Package of Measures for 2023 What Benefits Will Pensioners, Students and Vulnerable Persons Have?

The Government of Romania, through the Ministry of Investments and European Projects (MIPE), continues in 2023 to implement measures to support people from vulnerable categories, for which the total allocated budget will reach the threshold of 1 8 billion euros.

"To strengthen social cohesion and reduce extreme poverty, we continue in 2023 to grant various forms of aid from European funds, such as the distribution of basic food and vouchers for hot meals, vouchers for school materials for children, kits for newborns and support for compensating utility bills," minister marcel boloș said According to him, the total budget for this package of measures amounts to approximately 1.

8 billion euros "The good news is that we're not going to stop there.

During this period, we are working on the mechanisms for new solutions for the vulnerable categories, to ensure that every Romanian, regardless of the situation they face, benefits from help for all their immediate needs Depending on the fulfillment of the eligibility criteria, there will be households that will receive 1,400 lei for utilities, the food package and the six installments of 250 lei for hot meals, but also 500 lei for clothes and supplies for the little ones", announced the minister.

The package of measures that vulnerable people will benefit from in 2023 includes: Energy cards - 1,400 lei for bills According to MIPE data, approximately 4 million vulnerable Romanians receive support for compensating energy prices in a nominal amount of 1,400 lei, which can be used until December 31, 2023 and is granted per place of consumption/vulnerable household, in two installments, as follows: - 700 lei/semester, granted in February 2023 for the period 01 01.

2023 – 06 30

2023; - 700 lei/semester, awarded in September 2023 for the period 01 07.

2023 – 31 12

2023 The process of distributing the cards to the population began on February 1, 2023, and it follows that from February 20 they can be used.

Who benefits from the measure: - pensioners of the public pension system, pensioners in the records of sectoral pension houses and beneficiaries of rights granted on the basis of special laws with the age of 60 or more and whose monthly income is lower or equal to 2,000 lei, as well as pensioners with a disability pension, regardless of age and whose monthly income is less than or equal to 2,000 lei; - people - children and adults - classified as severely, severely or moderately disabled, whose own monthly income is less than or equal to 2,000 lei; - families receiving family support allowance; - families and single persons who have established the right to a guaranteed minimum income European funds in the amount of 800 million euros have been allocated for granting aid for heating, from the Human Capital Operational Program and the regional operational program for the programming period 2014-2020, within the limits of the savings identified at the level of these programs and the amounts that are considered at risk of disengagement within the 2014–2020 programming period.

New installments of 250 lei for food and hot meals Approximately 2 5 million Romanians, in situations of material deprivation or at risk of poverty, received in 2022 IV installments of social vouchers through the "Support for Romania" program, in total of 1,000 lei.

The measure continues throughout 2023, for which other VI installments of 250 lei are scheduled, once every two months The total allocated budget is approximately 765 million euros, and the first installment is to be loaded by the end of this month.

The following will receive social vouchers for food and hot meals: - pensioners of the public pension system, pensioners in the records of sectoral pension houses and beneficiaries of rights granted on the basis of special laws whose net monthly income is less than or equal to 1500 lei, for the tranches from 2022, respectively incomes lower than or equal to 1700 lei for the tranches from 2023; - children and adults classified as severely, severely or moderately disabled, whose own net monthly income is less than or equal to 1500 lei for the installments from 2022, respectively income less than or equal to 1700 lei for the installments from 2023; - families with at least 2 dependent children whose net monthly income per family member is less than or equal to 600 lei for the installments from 2022, respectively income less than or equal to 675 lei for the installments from 2023; - single-parent families whose net monthly income per family member is less than or equal to 600 lei for the installments from 2022, respectively income less than or equal to 675 lei for the installments from 2023; - families and single persons who have established the right to social assistance, under the conditions of Law no 416/2001 on the guaranteed minimum income, with subsequent amendments and additions.

MIPE provides funding from European funds (the Social Inclusion and Dignity Program 2021-2027 and the Operational Program Helping Disadvantaged Persons) and from funds from the state budget Vouchers for the purchase of clothes and supplies The Ministry of European Investments and Projects will continue to offer the aid of 500 lei for clothing and supplies in the 2023-2024 school year, for which we estimate a number of 400,000 beneficiaries, a similar number to the previous school year .

Who will benefit from the support worth 500 lei: - Children in state preschool education, provided that the monthly income per family member is up to twice the level of the minimum guaranteed income for a single person (298 lei); - Students in primary and secondary state education, if the average monthly net income per family member, achieved in July of each year, is a maximum of 50% of the gross minimum basic salary per country (1,275 lei) The total budget for the measure is 44 million euros.

minister marcel boloș declared that solutions will be sought to increase the value of the support up to 750 lei New tranche of 24 kg food packages, with Romanian products In the spring of this year, the Ministry of Investments and European Projects will start the distribution of the 6th tranche of food packages within the project "Granting food aid packages", financed through the Operational Program Helping Disadvantaged Persons.

The packages will reach 1,188,852 beneficiaries The packages contain 12 basic foods (38 units) and come from producers in Romania: white wheat flour (5 bags of 1 kg); sorghum (4 bags of 1 kg); flour pasta (2 bags of 400 g); oil (4 bottles of 1 l); sugar (2 bags of 1 kg); rice (4 bags of 1 kg); canned beef (5 cans of 300 g); canned pork (3 boxes of 300 g); canned pork liver patties (5 boxes of 200 g); jars of fruit compote (2 jars of 720 ml); fruit jam (1 jar of 360 g); dietary fruit jam (1 jar of 360 g).

The project, financed by POAD, benefits from a total budget of approximately 235 million euros In 2021, two more tranches of food were delivered, in the months of February - March and August 2021 - January 2022, with the fourth installment being distributed in the period March - September 2022.

Kits for newborns Approximately 15,000 mothers and newborn children from the most disadvantaged categories will receive support in value of 2,000 lei for kits, in the first 3 months after the birth of the children, through electronic social vouchers The total amount for support is 6 million euros, through the Operational Program Helping Disadvantaged Persons.

The following will benefit from this support: - mothers whose right to the guaranteed minimum income has been established; - mothers who are part of families receiving allowance for family support; - mothers with disabilities; - mothers temporarily in critical life situations – victims of calamities, domestic violence, dependent persons and/or who are in particularly vulnerable situations, determined by the social survey drawn up by the public authorities with duties in the field of social assistance; - mothers and those who do not have identity documents and cannot access civil rights; - minor mothers; - mothers – foreign citizens or stateless persons from the zone of armed conflict in Ukraine Separately, MIPE is working on a measure by which people with disabilities can receive vouchers to purchase assistive equipment that will improve their lives and give them, at the same time, the chance for a remunerated activity.

Also, another form of support for which the mechanism is being built is the granting of social resilience vouchers for home repairs and the purchase of household appliances established by the social survey drawn up by the public authorities with duties in the field of social assistance; - mothers and those who do not have identity documents and cannot access civil rights; - minor mothers; - mothers – foreign citizens or stateless persons from the zone of armed conflict in Ukraine.

Separately, MIPE is working on a measure by which people with disabilities can receive vouchers to purchase assistive equipment that will improve their lives and give them, at the same time, the chance for a remunerated activity Also, another form of support for which the mechanism is being built is the granting of social resilience vouchers for home repairs and the purchase of household appliances.

established by the social survey drawn up by the public authorities with duties in the field of social assistance; - mothers and those who do not have identity documents and cannot access civil rights; - minor mothers; - mothers – foreign citizens or stateless persons from the zone of armed conflict in Ukraine Separately, MIPE is working on a measure by which people with disabilities can receive vouchers to purchase assistive equipment that will improve their lives and give them, at the same time, the chance for a remunerated activity.

Also, another form of support for which the mechanism is being built is the granting of social resilience vouchers for home repairs and the purchase of household appliances - mothers and those who do not have identity documents and cannot access civil rights; - minor mothers; - mothers – foreign citizens or stateless persons from the zone of armed conflict in Ukraine.

Separately, MIPE is working on a measure by which people with disabilities can receive vouchers to purchase assistive equipment that will improve their lives and give them, at the same time, the chance for a remunerated activity Also, another form of support for which the mechanism is being built is the granting of social resilience vouchers for home repairs and the purchase of household appliances.

- mothers and those who do not have identity documents and cannot access civil rights; - minor mothers; - mothers – foreign citizens or stateless persons from the zone of armed conflict in Ukraine Separately, MIPE is working on a measure by which people with disabilities can receive vouchers to purchase assistive equipment that will improve their lives and give them, at the same time, the chance for a remunerated activity.

Also, another form of support for which the mechanism is being built is the granting of social resilience vouchers for home repairs and the purchase of household appliances MIPE is working on a measure by which people with disabilities can receive vouchers to purchase assistive equipment that will improve their lives and also give them the chance for a remunerated activity.

Also, another form of support for which the mechanism is being built is the granting of social resilience vouchers for home repairs and the purchase of household appliances MIPE is working on a measure by which people with disabilities can receive vouchers to purchase assistive equipment that will improve their lives and also give them the chance for a remunerated activity.

Also, another form of support for which the mechanism is being built is the granting of social resilience vouchers for home repairs and the purchase of household appliances .