The income of mobilized servicemen is not included in the needs assessment during the assignment of child benefits since November 1. The new rules are endorsed by the government resolution. They also envisage that the absence of a mobilized serviceman’s income in periods during which the needs are assessed cannot serve as a reason for the denial to assign payments to the serviceman’s family.
Please note that the needs criteria apply to the assignment of monthly benefits to parents of children aged from eight to 17 and pregnant women. Families with an average per-capita income smaller than the subsistence minimum are entitled to such benefits. Parents seeking the benefit need a confirmed income or valid reasons for its absence, and the family assets must meet the respective criteria.
Whenever the child’s father is mobilized, the earlier income of the father, including salary, bonuses, entrepreneurial income and others, will not be included in the assessment of needs. Besides, a family that was earlier denied the benefit due to the absence of income of the mobilized serviceman, can now apply to the Pension Fund for the benefit again. The benefit will not be denied for reason of the absence of income in the assessed period.
Documents certifying mobilization are submitted by the applicant personally. The benefit is assigned to families for six months, after which a new application needs to be submitted to the Pension Fund.