School for the poor: benefits and free meals

The rules for free meals in schools are established at the regional and municipal level: in some places it is provided to children from large or low-income families, in others to children with disabilities, from foster families, etc.

Conditions can be obtained from the educational institution or local education department. If your family meets the established criteria, then you need to write an application addressed to the director and attach documents that confirm the child’s right to free breakfast and (or) lunch.

Despite the statements of individual deputies, the list of categories of schoolchildren who can eat free at school may expand - such initiatives are supported by the president (read about this below).

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Who is eligible for free school meals?

There is no standard on this issue: the categories of students who can eat for free are set by regional and local authorities. At the federal level, the President decided to provide two meals a day (breakfast and lunch) to children from large families. Also, expenses are partially reimbursed for those who live in the territory affected by the Chernobyl accident (70 rubles).

Attention

You can find out if your child is eligible for free meals during school hours and if you are entitled to reimbursement for the cost of their meals, you can check directly with the school or your local education department.

As a rule, children from large and low-income families are fed free of charge, often children with disabilities (visually impaired, hearing impaired, etc.) and disabled people. However, due to the fact that this issue has not been resolved at the state level, the conditions and procedures for school meals may vary greatly in the regions.

In Moscow and the Moscow region, for example, once , and children eat free twice a day

• from large and low-income families;
• those left without parental care and orphans;
• from single-parent families;
• those under guardianship and in foster families;
• receiving a survivor's pension;
• people with disabilities and people with disabilities;
• disabled parents of groups 1 or 2.

On the other hand, in the Irkutsk region, only children from low-income and large families are entitled to free meals in schools.

Often the issue of free meals is resolved at the municipal level, for example, in the Tula region, all students in grades 1-5 and grades 6-9 from large families have breakfast at the expense of the regional budget. In Tula itself, local authorities provide:

• breakfast:
  • students in grades 1-5;
  • students in grades 6-11 from low-income families and those in difficult life situations;
• dinner:
  • disabled children;
  • children from large families;
  • students in grades 1-9 who attend after school, from low-income families and families in difficult life situations.

Attention

For children who study at home, compensation is provided, most often monetary, but sometimes in the form of dry rations.

Compensation for school meals

Some regions also provide compensation for school meals, i.e. you pay the school for breakfast and lunch for your child, and the authorities return part of this money. For example, in the Nizhny Novgorod region, low-income parents with many children (this includes adopted children) are paid 792 rubles a month, and those with many children in the Kostroma region receive 460 rubles per month.

The region may also partially pay for food. The amounts in different regions and for different categories of students may differ significantly. For example, in Bryansk the following are allocated per day:

• 27 rubles per child from a low-income or large family;
• 52 rubles per child with disabilities,
• 7 rubles for the rest.

In Belgorod, the city budget allocates 70 rubles for children with disabilities, from low-income and large families, orphans and children under guardianship.

Of course, this benefit is not available to everyone. Most often, reimbursement of food costs is due to children from large and low-income families and primary school students. But regions can introduce other preferential categories, for example, in the Volgograd region, in addition to children from large families and primary schoolchildren, compensation is given to children registered with a TB doctor, regardless of their family income.

To receive compensation, you need to write an application to the school or social security authorities (for example, in Samara) - in each region it is different. It is paid once a month.

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You can find out about another measure of support for large and low-income families—payments for school uniforms—in the article.

How to apply for free food: sample application

In order for a child to be fed free of charge at school, you usually need to write a simple application addressed to the director. Samples are usually available on the school website, and, most often, the document indicates:

• please provide free food;
• the basis for the request (for example, a low-income family or a large family);
• a list of attached documents that confirm the child’s right to free breakfast and (or) lunch.

In addition, in certain regions it is mandatory to indicate that you:

• you are not entitled to other benefits for school meals (federal or regional, for example, compensation for children affected by radiation after the Chernobyl accident);
• know the rules and procedure for providing free food;
• must report within a certain time if they have lost the right to benefits (for example, they are no longer low-income).

In some regions, special commissions are also created that conduct a survey of families and draw up an act in which they inform the school management whether the applicants need free meals or not.

Attention

You can download a sample application from the link.

Documents you will need

The exact list of documents that must be attached to the application differs in each region. Typically, the school requires:

• passport of one of the parents;
• child's birth certificate;
• document confirming the right to food:
  • a certificate from social security recognizing the family as low-income;
  • certificate of a large family;
  • certificate of family composition;
  • document appointing a guardian or trustee;
  • certificate of disability;
• family examination report, if the school has a corresponding commission.

How to pay for food?

To pay for meals, schools issue parents with receipts that indicate the necessary details (TIN, BIC, bank account), the student’s personal account and often a QR code. There are several ways to transfer money.

1. At the ATM. If the receipt has a QR code and the terminal is equipped with a scanner, then just select the appropriate operation in the window (usually it is called “Payment by barcode” or something similar) and let it read the code. If you don't have a scanner, you need to:
   • select “Payments and transfers”;
   • find a service by TIN;
   • select the found organization;
   • enter the student’s personal number;
   • check the details and confirm the payment.
2. Through a mobile application or on the bank’s website. You need to do everything the same as when working with an ATM, only instead of it there will be a phone with an application running or a bank’s Internet service.
3. At a bank branch. Go to the window, tell the bank employee the TIN from the receipt and your personal account number.
4. Some schools (for example, in Yekaterinburg) are connected to various electronic services for paying for meals, in whose personal accounts you can pay for school lunches.

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You can find out what else parents should donate money for at school, and what they may not pay for, in the article.

Will free school meals be cancelled?

In February, the public was stirred up by news from Yekaterinburg: deputy Elena Deryagina proposed abolishing free meals for primary schoolchildren. The official talked about saving meals only for those families who need it.

Although the idea was criticized by other deputies and party members, it reflects the current practice: only certain categories of schoolchildren receive full free meals (from low-income or large families, disabled people, etc.), which Deryagina herself mentioned.

In fact, it’s not even the proposal itself that is frightening, but the fact that the official is not an innovator at all. At the end of 2018, the same idea was supported by the Vladimir City Council, and even earlier by the Orel municipality. In the Astrakhan region, free meals were first completely abolished, and then returned, but only for the poor.

Attention

However, not everything is so bad: in January, the head of the National Parents Committee, Irina Volynets, sent an appeal to the ministers of education and labor with a request to develop all-Russian standards for free breakfasts and lunches for all students in schools and vocational schools under 18 years of age.

A similar initiative was supported by Vladimir Putin at the media forum of the All-Russian Popular Front. More children should have free, quality meals at school, he said. At the same time, the president noted that in order to implement such tasks, it is necessary to calculate the amount of funding and find its sources.

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Education benefits for low-income families

To understand whether a family has the right to count on preferences and benefits from the budget, you can make a simple calculation: add up all income for three months and divide by three, and then by the number of people living under one roof. If this figure is below the minimum required for living in the region, it means the family is low-income. For this category, the state offers assistance, including payments and benefits for education.

Benefits for schoolchildren

Compensations and benefits are provided for schoolchildren from low-income families. Their list was developed at the Federal level, and then the regions adjust it. For what specific purposes they will be provided depends on decisions at the regional level. Main regional benefits related to the educational process:

1. One of the common benefits is the provision of free meals in educational institutions, namely breakfast. Parents pay for lunch, but at a reduced price.
2. Families classified as low-income are entitled to receive a one-time annual benefit by September 1. Its goal is to prepare the child for school. By providing receipts, parents can reimburse the costs incurred for the purchase of sportswear for physical education lessons, school uniforms and teaching aids, as well as school equipment, for example, ski kits for physical education classes.
3. Schoolchildren can receive free trips to children's health camps. Or compensation for the costs of its acquisition - in each region differently.
4. Visiting cinemas, museums, circuses or zoos may be free by decision of the local administration.
5. Another type of benefit is compensation for travel for schoolchildren. But it is stipulated by the condition that the child has to get to school by transport, because there were no places in the educational institution at his place of residence.

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Benefits for students

If the income is low and the family is recognized as low-income, a student studying at a university can count on a standard and increased social scholarship.

It is paid from a scholarship fund formed from the regional budget. Its size is determined by the university leadership.

Only those who study on a budget can apply for a social scholarship until they turn 23 years old.

One of the benefits for those recognized as low-income is priority admission to the university. According to the new legislation, only applicants who have scored a minimum passing score and are children of a single parent with a disability of group I or II can apply for it. The age of a student applying for this benefit must not exceed 20 years.

Some universities, at their discretion, provide one-time financial assistance for special life events.

Where to go to apply for benefits

To exercise your right to benefits, you must first obtain the status of “low-income family.” To do this, contact the social protection department, which is located at the registration address, and submit certificates of all income. Having confirmed your relationship to this category, you can begin applying for payments or benefits intended by the state for the education of children.

What to do if your debt is not returned

You can submit the prepared package of documents and application in several ways:

• through a multifunctional center;
• through the territorial department of social protection;
• through the Gosuslugi portal.

Social security authorities usually take 10 days to make a decision. Due to the fact that receiving a number of compensations and benefits is not a one-time service, a package of materials and an application will have to be submitted at least once a year.

Some regions require confirmation of family income every six months.

Students, having received a certificate from social security, will have to submit it to the dean’s office, and parents of schoolchildren, in order to realize part of the benefits, submit certificates from social security to the school administration.

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New in the design of meal benefits for students in preferential categories

Dear parents (legal representatives) of students! There have been changes regarding the submission of applications for the provision of meals in educational organizations subordinate to the Department of Education of the city of Moscow, studying at the expense of the budget of the city of Moscow. On the official portal of the Mayor and Government of Moscow https://www.mos.ru/ the service is available in the catalog section “Education” - “Secondary general” - “Application for preferential meals”.

Dear parents (legal representatives) of students!

There have been changes regarding the submission of applications for the provision of meals in educational organizations subordinate to the Department of Education of the city of Moscow, studying at the expense of the budget of the city of Moscow.

On the official portal of the Mayor and Government of Moscow https://www.mos.ru/ the service is available in the catalog section “Education” - “Secondary general” - “Application for preferential meals”.

In the interactive form, the applicant fills in the following information:

1. About the student:
   • FULL NAME;
   • Gender (select from list)
   • Date of Birth;
   • Information about the identity document;
   • SNILS (optional field).
2. About the preferential category of students in the field “The child is registered with the social protection authorities of the city of Moscow”, select one of the options “Yes/No”
3. If you select the “Yes” option, you must additionally select from the list the preferential category to which the child belongs:
   • A child from a large family;
   • A child from a low-income family;
   • An orphan or a child left without parental care;
   • Disabled child (under 18 years of age);
   • A child whose both or only parent is disabled in group 1 or 2 (a single parent means a single mother or single father);
   • A pensioner who does not belong to preferential categories (a pensioner who does not belong to preferential categories means a child receiving a survivor's pension).
4. About the applicant:

• Applicant type (select from list)
• Full name (if there is a middle name)
• Gender (select from list)
• Date of Birth;
• Contact number;
• E-mail address.

1. Notification of checking the correctness of filling in the fields for subsequent registration of the application and its acceptance for consideration. is received after filling out the interactive application form in the applicant’s “personal account” on the Portal.
2. A refusal to accept an application is possible if an application for this child has already been submitted earlier and is being processed.

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A notification of refusal to accept and register an application for the provision of a Service submitted through the Portal is generated automatically at the stage of filling out the interactive application form.

1. If, when submitting an application, the “No” option was selected in the “Child is registered with the social protection authorities of the city of Moscow” field, the applicant receives a notification in the “personal account” subsystem of the Portal about the need to provide the educational organization with original documents confirming the status child, within 5 working days from the date of receipt of this notification for consideration by the Governing Council of the educational organization.

• The service is suspended.
• If the applicant does not provide original documents confirming the child’s preferential status within the specified period, the applicant will be sent a notice of refusal to provide the Service indicating the reason for the refusal to the “personal account” subsystem of the Portal.
• If original documents confirming the child’s preferential status are provided within the specified period, the Governing Council of the educational organization considers the issue of providing meals at the expense of the Moscow city budget within 10 working days from the date of provision of the original documents by the applicant.
• Information about the progress of consideration of the application is sent to the applicant in the “personal account” of the Portal in the form of an electronic notification.

1. The grounds for refusal to provide the Service are:
   • the applicant did not provide documents confirming the right to subsidized meals within the prescribed period;
   • the right to receive meals at the expense of the Moscow city budget has not been confirmed based on the results of the Governing Council of the educational organization;
   • preferential status was not confirmed based on the results of interdepartmental interaction with the Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Moscow.
2. A notification confirming the provision of the service is sent to the applicant in the “personal account” subsystem of the Portal in electronic form and contains information about the decision (positive or negative) regarding the provision of food at the expense of the Moscow city budget.

Important:

Applications are submitted during the calendar year from August 15 to June 1 (applications are not possible during the period from June 1 to August 15).

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A complete list of state benefits for schoolchildren: how to eat and ride the metro at a discount

This category includes children from complete, small families with an income of at least average. These are the benefits they are entitled to.

For food

Meals in schools can be free or paid, it all depends on the budget of the region. For example, in Moscow schools, children receive free breakfast, and parents pay for lunch, in whole or in part. In other regions, parents pay for most of the meals, and local authorities pay the rest.  

This is how much students at one Tyumen school pay for food

You can find out about subsidized meals from the social security authorities or the secondary school where the child goes. Contact your class teacher or social workers, they should provide information.

For travel

The duration of benefits may vary. For example, discounts on air tickets are available all year round, but train travel with a 50% discount is only available during the school year, so check this question at the ticket office before purchasing tickets.

Travel by bus. Children can ride on city buses with or without a discount - this also depends on the region. For example, in Tyumen there is a student card, with which travel is 5 times cheaper than travel for adults. There is a certain number of trips on the card; if they are exhausted, the trip is calculated at the regular price.  

In St. Petersburg, a student can buy a travel ticket, which is suitable for both the bus and the metro, for 515 ₽. The number of trips on the bus is unlimited, and on the metro - 70 per month. But in the city of Yalutorovsk, Tyumen region, children travel with adults at the same price.  

In some regions, unused trips are carried over to the next month, in others - not. You can buy a travel pass at the station ticket office or at the MFC. A student card can be issued at the MFC or through the school. At school you will only need to write an application for the card, and to the MFC you will need to bring:

• certificate from school;
• birth certificate;
• passport of one of the parents;
• 3x4 photo (or it will be taken at the MFC, but then you need to come with your child).

If you live in Moscow, you can apply for a student card online on the city mayor’s website.

On commuter buses, children under 10 years old receive a discount from a full ticket. The size of the discount is determined by local authorities. In some cities you need to show a certificate or birth certificate, in others it is enough to simply say: “I have two children with me, 9 and 7 years old.”   

Travel by train and metro. Children under 10 years old receive a 35% discount in SV, compartment, reserved seat and general carriages (with seats). In luxury carriages, a child under 10 years old can travel for free, and over 10 years old can travel for 50% of the cost. There is no discount on express or high-speed trains. Travel for disabled children is free everywhere.  

Documentation:

• birth certificate;
• student certificate (can be taken from the school reception);
• documents confirming disability.

All schoolchildren can ride trains with a 50% discount, but only during the school year. At school you need to take a certificate and take it with you. In summer, tickets are at regular prices.  

Metro rides can be at a reduced or regular price, depending on the region. For example, in Yekaterinburg, the fare for the metro is the same for children and adults. In St. Petersburg, metro trips are included in a single student travel card.

Flying on an airplane. If the student is under 12 years old, the discount will be 30–70%, the amount depends on the airline. The discount is issued by the cashier using the child’s birth certificate when purchasing a ticket. If the child is already 12 years old, then you will have to pay the full cost of the ticket. If you buy tickets online, simply select a child ticket and show your birth certificate when boarding.

To museums, cinemas, theaters

According to the order of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation No. 3119, schoolchildren can visit museums and theaters for free once a month. When - the institution itself decides.

For example, in the Hermitage it is the third Thursday of every month, and in the Battle of Borodino panorama museum it is every third Sunday. They usually don’t ask for documents at the box office; you can just buy a ticket and go through.

But if the child looks older than his age, it is better to take his birth certificate with him.

For additional education

The state decided to make additional education more accessible and created a system of personalized additional education. It works like this: parents fill out an application on the website, the student receives a certificate and can enroll in any club for free.

Restriction: you can only choose from those circles whose leaders have registered their organizations on the PFDO portal. And you can only sign up for one class.  

Each region has its own characteristics. For example, in Tyumen this applies only to first-graders, and in other regions - to schoolchildren of all ages.  

Regions in which the system of personalized additional education operates

Documentation:

• parental statement;
• birth certificate;
• parent's passport;
• certificate from school;
• SNILS number of the child, if available. 

You can submit an electronic application on the PFDO portal or bring documents in person to the organization that the child will attend. 

For homeschoolers

A child who is educated at home can also enjoy the above benefits. For example, go to a museum for free once a month or travel on transport with discounts. In addition, he is entitled to compensation for school meals - a food package once a month. Here are the documents you will need to apply for the benefit:

• application for compensation;
• passport of one of the parents;
• a document confirming the right to home schooling, for example a certificate of disability.

These documents must be given to the school, class teacher or social teacher. You will have to wait a maximum of a month for the child to be included in the required lists.

For those studying in family education

Children who do not attend traditional school do not receive all the benefits. The fact is that to receive some benefits you need a certificate from the school, but children in family education will not be given one. Here's what you can't use:

• travel on city buses;
• travel by train; 
• food benefits.

But you can take advantage of discounts on air travel and museum visits. Children in family education also have the right to participate in competitions and receive an advantage when entering a university. You can find out which Olympiads are held and when they are held on websites on the Internet, for example, Olympiad, Uchi.ru. If your child is studying in an online school, then teachers will tell you about the Olympiads.  

A child who is in family education and belongs to a preferential category (disabled people, orphans) can enjoy the benefits that he is entitled to in another category. For example, travel for free by transport, relax in a camp or be treated in a sanatorium with a 50–100% discount.

For gifted schoolchildren

If a child is an excellent student or an activist at school, he can receive intangible benefits in addition to the usual benefits. For example, he has a higher chance of entering a university than those who enter only based on the results of the Unified State Exam.

Children who are excellent students and actively participate in school life may be offered free trips to children's camps, theaters, gubernatorial balls and other events. In each case, you need your own package of documents.

You can check this with the class teacher - usually the child is invited through him.

A birth certificate or passport is required if the child is already 14 years old; medical certificates about the epidemic environment and that the child is healthy are also often needed. 

"I'm in the 9th grade. In addition to the fact that I am an excellent student, I also participate in events, concerts, and promotions. For good studies and active creative activity, our school awards children with incentive prizes. In 2018, I went to the Governor's Christmas tree. There we were given gifts from the governor and shown a New Year's performance.

Also, last academic year, because I became a prize-winner at the municipal stage of the All-Russian Olympiad in Ecology, I was given a ticket to the Serebryany Bor camp. The ticket costs about 40,000, but they are given to the winners and medalists of the Olympiads for free. I'm also a volunteer. This year I went to the three-day camp “Olympic Children's Republic”.

Tickets there are also paid, from 17 to 53 thousand rubles, I went for free.”

For students from large or low-income families

There is a concept of “large families” - they have 3 or more children. There is a concept of “poor” - these are citizens or families whose income per family member is below the subsistence level approved in a particular region. People with many children may or may not be poor. A single mother raising a school-aged son may also be poor.

Schoolchildren from large or low-income families are entitled to benefits for:

• Nutrition. The amount of compensation from local authorities for meals will be greater than for other schoolchildren.
• Directions Children can buy student travel cards or transport cards.
• Visiting museums. Also, at least one day a month, children can come to the museum for free. Some museums admit large families free of charge any day of the week. For example, in Tyumen there is a museum of Ivan Slovtsov - families with many children can go there for free at any time.
• Compensation for the cost of purchasing a school uniform. This doesn't work everywhere. There is such a thing in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Penza Region and some other regions. The amount is also different, somewhere around 4 thousand, somewhere around 10 thousand per child.
• Vouchers to children's camps and sanatoriums. According to the law, children from large and low-income families and children from other preferential categories have the right to free trips to camps and sanatoriums - they are distributed by the local social protection authority. But often there are fewer free vouchers available than needed, and you may have to stand in line. Information about available vouchers can be found in social protection authorities and on the websites of child care institutions.

Basic documents that will be needed to apply for benefits (social security may require something else, such as a medical certificate):

• birth certificate (original and copy); 
• parents' passports (original and copy); 
• documents confirming the right to the benefit: marriage certificate and certificate of family composition (for large families), certificate of income (for low-income people), certificate of the amount of alimony paid (if the child lives with one parent). 

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For children of preferential categories

The preferential category includes children:

• from large and low-income families; 
• with one or two disabled parents;
• victims of armed and ethnic conflicts, environmental and man-made disasters, natural disasters;
• from families of refugees and internally displaced persons;
• whose parents were injured as a result of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant;
• whose father or mother (or both) were injured or died in the line of duty;
• from families where there was a fire, robbery, flooding, destruction or loss of housing;
• orphans or those under guardianship;
• disabled people.

These children receive free or partially free meals. There are discounts on trips to camps and sanatoriums, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s a day camp or a country camp. For disabled children, travel to and from the place of treatment is free. If an orphan child studies full-time at the expense of the budget, then once a year travel to the place of study and back is also at the expense of the state.  

The amount of discounts and benefits depends on the category and budget of the region. For example, in one region, orphans will receive a 50% discount on a day camp, and in another - 100%.  

According to the law on state social assistance, a disabled child has the right to receive a second ticket to a sanatorium in the same year, if there are medical indications for this. You must write an application to social security, attach documents from the hospital and the conclusion of a medical commission.

You can see what benefits you are entitled to and assigned on the portal of Unified State Social Security Information System (EGISSO), the unified city social security information system. To receive information you will need to register. If you do not agree with anything or it turns out that not all benefits are assigned, write to the city social security department, they are obliged to sort it out.

Tamara Gerasimovich

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Benefits for low-income families

The data in this article is outdated; we recommend a new article on benefits for low-income families in 2018 and 2019.

This category of families includes those in which each person has an income less than the subsistence level in the region of residence.

Considering that this coefficient is set for a quarter, the status of the poor will have to be confirmed in accordance with this period, since benefits may be canceled .

At the same time, the important fact is that citizens found themselves in such a difficult financial situation through no fault of their own. This means that families where parents, being fully able to work, do not work, for example, due to alcoholism, are not considered low-income. A low-income family receives this status by decision of local governments.

List of benefits for low-income families in 2019

What benefits are offered to this category of families:

• tax benefits for low-income families with the right not to pay tax on income from preferential payments;
• provision of housing on a free basis using social rent from the municipal housing stock on a first-come, first-served basis or the opportunity to obtain an apartment using a social mortgage, but only if the family is recognized as in need of such measures;
• housing benefits for housing and communal services for owners or tenants of housing, while family expenses for these needs should be reduced in accordance with regional coefficients;
• financial assistance : monthly for children under 18 years of age studying full-time, as well as for single-parent families, double the amount if the mother is on maternity leave, for a child under 2 years old; emergency - paid once a year in case of accidents - serious illnesses, death of relatives;
• priority right to enroll children in kindergarten with a reduction in the amount of parental payment by 20% for the first child, by 50% for the second and 70% for subsequent ones.
• legal benefits in the form of free oral and written consultations from qualified lawyers and representation in court.

Benefits for children from low-income families

Children from low-income families are provided with comprehensive support:

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• free meals for children at school, which consist of a free breakfast, and parents are also provided with significant discounts on children’s meals;
• parents are compensated for the costs of purchasing sports and compulsory school uniforms through a one-time payment before the start of the school year;
• free trips on city public transport for children under 7 years of age, for trips on suburban railway transport during the period of study for children who are full-time students;
• food benefits or the provision of a free set of products that are important for the healthy growth of a child;
• providing children under 3 years of age with special nutrition (dairy kitchen), which is implemented through municipal health care institutions, which are allocated funds for financial assistance in providing dairy nutrition;
• educational benefits for low-income families upon admission to a state or municipal university without competition for a child under 20 years of age who has successfully passed the Unified State Exam and has one parent who is a group I disabled person.

Procedure for applying for benefits

The procedure for applying for benefits for low-income families in 2018 includes several stages:

1. with the necessary documentation, one of the family members should contact the Social Security Office at their place of residence;
2. open an account with Sberbank and provide social security with details for calculating payments;
3. an application for targeted assistance to the family should be submitted to the social protection department;
4. To be provided with free meals, a child must contact the school with documents;
5. to receive free products in the dairy kitchen, you need to come with a child no older than 3 years to a medical institution, and the doctor can also issue a prescription for free medicines for children under 6 years of age;
6. You should find out from the social security authorities what benefits are available to low-income families in 2018 in your region of residence.

To apply for benefits, you must present a list of documents:

• the applicant's passport and its copy;
• an application requesting certain benefits;
• a certificate informing about family composition, issued at the passport office at the place of residence;
• certificates of earnings of family members for the past 3 months, received at the place of work;
• work records of working family members;
• information from the State Employment Service for non-working family members;
• originals and copies of children's birth certificates;
• original and copies of marriage certificate;
• original and copies of divorce certificate for single-parent families;
• certificates of alimony;
• originals and copies of documents on ownership of the apartment;
• the applicant's passbook;
• certificate from the place of study of a child over 16 years of age.

Regional benefits

Benefits for low-income families in Moscow 2019:

• for single-parent families, benefits once a month for children under 1.5 years old and from 3 to 18 years old - 2500 rubles, for children from 1.5 to 3 years old - 4500 rubles;
• for children of military personnel or in families of persons put on the wanted list for children under 1.5 years old and from 3 to 18 years old - 1900 rubles, from 1.5 to 3 years old - 3300 rubles.

Saint Petersburg:

• payment once a month for each child from 1.5 years to 7 years for a complete family - 848 rubles, for an incomplete family - 1224 rubles;
• payment once a month for each child from 7 to 16 years old - 787 rubles, for single-parent families - 1137 rubles.

Ufa:

• preferential utility service;
• provision of free hot meals at school; parents of first-graders have the right to subsidies for the purchase of school uniforms and stationery;
• social benefits in 2018 in the form of in-kind assistance to provide clothing, fuel, food, medicine if there is a disabled child in the family.

Novosibirsk:

• payments to single-parent families once a quarter for each child from 1.5 to 3 years - 2000 rubles;
• child benefits once a month - 318.88 rubles, for single-parent families - 478.31 rubles;
• accrual of social scholarships in educational institutions;
• travel on transport using the “Student Card” and “Student Card”.

Nizhny Novgorod:

• one-time payment at the birth of the first and second child - 8,000 rubles;
• one-time payment for subsequent children - 10,000 rubles;
• child benefit paid every month – 100 rubles;
• a one-time payment received once a year for each dependent – ​​150 rubles.

Conclusion

1. A family with an income below the subsistence level is recognized as low-income.
2. Such families can obtain housing under a social rental agreement.
3. Low-income people have tax, social and housing benefits.
4. Benefits can be applied for at social security offices.
5. Regions may establish an additional list of benefits.

• Federal Law No. 134-FZ of October 24, 1997 “On the Living Wage”

Source: http://lgoty-expert.ru/socialnye-lgoty/lgoty-maloimushhim-semyam/

Free meals at school: who is entitled to it and how to apply for benefits, certificate for the poor and low-income, provided to families with many children

When parents send their children to school, they often do not even think about the fact that there are categories of the population entitled to free meals in school canteens. And sometimes these amounts are quite large.

Issues related to various benefits, payments and privileges for children are dealt with by the authorities providing social guarantees. If anyone has doubts that their child has the right to some kind of compensation from the state, in particular to free meals at school, they need to contact the employees of these services.

Currently, you can find information about existing benefits on their websites.

Who is eligible for free school meals?

In order to more fully understand who is entitled to any types of benefits, including meals fully paid for by the state in school canteens, it is necessary to first understand what types of free meals there may be. Depending on various factors (the capacity of the local budget, the functions of local authorities, the child’s preferential category, etc.), the child at school may be offered several options for this preferential meal:

• standard solution (free breakfast, but fully paid lunch);
• completely free food (both the first and second meals are paid for by the state);
• free breakfast and partial payment for lunch;
• partial payment for breakfast and lunch, etc.

In any case, parents should consider all possible options that the state can offer them, since the money saved on breakfast and lunch during the month can result in a substantial amount that can be spent on clothing or other needs of the child. Find out when you can use maternity capital here.

Let's consider who can be provided with free food.

Can children from a large family eat free?

In first place among such social groups are children from large families. Large families are those in which three or more children are raised. Read here how you can cash out maternity capital.

A large family must have at least 3 children

Survivor's benefit

The next social group for which compensation for the cost of meals at school is provided are those who have lost a breadwinner. Such a decision is quite justified, since raising a child alone is quite difficult. You can also apply for a social pension for the loss of a breadwinner.

Registration for children of single mothers

One of the most common benefit categories is children of single mothers.

This happens in all regions of the Russian Federation, since women very often raise children on their own, so they have the right to count on benefits for single mothers with many children.

At the same time, only women who gave birth out of wedlock fall into this category, since if the child has a father who pays alimony for his maintenance, the benefit for free food may not be provided;

Single mother is one of the most vulnerable categories of citizens

Low-income families

Some regions practice food benefits for children from low-income families, however, income criteria for families with children are constantly being revised. If you manage to prove such status, then you will be able to claim full compensation for the entire cost of school meals, and you can also count on compensation for kindergarten.

Low-income families are also unprotected like other disadvantaged segments of the population

Disabled children

In some regions, it is possible to obtain financial support for families raising disabled children. But, in this case, we are talking only about the first or second disability groups; this has nothing to do with disabled people of group 3 since childhood.

At the same time, the state, depending on various factors, can either fully compensate for food costs or offer benefits only for partially free school meals. Most often, the first option of preferential meals according to the law is considered: children can receive a free breakfast, and lunch (or part of it) at their own expense.

This material will tell you about the obligation to allocate a share of maternity capital.

The video shows the procedure for providing free meals at school:

Where to go to get benefits under the law

Each region may have its own rules for processing and submitting such applications. However, to simplify this procedure, everything has been done so that parents do not waste their time and the time of social service workers: the application is submitted to the director or head of the educational institution. And it is formalized there. This link will tell you about the mortgage loan repayment subsidy.

Read also: Low-income single mother: payments, benefits and benefits

The application addressed to the director or manager is handed to him personally or through the secretary. All required documents must be attached to the application.

Naturally, all applications for food benefits or full reimbursement of the cost of school meals should be written not by children, but by parents or guardians.

What documents are needed to apply for compensation for meals?

As of the end of 2017 a list of documents required to provide any benefits and compensation for paying for children’s meals in schools has not been established. This means that local authorities themselves determine the list of such documents and it is different in each region. In any case, the list of required documents is available at the place of application, that is, at the school.

On the other hand, there are requirements that are the same for all cases of filing documents.

For example, if a benefit for low-income families is issued for a child from a large family, then parents (guardians) must provide evidence of each child from the family to confirm the fact of large families.

If we are talking about low-income families, income certificates for all working family members are required to confirm the level of income per child. If a child with a disability is counting on benefits, a certificate of disability is required.

Knowing your rights and responsibilities is one of the important components of the life of any citizen. The institution of the state was created for this purpose, to help citizens who find themselves in a difficult situation for them.

If your family’s financial situation does not allow you to pay for your child’s meals at school, find out whether the local budget can at least partially compensate for it.

Read this article on how to apply for SNILS for a newborn.

Source: https://ostrahovke.online/sotsialnoe/semyam/posobiya/maloimushhim/besplatnoe-pitanie-v-shkole.html

Extended school at school for low-income families Moscow 2020 Free

In the future, officials do not intend to abolish paid after-school care in schools; the only thing that legislators propose is to expand the list of categories that can count on free stay in institutions after completing the main educational process.

According to parents, they are not at all against the fact that after-school care is paid, but its cost should be adequate to the salary plans of ordinary Russians. For example, the average cost of staying for a schoolchild after basic classes in 2020 reaches 17,000 rubles, and this is in state educational institutions; one can only imagine what is happening in commercial institutions.

Benefits and privileges for large families in 2020

1. Reduced rates of land tax or non-payment for a specified period;
2. Exemption from payment of rent for a plot of land for a peasant or farm enterprise;
3. Possibility not to pay a registration fee when running a business;
4. Refund of amounts paid for kindergarten from 20 to 70% depending on the number of children.

1. Early retirement (work experience must be 15 years, and age must be 50 years).
2. Additional two weeks annual leave (condition - more than 2 children). This leave is unpaid and is issued at a time convenient to the parent. It can be combined with the main rest or taken separately.

3. One additional paid day off per week (for a 40-hour work week). In this case, both parents must work under an employment contract.
4. Accrual of pension points during maternity leave for each birth, the amount of which is intended to increase the basic pension.

5. Assistance in finding employment from the employment service (selection of domestic or temporary work).

Extended school at school in 2020-2020: cost

Since the service is paid, many parents would like, as they say, to get “the maximum.” But there are also a number of nuances here. An after-school group can be led either by the teacher working in the class (as a rule, this option is chosen if almost the entire class goes to after-school care), or by an invited teacher.

Families entitled to certain social benefits (low-income families, large families, single mothers) have the right to appeal to the management of the educational institution with a request to reduce the cost of the GPA. Perhaps in your school in the 2020-2020 academic year, after-school education will be provided completely free of charge for this category of students. This also happens.

Extended school at school in 2020-2020

1. Parents do not have to worry about the safety of the child, since he is under the supervision of a teacher.
2. The child will eat a full hot lunch and will not sit hungry. Although you often have to pay extra for lunch.
3. The child will be able to learn lessons at school.

4. The student will be able to attend clubs at school, if available.
5. The child communicates with his peers, learns to find a common language with other people, and adapts to social society.
6. The student must go outside (except in bad weather). Usually two walks are organized.

1. The child may become tired from being in school for a long time and from an active program. Fatigue usually leads to irritation and reluctance to go to school in the morning.
2. The lack of personal space can also negatively affect the psychological state of the student.

3. The food in the school canteen, despite all its usefulness, is rarely tasty.
4. In bad weather, children spend most of their time at their desks, and this negatively affects not only their psychological state, but also their health.

   Most students sit incorrectly at their desks, which increases the risk of spinal curvature.

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Benefits for low-income families

• application drawn up according to the sample;
• passport and registration document;
• income certificates for each able-bodied family member;
• a document establishing the composition of the family;
• children's birth certificates;
• certificates confirming the reason for low income (medical certificate, work record book, etc.).
• if one of the family members is registered in another subject of the country, then a certificate is required from the social security service of that region stating that a similar benefit is not provided.
• marriage certificate (copy).
• certificate confirming the divorce of parents (for single-parent families).
• documents on payment and receipt of alimony.
• certificates from educational institutions for children.

After submitting an application and a list of documents, the issue of receiving benefits will be considered within 10 days . Payments are made from the month of submission of documents to social security services. To do this, you must provide details of the personal account to which deductions will be received.

Extended school at school in 2020-2020: how much does it cost?

1. The child may become tired from being in school for a long time and from an active program. Fatigue usually leads to irritation and reluctance to go to school in the morning.
2. The lack of personal space can also negatively affect the psychological state of the student.

3. The food in the school canteen, despite all its usefulness, is rarely tasty.
4. In bad weather, children spend most of their time at their desks, and this negatively affects not only their psychological state, but also their health.

   Most students sit incorrectly at their desks, which increases the risk of spinal curvature.

An extended-day group or after-school program involves organizing extracurricular time for students. The law allows schools to independently decide whether to create an after-school group or not. But in most educational institutions they still work, since this is a real salvation for working parents.

Most often, after school only works for elementary school, but sometimes for middle school students.

A scandal erupts in Moscow around the oldest school for low-income families

“I said everything at the general meeting,” she explained her point of view to MK. — The school used to be a boarding school, but now, according to the Education Law, there are no such institutions anymore - since January we are just a school. At the same time, an educational institution can open a boarding school as a structural unit, if there is a need and conditions.

It is no secret that many educational institutions in Russia are in need of serious changes. But there are unique schools and universities that, like nature reserves, need to be protected and preserved.

One of the victims of the mass “optimization” of education seems to be Moscow boarding school No. 16 for low-income and large families.

This educational institution is now being transferred to the status of a regular school with the loss of all the features of a boarding school aimed at families in difficult life situations.

After school, lunches and electives: paid and free school services

“Extended school” is a child’s stay at school after school, “where he is fed lunch and taken for walks,” which is paid for within the federal educational standard. In addition, after school they can conduct additional classes that the school already offers for money.

In schools, not only students, but also their parents ask questions. Do I need to pay for “extension”, hand over money for security, and when will I have to pay for school lunch? M24.ru decided to figure out what you will have to pay extra for at school, and what services you can get for free.

Benefits for large families in 2020

All this has significantly complicated the life of Russians with many children, because it’s not enough to give birth to a child, but you also need to put it on its feet.

In addition, when children are born, the family budget is significantly reduced - by definition, children cannot work, and their mother is on maternity leave with minimal payments. However, benefits continue to apply for Russians with many children.

Want to know what steps you can take to reduce your family's expenses? Check out the detailed list and adopt it in 2020!

• Not every territorial entity of the country has the opportunity to provide large families with a plot of land located within the city limits or close to its borders;
• You won’t be able to sell land in order to buy an apartment or house in a convenient location - the plot still remains in state ownership and is provided according to a social tenancy agreement;
• the right to land may be denied if it has been revealed that the family deliberately moved and registered in housing with poor conditions and a small area, and its income is actually above the subsistence level;
• If a family refuses land three times, hoping that later they will give it a better plot, it is removed from the queue. Then you can apply for the land again, but you will have to fill out all the paperwork again and become the last number on the waiting list.

Free meals at school in 2020: what documents are needed to receive benefits

• from large families with 5 or more minor children;
• from low-income families (in this case, it is necessary that the income for each family member be less than the subsistence level for a given subject of the Russian Federation);
• those under guardianship or orphans who have lost one or both breadwinners and receive a pension for this reason;
• having disabilities or chronic diseases;
• at least one of whose parents is a disabled person of the first or second group;
• whose parents suffered from the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant or participated in the liquidation of this disaster.

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The first thing to do is to find out whether your child is eligible for this benefit.

Free and partially paid breakfasts and lunches of educational institutions are financed from the regional budget and this norm should be established by local legislation, so the list of preferential categories and criteria for different constituent entities of the Russian Federation will differ.

For example, school meals are provided to large families if there are five or more minor children, while regional legislation interprets “large families” much more broadly:

Assistance to low-income families with children will be increased in Moscow in 2020

Assistance to low-income families with children in Moscow in 2020 will be provided as in previous years.

It is worth noting that in a difficult economic situation, spending budget funds on certain social programs has decreased significantly at the regional level.

This circumstance did not affect low-income segments of the population. The poor living in the capital will continue to receive payments. Moreover, the amount of assistance will increase.

An important condition for receiving assistance remains the presence of official metropolitan registration. Otherwise, payments will not be made. It is expected that the amount of benefits for low-income families with children will be indexed next year. Presumably, the increase will occur in February 2020. It is currently unknown how much the benefit will increase.

Benefits and allowances for low-income families in Moscow

Any family can try to apply for status, even with one child, provided they receive a small amount of official income. Do not forget that benefits are paid to families not just living, but officially registered at a Moscow address. Without registration, it will be impossible to obtain benefits.

• Allowance for children under three years of age, for single parents - 15 thousand rubles.
• Allowance for children under three years of age born into a military family – 15 thousand rubles.
• Allowance for children under three years of age raised in a two-parent family – 6 thousand rubles.
• Allowance for children from 3 to 18 years old, raised by a single mother or father - 6 thousand rubles.
• Allowance for children from 3 to 18 years old who are being raised in the family of a military personnel - 6 thousand rubles.
• Payments for a child from 3 to 18 years old, brought up in a two-parent family - 4 thousand rubles.

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Source: https://sibyurist.ru/test_category/prodlenka-v-shkole-dlya-maloimushhih-semej-moskva-2019-besplatnaya