Even up to PLN 12 thousand for the second and subsequent children in the family, aged between 13 and 36 months – Family Care Capital is the additional support for families introduced under the Polish Order. What happens if one parent works abroad? And what if the family lives abroad but is registered in Poland? We answer in what cases the benefit will be granted and in what cases it will not.

For more than 5 years, the government Family 500+ programme has been supporting Polish families financially in raising children. It is an investment in the family, but also assistance in various aspects of everyday life and additional resources for its functioning.

The Ministry of Family and Social Policy concludes further agreements for implementing projects increasing the level and quality of employment of persons with disabilities and of persons professionally inactive due to illness.

The Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment at the Ministry of Family and Social Policy held an online national conference on the amendment to the anti-violence legislation entitled “You have the right to...”.

On Tuesday, 7 December, the call for applications in the open competition in the multi-annual Senior+ programme for 2022 was started. I invite local government units at the municipal, district and voivodeship levels to participate in the competition. In the new edition of the competition, PLN 60 million is available to be taken – says the Minister of Family and Social Policy, Marlena Maląg.

At the end of November, the registered unemployment rate amounted to 5.4% - as estimated by the Ministry of Family and Social Policy. The registers of labour offices contained slightly more than 900 thousand people, by more than 125 thousand fewer than the year before. The situation in the labour market is better than before the pandemic.

The support of personal assistants in daily activities but also in the participation in social or cultural life is very important for persons with disabilities. It is a chance to live a fuller, more independent life. – We realise how important this support is, that is why next year we will allocate much larger funds for this purpose, PLN 610 million in total – informs the Minister of Family and Social Policy, Marlena Maląg.

October was another good month for the labour market in Poland. According to the Eurostat data, Poland is still in the lead of the European Union with the lowest unemployment rate. We come off much better off than the EU average.

Soon, many Polish parents will receive a completely new benefit – Family Care Capital. It is even up to PLN 12 thousand for the second and subsequent children, aged between 12 and 36 months – regardless of income. President Andrzej Duda signed the Act on this matter. The solution will enter into force on 1 January 2022.

The first of December is an exceptional day on which we can summarise the government’s senior policy. Today, we are finishing the payment of another support for seniors – the fourteenth pension. This is an additional amount of PLN 11 billion for Polish old age and disability pensioners – said the Minister of Family and Social Policy, Marlena Maląg at the press briefing. On Wednesday, a debate was held at the Ministry of Family, summarising the senior policy of the Law and Justice government.