

Where to contact

The package of papers should be submitted to the regional branch of the Social Security Authorities. The location of the service can be found on the website.

When the child turns over 16 years old, he must provide a certificate from the school that he is continuing his education. If you don't do this, your payments will end.

Submission of documents

When the list of papers has been prepared, it should be sent to the social security service department. This is done in several ways:

• personally carry the documentation;
• send them via Russian Post by registered mail with notification;
• send scanned papers through the government services portal.

Within 10 days from the date of receipt of the papers, social services must make a decision on the assignment of child benefits.

If the decision is made in favor of the applicant, after 2 or 3 months, the first payments are awarded.

Benefits for military families

Financial assistance for military women or wives of military personnel is slightly different.

Maternity benefit for the wife of a serviceman

A one-time benefit to the wife of a military serviceman is provided to a citizen of the Russian Federation if the pregnancy period exceeds 180 days (6 months) . Its size is 28,732.85 rubles.

Financial assistance is processed at the social protection department. To complete this procedure you will need:

• Application for the need to receive benefits.
• Photocopy of marriage certificate.
• A certificate from a medical institution confirming registration in the first trimester.
• SNILS and TIN of the parent.
• Certificate confirming the status of a military personnel. Issued at the place of work.

The time period from the moment of submitting the application until the receipt of funds should not exceed 10 calendar days .

Also, the wife of a conscripted soldier is entitled to a monthly child care allowance.

Child care allowance up to 1.5 years old

Payments for the care of a military child are provided to wives whose husbands are serving in military service. Their amount is 12,314.07 rubles (previously 11,096.76 rubles) monthly . The registration process is carried out at the social protection department at the place of registration. To do this, you need to prepare a number of documents in advance:

• Photocopies of the birth of all children.
• Statement of need for benefits.
• A certificate from your place of employment containing the amounts of all payments for the last 3 months.
• A document issued by a representative of the military commissariat stating that the child’s father was called up for military service.
• A certificate confirming the child’s cohabitation with the parent. Issued at a children's clinic or housing office.

The application review period is 10 days .

What to do in case of refusal

Social assistance for children is rarely denied.
Employees will formalize the refusal in writing, stating the reason. Why they may refuse:

• the child is fully supported by the state;
• the firstborn appeared on the account before January 1, 2021;
• applicants do not have parental rights;
• family income exceeds the subsistence standard;
• the applicant has not provided the necessary documents or their authenticity is questionable.

Parents can appeal the decision to higher authorities. In the latter situation, you can deliver documents or prove their authenticity in court with the help of lawyers.

Federal benefits for children in Moscow

Along with payments at the regional level, in 2021, Moscow residents have the right to count on receiving cash assistance for children, within the framework of federal legislation:

• In connection with pregnancy and childbirth, it is assigned to women when going on maternity leave, the amount depends on the salary for the previous two-year period.
• When registering in the early stages of gestation, it is one-time in nature and 675.15 rubles are paid.
• The one-time accrual at the birth of a baby is 18,004.12 rubles.
• Monthly payments for children not older than one and a half years - the amount is limited to the minimum and maximum limits in the amount of 4,852 to 27,984 rubles, taking into account the mother’s salary (40 percent of earnings).
• Maternity capital, 466,617 rubles, and from 2021 increased to 616,000 rubles. This amount can be spent with a targeted focus on providing the child with housing or education, or assigned in the form of monthly pension benefits to the mother.
• Monthly benefits for a baby not older than three years of age - the amount of accruals is set within the subsistence level.

In addition to the child benefits listed above in Moscow, due to the pandemic, temporary payments have been introduced in 2021:

• monthly - from April to June 2021, for a child not older than three years of age, in the amount of 5,000 rubles;
• with the same frequency for children from three to seven years old, 7,612.50 rubles, subject to the total family income within the subsistence level;
• one-time charges for a child from three to sixteen years old, 10,000 rubles.

Attention
The above temporary benefits for children in Moscow are intended to ease the financial burden on parents due to the economic crisis caused by the epidemic in 2021.

Are there additional subsidies for a child under 18 years of age?

Additional benefits for raising a minor include payments to single mothers with disabled children in their care.
The base rate is 6,000 rubles per month. The application is submitted to the Pension Fund along with the mother’s work record and medical examination certificates. Russian legislation helps parents with low incomes raise their children with the help of cash benefits. It is not difficult to obtain them, the main thing is to collect the necessary documents.

Refusals are rare; usually the decision is made by social workers in favor of low-income spouses. If your application for state assistance is rejected, you must go to court. It is realistic to win the case only if the parents are completely right, the documents are true, and their income is below the subsistence level.

Size

Many parents are interested in what amount of monthly benefit is due if children under 18 years of age live in their families?

Before answering such a pressing question, it is important to recall that this payment is stipulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation, but is regional , that is, paid from the budget of each region.

Accordingly, there cannot be a fixed amount , since each region has its own needs and requirements.

One thing is known that the amount of benefits for children under 18 years of age varies from 100 to 800 rubles, but most often it is 300 rubles.

To get a reliable answer to the question posed, you need to call the social security department and find out what amount of cash benefits was calculated in 2015 .

If there are other problems, you can also clarify them in a telephone conversation with an employee competent in this matter.

A single mother in Russia has the right to receive monthly payments and benefits provided by the state for the normal, full-fledged upbringing of children. The form and amount of assistance depends on the specific case. Read our articles on how to receive benefits for pregnant and nursing mothers for nutritious food and for a child in the event of the loss of a breadwinner.