This means that women of childbearing age living in their territory, on average, have no more than 2 children. Given the significant decline in the birth rate in recent decades, the vast majority of Russian subjects fall under this description. Additional allowance will be paid for the 3rd child until the child reaches the age of three. Its average size will be about 10 thousand rubles.

Who is eligible to receive

This payment is provided only for low-income citizens. Therefore, before making a decision on its accrual, officials will study the average per capita income of a large family applying for the EDV. If it falls below the level of the regional PM, the applicant will begin to receive cash "compensation" for low incomes.

How to issue. Where to go

For payment for a third child, you must contact the local social security. The applicant submits an application where he asks to assign such an allowance in connection with the birth of the 3rd baby. The compiled paper is handed over to the inspector along with copies of the following documents (originals should be carried with you so that the social security worker can verify their authenticity):

• own Russian passport (often photocopies of passports of both parents are required if the family is complete);
• testimonies of the newborn and other children;
• insurance (pension) certificates - SNILS;
• details of the bank account or card through which the parent wishes to receive benefits.

You will also need certificates confirming the composition of the family and the income of all its members. On their basis, a conclusion will be made about the level of material security of applicants with many children. That is, in order to receive this payment, a family must have two statuses - to be poor and large (to have such a number of children that they will be considered as such in a particular region).

From February 2018, it will be indexed for a newborn, paid from the federal budget to non-working mothers. Recall that for the second, third and subsequent children, it is charged at an increased rate: if an unemployed woman who gave birth to her first child receives 3065.69 rubles, then for the second, third and subsequent baby she is paid twice as much - 6131.37 rubles. And after the February indexation, the allowance for the care of the third child will already amount to 6327.57 rubles.

Other material state support for parents with many children

The above cash payments to large families are not exhaustive. The state finds various forms of material and even moral support for citizens who are raising a large number of children.

Compensation for kindergarten

Back in the economically difficult year of 1992, the state provided certain preferences for families with many children. They are contained in Presidential Decree BN Yeltsin No. 431 dated 05.05.92. One of these measures is the priority provision of places for children of such families in preschool institutions. They are on the waiting list.

In addition, the state assumes the main part of the financial burden for the stay of a child from a large family in kindergarten. If parents have 3 or more children, then they pay only 30% for kindergarten, and the rest is paid from the budget. At the same time, it is the number of children in the family that is important, and not how many of them attend a preschool institution.

Compensation for housing and communal services

Similar concessions have been made to parents of large families on the payment of utility bills. A presidential decree of 1992 established that locally they should be given a discount of at least 30% for housing and communal services, namely:

• heating;
• water supply;
• gas and light;
• fuel (if there is no central heating).

Regions comply with this rule, and some of them have found an opportunity to increase the size of the communal discount. Here are just a few subjects of the Russian Federation where it is set at a higher level:

• Moscow - 50% of the applicable standard;
• Nizhny Novgorod region - 50% of the standard;
• Rostov region - 50% of the standard;
• St. Petersburg - 40% - if the family has 4-7 children, 50% - if there are eight or more children;
• Chelyabinsk region - families with many children pay a fixed amount - 1000 rubles.

All lost funds will be compensated by the local budget.

Order and medal

In 2008, the President of Russia (then it was Dmitry Medvedev) established the Order of Parental Glory. Since then, it has been awarded to parents who raised and raised at least 7 children. These can be both own (native) children and adopted ones. Together with the order, a father or mother with many children receives a one-time cash payment of 100 thousand rubles. Important conditions for receiving the award are:

• the youngest child in the family must be at least three years old;
• all children have Russian citizenship;
• parents must be legally married to each other.

A little later, in 2010, the medal "Parental Glory" appeared in Russia. It is awarded to parents of four or more children. At the federal level, there are no monetary incentives for medal holders. It is regarded as moral support, recognition of parental merits before the state. But many Russian regions have decided to independently encourage such couples living on their territory. In particular, in the Pskov region they are paid 30,000 rubles at a time, and each of the awarded spouses begins to receive a monthly allowance in the amount of 1,000 rubles from the local budget.

Free land

In 2015, a law was launched, thanks to which large families (with three or more children) received. In the absence of suitable land, local authorities are authorized to replace them with monetary compensation. However, more often they prefer to act differently, offering land of obviously low quality, undeveloped, on which it is impossible to farm. Therefore, it is not surprising that, according to statistics, only 40% of parents with many children took advantage of the state “gift”.

A significant limitation for obtaining a free land plot was the established requirement: at the time of issuing a land certificate, at least 3 children in a family must be minors. If one of them enrolled in a university, this child is counted until he reaches the age of 23.

Table: Indexation of benefits for families with children

Have questions on this topic? Ask our lawyer through the form below or call the numbers below.

Do you have any questions or clarifications? Our experts are happy to help you. If you need legal advice over the phone, you can order a call back using the online consultant form, and our specialist will call you back at a convenient time.

The minimum pension in Moscow has increased. The amount of payments and allowances for veterans of the Great Patriotic War, the disabled, large families, orphans and other preferential categories of citizens also increased.

In 2017, the city authorities decided on an unprecedented increase in payments and benefits to Muscovites. The minimum pension was set at 17,500 rubles. City payments to veterans and invalids of the Great Patriotic War have doubled. Benefits for families with many children and low-income families and other preferential categories of citizens have increased significantly. In addition, it was decided to increase the number of recipients of spa treatment from 120,000 to 200,000 people, and provide utility bill benefits to more than four million citizens.

In addition, it was in 2017 that the expansion of the list of social services and benefits for Muscovites in need of help was announced. Over 3.8 million residents of the city received the right to free travel. Increased benefits and payments to Muscovites will begin to accrue from the beginning of this year. In 2018, all citizens who have the right to benefits and social services will be able to fully realize it.

In total, more than 430 billion rubles are planned for social support for Moscow residents in 2018 (in 2017, more than 390 billion were allocated for this). An important achievement in the field of social services has been the transfer of services to electronic form. Already 26 public services in the field of social protection can be obtained without leaving home, and nine of them are available exclusively online. In the future, the list of electronic services will continue to grow.

What assistance is provided to pensioners

Moscow allowances for pensions from January 1, 2018 increased by three thousand rubles. Thus, the minimum pension has increased from 14,500 to 17,500 rubles per month. The increase will affect about 1.4 million pensioners. For another 43,000 unemployed citizens of retirement age, the city surcharge is charged for the first time. Monthly payments to veterans of the Great Patriotic War and home front workers, labor veterans, people affected by political repression, and holders of a number of state awards have doubled. The annual cash "gifts" to families-anniversaries have also increased: the amount of payment to Muscovites who have been married for 50 years will now amount to 20 thousand rubles. Payments on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of married life, the 60th anniversary and so on have doubled and even more. In addition, more than 110,000 single non-working pensioners aged 70-80 years old can take advantage of the relief on paying contributions for major repairs.

But not only material support is important, but also the formation of active and useful leisure for the older generation. Last year, the City of Longevity program was launched in the capital. Thanks to her, older citizens can attend a variety of interest groups, dance groups, excursions, play sports and gain new knowledge. Today, more than 500 schools for retirees are open, where they teach the basics of a healthy lifestyle, safety, self-defense, and learn to cope with chronic diseases, such as diabetes. They are already visited by about 60 thousand people.

On November 1, 2017, another educational project, the Silver University, was launched in the city. Classes are organized with the participation of the Moscow City Pedagogical University and are held both on the basis of educational institutions and territorial social service centers. The lecturers of the Moscow State Pedagogical University, school teachers, students-volunteers and other involved specialists conduct lessons at the university. Here you can learn the basics of computer, financial, legal literacy, learn foreign languages, get a job as a nanny and landscapers of urban areas. So far, there are almost three times as many people wishing to enter the university as there are educational places. Therefore, the project will be expanded in the new year.

For disabled elderly people who, for health reasons, cannot leave their apartment, there is a "Sanatorium at home" in Moscow. If one of the patients needs urgent help, employees of the Mobile Social Service, which was created at the city social protection centers, are ready to come to the rescue. Social workers will bring groceries, call a doctor or help take medication. Nursing services are also provided to guests of the home "sanatorium". The program participants are over five thousand people, including pensioners, veterans and invalids of the Great Patriotic War.

What will support large and low-income families

Since 2018, payments to families with children in need of assistance have increased several times. First of all, it concerns low-income citizens. For them, benefits for a child under three years old will be 10 thousand rubles, and for a child over three years old - four thousand rubles (before that there were two to three thousand rubles, depending on the age of the child). For single mothers and families where one of the parents evades child support, payments for a child up to three years old will increase from three to five thousand to 15 thousand rubles a month.

In addition to material assistance, more than 10,000 children from low-income families will receive vouchers to camps and sanatoriums, as well as free school meals. In addition, in the social protection centers you can get food and food certificates, as well as certificates for the purchase of clothing, shoes and children's goods and certificates for the provision of durable goods, which can be used in the capital's stores.

Since this year, monthly compensation payments have doubled due to the rising cost of living (up to 1,200 rubles for families with three or four children and up to 1,500 for families with five or more) and payments for the purchase of children's goods. In addition, families with many children will continue to receive free public transport (for children and one of the parents), free parking and places in kindergarten, meals at school, concessions for visiting museums, sports and cultural events, as well as free tickets to the zoo.

All Moscow families with children receive material support from the city. In addition to the federal allowance, Muscovite parents receive a one-time payment of another 5,500 rubles for the first, 14,500 for the second and subsequent children. And if triplets are born, then the family receives 50 thousand rubles. In addition, young families who have a child are encouraged in the capital. If both parents are under 30 years old, they will be paid five times the subsistence minimum (seven times for the second, 10 times for the third and subsequent). An excellent help for families with small children traditionally remain dairy kitchens operating at the capital's clinics.

Thanks to social support, every year in Moscow there are more families with many children. Now the city provides financial assistance to more than 125 thousand large families in which more than 315 thousand minor children are brought up. For comparison, in 2011 there were only 73,000 such families.

What social guarantees can people with disabilities count on?

From January 1, 2018, the allowance for parents raising children with disabilities will be 12,000 rubles (instead of 6,000). Also, a new allowance is being introduced for these families - an annual payment for the purchase of a school uniform (10 thousand rubles). More than 1.1 million disabled people in Moscow, families raising children with disabilities, and participants in the liquidation of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant are provided with 50 percent benefits on utility bills.

Since January 2016, due to changes in federal legislation, people have been forced to pay in full for water, electricity and heating, which they spent in excess of the norms. However, the city authorities restored the benefits, now the townspeople again pay only 50 percent of the bill for the entire communal apartment, regardless of consumption standards. In addition to the traditional material support for people with disabilities (fare for travel, housing and communal services, rehabilitation facilities, and so on), the capital is actively adapting the city's infrastructure for them.

Since 2014, more than 25,000 social certificates worth more than 110 million rubles have been issued to disabled people in Moscow. Thanks to them, Muscovites in need of help were able to purchase electric multifunctional medical beds, bedside tables, steps and boards for the bath, chairs for the bath and shower, as well as other necessary goods. In 2016 alone, almost 270,000 people received technical rehabilitation equipment and prosthetic and orthopedic products, and more than 55,000 Muscovites with disabilities were assisted in rehabilitation. Tens of thousands of citizens with disabilities will continue to receive sanatorium treatment at the expense of the city budget.

How to help orphans and their guardians

The city continues to support those who take children left without parents into their families. In 2017, the amount of payments to foster parents, guardian families, trustees and foster carers was increased by 10 percent in the capital. Their size now ranges from 16,500 to 28,390 rubles, depending on the age of the children, their number in one family and their state of health. Also, Moscow social services provide training and support for foster families. There are 57 schools for foster parents and 54 organizations that provide support to families raising orphans in the capital.

For the past four years, Moscow families that have adopted at least five orphans, of which three children are over 10 years old and (or) disabled, have been receiving housing under a gratuitous use agreement. After 10 years, foster parents who conscientiously and continuously performed the duties of raising orphans are provided with an apartment under a social tenancy agreement or in ownership.

At present, 92 percent of all orphans are being raised in families, and only 8 percent are in social institutions. Eight years ago, the ratio was 74 percent to 26 percent. In 2018, all social work aimed at supporting orphans and finding suitable families, guardians and foster carers for them will continue.

Since 2007, families with many children have been receiving significant material assistance in Russia. This is explained by the interest of the state in increasing the population, eradicating orphanhood and raising a worthy healthy generation. Families with many children in 2017 are those who are raising three or more children, and foster children are considered on a par with relatives. Adoption encouragement and financial support for families who have taken responsibility for adopting a child has significantly reduced the number of children raised in orphanages.

Large family in 2017

All parents with three or more children can enjoy a number of benefits - federal and regional. The first ones take place for all families, regardless of the place of residence on the territory of the Russian Federation, these are benefits:

• Housing, involving the improvement of living conditions. They are divided into 2 types:
  • mortgage, the repayment rate of which is reduced by 6-11%, and for families with 4 or more children, the debt is partially repaid by the state;
  • obtaining a land plot for the construction of a house, cottage or gardening work.

• Payment for housing and communal services - up to 30%.
• Medical support - children under 6 years of age receive free medicines, extraordinary free provision of orthopedic equipment, and the necessary annual sanatorium treatment.
• Transport - free travel in urban and suburban transport.
• Educational - kindergartens and schools are required to take children out of turn, provide them with food 2 times a day, school and sports uniforms, or compensate for the cost of clothing.
• Cultural - once a year, the family can visit cultural or entertainment events free of charge.
• Retirement - a mother who gave birth from 3 and has at least 20 years of industrial or agricultural experience can retire at 50 years old.
• Interest-free loan or taxation on preferential terms for the development of farming.

But in order to receive the above benefits, a large family in 2017 must, first of all, receive a document confirming such status. It is issued by a departmental organization dealing with the problems of large families, and not every family raising 3 or more minor children can receive a certificate. In addition to providing mandatory official documents: parents' passports, birth certificates of children, marriage or divorce certificates, certificates of family composition, it is necessary to prove the need to receive state support, that is, insufficient material support. And the commission is working to establish the living conditions, the attention paid to children, the psychological situation in the family. Based on the conclusions, a decision is made to confirm or not confirm the status of a large family.

Regional benefits provide for the amount of payments to large families in 2017, which depends on the budget of the region, and other benefits. Here, each region or district has the right to additionally legalize a number of housing and social privileges for the group of families in question, for example, the abolition of the transport tax.

Housing for large families 2017

One of the main conditions for well-being for any family is the availability of a comfortable and sufficient apartment. After the birth or adoption of the 2nd and subsequent children in Russia, a one-time payment is provided - maternity capital, since 2007 it has increased several times and reached the amount of 453 thousand rubles in 2016. This is a targeted payment, it can be directed to:

• home improvement,
• child education,
• mother's retirement savings.

True, this law was provided for until 2017, but given the crisis situation in the country, most likely, its validity will be extended until at least 2019. The State Duma is considering providing maternity capital in the amount of 1.5 million rubles to families who have a third child , the program is proposed to be valid until 2026. But this law has not yet been finally approved.

85% of the 50 million families used the payments received specifically for housing by taking out a mortgage. In addition, the state program provides for the free allocation of land plots ranging from 6 to 15 acres to families raising at least 3 minor children, a university student or a conscript who do not generate income. A large family in 2017 will not be able to receive housing instead of a land plot, the maximum that it can count on is mortgage benefits. There are other conditions under which the issue of allocating a free site will be considered, these are:

• Russian citizenship;
• residence in the area for at least 5 years;
• formal marriage between parents;
• the family should not have another land allotment.

In the absence of free land, you can claim compensation, for example, in St. Petersburg, this is exactly the procedure. But only low-income citizens whose income per family member is below the subsistence level can take advantage of free allotment or compensation. Parasites, alcoholics and drug addicts cannot count on any privileges, the only thing that awaits them is the deprivation of parental rights. Also, families whose children are on state support, that is, in boarding schools, cannot apply for free land. All clarifications can be obtained at the place of residence in the social support authorities.

Other types of payments for large families

From 2017, at the birth of 3 and subsequent children, families will be able to expect to receive:

• lump-sum payments for the period of parental leave, which is calculated from the average amount of a woman's salary for the previous 2 years. For housewives and students, the amount of payments is minimal;
• a one-time allowance, until 2017 its amount was 14.5 thousand rubles;
• benefits paid until the child is 1.5 years old, in the amount of 40% of the earnings of the mother, or other relative caring for the baby, for the previous 2 years or at least 5, 437 thousand rubles.

Other former Soviet republics are not far behind Russia, neighboring Belarus also relies on a large family, and those who have confirmed their status can take advantage of housing, social or pension benefits, such as

• retirement regardless of age for women who have given birth to 5 or more children and have at least 10 years of experience in agriculture;
• pension for 50-year-old mothers who raised 5 or more children under 8 years old with an experience of 15 years;
• increased pensions and rewards for mothers who have given birth to 9 or more children.

Belarusian parents of large families have a number of tax benefits at the enterprise, receive financial assistance when paying loans for housing, are exempt from taxes on land and real estate, paying for a parking space, registration of notarial transactions without state duty. In 2017, the construction of large families in Brest plans to rent three- and four-room apartments; in 2016, about 450 units of such housing were built. Of the total amount of housing built in the country, 22% is intended for large families.

Families with many children in Moscow 2017, by decision of the regional leadership, have a number of significant privileges. Upon confirmation of the status, its holders will be entitled to:

• compensation at the birth of a child in the family of 14.5 thousand rubles;
• families with 3 or 4 children will receive 522 rubles a month, and with a large number of children - 1,444 rubles;
• for each child, a monthly compensation of 657 rubles will be issued for the increase in the cost of food;
• for families with incomes per member below the subsistence minimum, children from 1.5 to 3 years old will receive compensation of 2.5 thousand rubles, and for older minors - 1.5 thousand rubles each;
• for the use of the telephone, a monthly compensation of 230 rubles is given;
• growth is compensated by 600 rubles per child, and for families with 4 or more children - 750 rubles per child;
• for each student, it will be possible to receive 5 thousand rubles annually for the purchase of clothes, and for families with 5 or more children - 900 rubles for the purchase of children's goods;
• families with 10 or more children will receive 750 rubles a month for each minor.

In addition, families with many children purchase free medicines for children under 18 years of age, prescription dairy products for children under 7 years of age, enjoy an extraordinary right to a nursery and kindergarten, except for private ones, and attend preschool institutions also free of charge. Families with many children in Moscow are exempt from transport tax.