Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on the "800+" programme: it is simply a programme to increase opportunities for all our children

solidaryzm.eu 2 years ago

Members of the Council of Ministers were visited by exceptional guests – children, the main recipients of the "Family 800+" programme. Today, the government has taken care of the amendment of the Act, which aims to guarantee that after the changes, each kid receives an educational benefit of PLN 800 per month. We adjust the amount of support to the current needs of Polish families. After the final meeting, together with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Minister Marlena Maląg, the tiny guests symbolically signed the bill on "800+". It's money that families can usage to meet their needs – e.g. for a fresh bike, extra extracurricular activities or vacation trips. We estimation that nearly 6.7 million children will benefit from support in 2024.

800 PLN per period for each child

Today the Council of Ministers adopted regulations that introduce PLN 800 per period for each kid from 1 January 2024. No another conditions for granting and payment will change. Increase of the benefit from PLN 500 to PLN 800 per period was proposed by Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński.

Additional PLN 300 per period is simply a circumstantial support for families. We want to adjust the service to the current needs of Polish families. An increase in the amount would not be possible if it were not for the good state of public finances of our country.

– This is 1 of the most beautiful moments in the work of the Council of Ministers, erstwhile we can discuss the 500+ programme, which is about to become the 800+ programme – stressed the head of the Polish government. Why? First of all, due to the fact that this full large program is simply a program to rise respect for families, increase opportunities for all of our children so that they can afford extracurricular activities, extra dance lessons, music, sports activities, for holidays.

Family 500+ programme

This program was introduced in 2016. As of July 2019, the benefit is granted to all kid until the age of 18, without an income criterion. If the kid started receiving “500+” in 2016, by June 2023 a full of PLN 43 500. In 2024 we will allocate 9600 PLN for each child. This is simply a coup in state social policy. We showed that we keep our word and care about Polish families. The level of spending on household policy puts Poland at the forefront of European countries.

– We are very arrogant of the full program that we have implemented, and which year after year we have developed. First, it was “The 500+ Family”, a programme that virtually eliminated poorness to a large extent. There are rankings of the European Union that show that we are in the first 4 countries that can boast of the top successes in eliminating poverty," said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

We support Polish families

The 500+ household program is not the only form of support that our government offered to Polish families. Among the solutions implemented are:

Family Care Capital, or a benefit to parents of children aged 12 to 35 months. Parents receive a full of PLN 12,000 for the second and each subsequent child. The benefit is granted regardless of the income of the family. So far, more than 220,000 children have benefited from it.
Mama 4+ Programthrough which we supply a pension to parents who have raised at least 4 children and had no right to a pension. To date, nearly PLN 2 billion has been paid for this purpose, covering more than 70 1000 people.
Good Start Program, in which at the beginning of each school year, we supply additional, one-time support of PLN 300 for each student. A full of nearly PLN 7 billion for about 4.6 million children have been paid since the beginning of the programme.