If your family has a small income, you may be able to apply for social security benefits and payments. To do this, you will need to collect a package of documents, and then submit them to the local social protection authority.
The main documents that are required for the recognition of a family as poor:
- certificates confirming the income of family members;
- documents proving the identity of the applicants;
- certificate of residence.
You will need to draw up an application for recognizing the family as poor - this must be done in the office of a specialist. Perhaps, the documents from the usual list will not be enough for you to assign the status of a poor family to a family - then you will be asked to convey the missing certificates. Poor families are those whose incomes are below the subsistence level.
First of all, you will need documents confirming the identity of family members - passports, birth certificates. Necessarily need a document that confirms the registration of a citizen at the place of residence or stay - it can be a certificate from the place of residence, an extract from the house book.
To calculate income, you must submit documents confirming the income of family members for the last three calendar months prior to the one in which the application is submitted. These can be work books, certificates of receipt of any payments, and if an adult family member does not work, they will require a certificate from the employment service. Family members who are retirees provide a pension certificate.
Members of low-income families can also apply for benefits for utility bills. In some regions, for this, together with the registration of the status of a low-income family, you can apply for a subsidy - you will need documents for an apartment, a certificate of family composition, an extract from the house book and a receipt for the absence of debt for utilities. Or the subsidy is issued separately - then you also need a certificate from the place of residence, as well as identity documents.
Information on the amount of the subsistence minimum adopted in a certain region is available in each social protection agency - before starting the collection of documents, it is better to clarify it and make preliminary calculations. There you can also see the list of documents required for filing an application.
