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Adoption Benefit (DSS)

An Adoption Benefit may be awarded to a person who adopts a child of any age.
Adoption Leave Benefit (DSS)

The Adoption Leave Benefit may be awarded to a person who adopts a child.
Children in Care Allowance - Foster Care Service (DSS)

A Children in Care Allowance - Foster Care Service is awarded to authorised foster carers providing a foster care service to a child.
Moreover, this allowance is paid until a child reaches twenty-one (21) years of age.
For information regarding cross-border situations please click here.
Children in Care Allowance - Residential Service (DSS)

A Children in Care Allowance – Residential Service is paid to Residential Homes that provide residential service to children.

Moreover, this allowance is paid until a child reaches twenty-one (21) years of age.
Children in Care Allowance: Foster Care Service - Tapering of Benefit (DSS)

A Children in Care Allowance - Tapering of Benefit is awarded to authorised foster carer/s, who after providing a foster care service to a child, decide to move on to adopt this same child. The fostering allowance will be gradually stopped over a period of four (4) years, or until the child reaches twenty-one (21) years of age, whichever comes first.

For information regarding cross-border situations please click here.
Children’s Allowance - Child between 16 and 21 years of age (DSS)

Children's Allowance – Child Between 16 and 21 years of age is paid to married couples, civil union couples, cohabiting couples, single parents, separated parents, or parents with refugee status who have care and custody of children aged sixteen (16) to twenty-one (21).

When children turn the age of sixteen (16) and are in full-time education and not receiving a stipend, or registering for work for the first time, the parents who are on low income, may be entitled to receive this allowance.
Children’s Allowance - Special Student Allowance (DSS)

This new benefit is aimed to help parents and foster parents whose children continue their post-secondary education, irrespective of receiving their stipend from the Education Department or otherwise. In certain instances, this benefit shall also be awarded directly to students who are living on their own. In any case of claims by parents, foster parents and students themselves, the children or students should be aged between sixteen (16) and nineteen (19) years but has not yet reached twenty (20) years. This refers to students who have not yet reached the age of twenty (20) years before the commencement of the scholastic year. However, if the student turns twenty (20) years within the scholastic year, the allowance is still due and will benefit for the maximum of three (3) payments of five-hundred euro (€500), as long as the student remains in a post-secondary education course. The student must be following a post-secondary education course from the period starting from September 2023 onwards.
Children’s Allowance and Child Birth or Adoption Bonus - Annual Income exceeds Threshold (DSS)

Children’s Allowance is awarded to married couples, civil union couples, cohabiting couples, single parents, separated parents or returned migrants, having the care and custody of their children under sixteen (16) years of age and whose total annual income of relevant year (income backdated by two (2) years from date of entitlement) from all employments exceeds twenty-seven thousand, four-hundred and thirty-four euro (€27,434).

As from 1st January 2025, the calculations for this allowance will not include just the income of social security contributions, but also any income tax paid will be excluded as an income.

For information regarding cross-border situations please click here.
Children’s Allowance and Child Birth or Adoption Bonus - Annual Income less than Threshold (DSS)

Children’s Allowance is awarded to married couples, civil union couples, cohabiting couples, single parents, separated parents or returned migrants, having the care and custody of their children under 16 years of age and whose total annual income of relevant year two (2) years prior to current year (example: Children’s Allowance 2025 - Income 2023) from employment is less than twenty-seven thousand, four-hundred and thirty-four euro (€27,434).

However, if income exceeds twenty-thousand, five-hundred and two euro (€20,502) but is less than twenty-seven thousand, four-hundred and thirty-four euro (€27,434), the minimum children’s Allowance rate will still be awarded. This results as if actual income is used to calculate the rate, the children's allowance due rate will be less than the minimum rate, thus minimum children’s allowance rate is awarded. This however, will not affect the children's allowance supplement.

As from 1st January 2025, the calculations for this allowance will not include just the income of social security contributions, but also any income tax paid will be excluded as an income.

For information regarding cross-border situations please click here.
Children's Allowance - Claim for Revision (DSS)

Beneficiaries who are in receipt of Children’s Allowance are obliged to report any change of circumstances related to eligibility to the allowance to get the right amount of allowance.

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