Rafalska: exploiting the government will be able to benefit from the program 500+ – Onet.pl

On Friday, ending a public consultation on the program.

Rafalska informed that the project has no record of compulsory indexation of the amount of aid, just about optional. She recalled that in the first year of the program will cost 17 billion zł, and another – 22 billion zł. The government – as pointed out – must measure the strength of intentions. “Certainly the government, which proposes Polish families such investment in their resources, if given a chance, it will be urealniał value of paid benefits” – said the Minister.

announced that the project will be provision stipulating that the cash benefits in certain situations they can be converted not only for benefits in kind, but also the service. “It is possible that a social worker after a social inquiry can turn the form of cash on the form of in-kind, or for example the purchase of textbooks, buy food,” – she said.

“As a result of our meetings and consultations we know that in addition to the conversion of funds for material aid will add the” service “, for example to pay for daycare or educational services” – said the head the resort.

She expressed the hope that the cases in which social workers intervention becomes necessary, will be rare. The Minister has also referred to the forecasts of the Ministry of speaking about employment opportunities seven thousand employees by local governments in the implementation of the program. In her opinion, “the actual implementation will really depend on how governments organize it themselves under the measures they will receive support for this task assigned.” “We do not interfere, but knowing how many people support the family benefits so far (…), I believe that it is comparable to family benefits number of employees that could use this to provide educational” – she noted.

The Minister said that Friday was the last day of the consultation on the draft. She pointed out that the ministry still affect attention, which will be evaluated by management ministry. The Minister said that in addition to meetings reeves, mayors, attended by employees of social assistance, county family assistance centers or employees of departments of family benefits.

“I am very curious how local governments will refer to the month application period, as today in the discussion fell formulation that monthly for some it will be enough” – she pointed out. She assured that the ministry depends on the very good cooperation with local government, because at the end of the legislative work, when strikes “zero hour”, they will implement a program of 500 plus as the task assigned.

The “Family 500 plus” will be operational from 1 April. It envisages the transfer of untaxed 500 zł for each second and subsequent children in the family, without additional conditions. Low-income families receive the support they have also for the first child.