Payments for 2 children in 2021 up to 1.5 years old: amount, conditions, how to get it, what documents are needed, for an unemployed mother

Despite the fact that federal maternity capital payments are intended exclusively for the second child and cannot be received in cash, regions independently offer additional support to families - regional payments for the second child. Of course, most often this financial support is addressed to those families in which a third child is born, but regional capital for a second child is also provided in a number of constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

It’s worth noting right away that these payments are in no way related to what benefits women across the country receive for their second child and which are regulated by law. Governor's payments are a voluntary measure of financial assistance from the leadership of some regions concerned about the demographic situation in the territory entrusted to them. The main difference from federal payments is that the amounts and conditions for receiving republican, regional, gubernatorial and regional benefits are regulated by regulations of local and regional authorities. In many ways, the conditions for receiving and the size of the cash payment directly depend on the budget capabilities of this region and the level of its socio-economic development.

So, where exactly are additional payments provided for families with two children and what needs to be done in order to receive gubernatorial payments for the second child?

Gromovsky mother capital

Based on the provisions of regional legislation, residents of the Moscow region who gave birth to a second child have the right to count on regional maternity capital in the amount of 100 thousand rubles. These will be “Gromov’s hundred thousand”.
The family can spend this money only three years after the birth of the second child in 2 acceptable areas:

Acquisition (modernization) of housing:
construction of new housing, reconstruction of old housing.
Children's education.

Attention! Such social support is possible only for one baby born from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2016. There is an analogy with the federal maternity capital program, therefore there is no deadline for applying for a regional certification act.

Registration of the certificate

Persons with citizenship of Russia (who have not previously applied for this document) have the right to purchase a certificate of maternity capital at the regional level for the birth (adoption) of the 2nd and subsequent children who are Russians:

Mom - for the blood or socially acquired 2nd/3rd/4th baby (but only at the birth of 1 of them, if she has not previously registered for the type of maternity capital in question).
The father who is the sole adoptive parent or father if the mother is dead or deprived of her family rights.

Important! The volume of regional maternity capital is 100 thousand rubles. It is fixed and not indexed. Partial or full use is allowed. As they are spent, the established amount decreases.

Application deadlines

There are no deadlines for applying for a certification act. This can be done immediately after the birth of the second or subsequent children.
But it will be possible to use the money only three years after the birth of the child with whose birth the very right to social benefits arose.

Attention! Early use is prohibited.

Are gubernatorial payments given for the 2nd child?

Parents of newborns can receive financial assistance not only from the federal budget. Regional authorities are also involved in supporting parents with children.

At the birth of a second child, parents can count on an additional regional financial bonus. This payment is called the governor's payment. Regional authorities determine its size differently. And in some territories there are no regional payments for a second child at all. It all depends on the demographic policy of the region and the capabilities of its budget.

In those territories where gubernatorial benefits are paid, their value can vary from 500–1000 to tens of thousands of rubles.

The amount of gubernatorial payments for the second child in 2020-2021 is also set differently: in a fixed amount or in relation to the regional minimum wage. For example, young metropolitan families with parents no older than 30 years of age and permanent registration in Moscow at the birth of a second child can count on a one-time benefit in the amount of 7 minimum wages (Moscow Law “On Youth” dated September 30, 2009 No. 39). For the calculation, the Moscow subsistence minimum established per capita is used on the date of birth of the child.

The list of recipients of gubernatorial child benefits is also determined by regional authorities. The benefit can be paid to all parents of newborns or only to those who belong to the category of large or low-income families.

To find out whether you are entitled to a governor's benefit for the birth of a second child in 2020-2021, you need to contact the social security authorities at your place of residence or the local administration.

What does the coming year have in store for us?

Child benefits will increase due to an increase in the minimum wage to 12 thousand 130 rubles. (this will be followed by an increase in maternity benefits) and annual indexation.
The list of recipients will become wider, because the requirements for their income level will be lower than last year.
Not only will the minimum size rise to the level of the minimum wage, but also the maximum. The maximum maternity benefit for 140 days can reach 300 thousand rubles.
Indexation of child benefits is planned from February 2021. The estimated coefficient will be 1.038.

What changes have occurred since 2019

Child benefits in the new amount

The president’s answers on the Direct Line were an announcement, in particular, of the long-awaited increase in monthly assistance to parents for caring for a child up to one and a half and up to three years from the beginning of 2021. These two amounts will be equal to the child’s subsistence minimum established in the region (the average monthly subsistence minimum for a child in Russia is 10,380 rubles).

The care allowance will be received in a family where the income does not exceed two regional subsistence levels, and the baby was born no earlier than the very beginning of 2021. The law must be adopted no later than the beginning of October 2021.

A monthly allowance for children at birth (first and second) in families where incomes do not exceed two subsistence minimums for each family member in 2021 is awarded to families where incomes do not exceed one and a half required minimum for everyone’s life. The laws of motherhood and childhood, the most acute ones, are specified with the date of adoption. The previously given instructions of the President are not ignored and are gradually being implemented.

Investment in the future!

Fateful for the development of the institution of motherhood and childhood in Russia, the annual Address of the President of the Federal Assembly contained a number of social proposals aimed at implementation in 2021:

Increase the monthly allowance for children at birth (first and second) in families where income is no more than two subsistence minimums for each family member. In 2021, such payments for children are awarded to families where income does not exceed one and a half times the minimum required for each person’s life.
Up to 10 thousand rubles increase the amount of benefits for caring for a disabled child, group I disabled since childhood (since 2013, the amount of the benefit of 5,500 rubles has not changed).
Reduce the tax burden on real estate for large families: deduct 5 m2 for each child from the area of the apartment subject to taxation; in an individual house they will not pay tax on 7 square meters for each child. The current benefit for large families allows you not to pay tax for 20 square meters of housing.
6 preferential mortgage interest per annum upon the birth of the second and third child will remain for all years of the mortgage, and not just, as now, for the first 3 years for the second child or 5 years for the third and subsequent ones. Such a measure should attract more than 4.5 thousand young families to solve the housing problem through a mortgage loan.
When a third child appears, the state will additionally repay the mortgage by RUB 450,000. It is assumed that this measure of support and motivation for large families will work “retroactively” from the beginning of 2021. The new payment can be added to maternity capital in the amount of 453,026 rubles.
It is proposed to develop a new program to support individual housing construction (IHC) for families with children. The land tax for such families will be revised.
It is planned to develop infrastructure specifically for families with children, with the obligatory presence of clinics, schools and sports grounds in the microdistrict. The President gave orders to solve the problem with the nursery by the end of 2021. To achieve this, developers will be exempt from income tax and VAT during the construction and transfer of social facilities. By the end of next year, the activities of the public service system should be transferred to a higher quality, more efficient level, and a simplified form.

Monthly benefit for the second child from January 1, 2019

Since 2021, at the birth of their second child, parents not only receive maternity capital from the state, but also have the opportunity to use its funds for monthly financial assistance if their family is classified as low-income.

The birth of a child in a family, be it the first, second or tenth, is fraught with additional expenses. And parents, planning to initiate an addition to the family, are obliged to make sure that they are able to do this. In every sense - financial, psychological, organizational and physical.

As for the financial side, the state undertakes to help low-income families with children, introducing more and more new types of benefits and other measures for them.

Help for families with children

If in recent years the emphasis in this regard has been on maternity capital, now, from the beginning of 2021, in addition to the extension of its program (until 2021) and expansion of functions, additional innovations are being introduced.

Thus, the number of regions in which, from the beginning of 2019, monthly payments will be made in the event of the birth of the third child in the family has increased. These are the so-called regions with a low birth rate; the government considered it necessary to increase the coverage of such constituent entities of the Russian Federation from 50 to 60. In them, with the birth of the 3rd child, payments are made every month until he turns 3 years old.

Those who seriously plan to have a 2nd or 3rd child and at the same time take out a mortgage on the primary housing market will receive a subsidy from the state: it undertakes to pay a mortgage rate of 6% or higher. That is, for parents the interest rate will be only 6% for the entire duration of the mortgage (as proposed by V.V. Putin).

Additionally, payments have been introduced to low-income families at the birth of their first child and second child. In both cases, the benefit will be paid until the child reaches 1.5 years of age, in the amount of one and a half monthly minimum wages for children in a given region.

If we are talking about a second child, then the source of funds is maternity capital, in contrast to the option with the firstborn, when funds are taken from the budget.

In addition, existing benefits relating to children and families with children will be increased in 2021, since at this time Federal Law No. 444-FZ of December 19, 2016 comes into force. It prescribes an indexation procedure that is uniform for various social benefits, including including child benefits, regular and one-time. Thus, on February 1 of each year, benefits will increase in accordance with the inflation figure for the past year.

In particular, for 2021, inflation was 2.5%, which is how much payments will be increased.

The only exception is maternity capital, which will not be indexed until 2019 and will remain at the level of 453,026 rubles.

Payments for the second child

In 2021, the benefits due for the second child are basically the same as those assigned for the first. A significant addition is maternity capital, which really is serious financial support.

Maternal capital

If the second child was born or adopted between 2007 and 2021, then a certificate for maternity capital can be obtained from the local branch of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation. To do this, you will need a minimum of documents - a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, a child’s birth certificate and an application filled out under the guidance of a specialist.

Starting from 2021, the capabilities of maternity capital have been expanded: now its funds can be used to receive regular monthly payments. This opportunity is given to low-income families. In addition, maternity capital funds can be spent on caring for children.

Previous benefit for 2nd child

This payment remained; from February 2021, its size changed to take into account inflation and became equal to 17,479.73 rubles . This is a one-time payment assigned to one of the parents. It has a similar size and does not depend on the order of birth of the babies or the fact of employment.

For working spouses, the application is submitted at the place of work; it should be accompanied by the necessary documents, in particular, a certificate stating that the second spouse did not receive the expected payment.

Wives of military personnel receive an increased allowance of 27,681 rubles. (versus RUB 26,721.01 in 2018). They need the same documents plus a marriage certificate; they are attached to the report and submitted to the military unit at the father’s place of service.

Mothers who do not work or study turn to the social security service. In addition to the same documents, they must attach to the application copies of the passports of both parents, the mother’s work record book and her insurance policy.

Benefit at 12 weeks of pregnancy

This is a one-time payment, and not automatic, but upon request, it can be used by women who register early in pregnancy.

With a certificate from doctors documenting 12 weeks of pregnancy, you can apply at your place of work and receive money. In January 2019 it is about 656 rubles. If the pregnant woman is a student, then she submits an application at her place of study. The money is added to the next payment of salary or scholarship.

Unemployed women are not entitled to this type of benefit.

Maternity benefits

The amount of this benefit greatly depends on the length of maternity leave and the status of the pregnant woman.
All the nuances are spelled out in Art. 255 Labor Code of the Russian Federation. A working woman receives compensation in the amount of 100 percent of average earnings calculated for the last 2 years (plus vacation pay). But, if her insurance period does not reach six months, the compensation is equal to the minimum wage.

If a woman is a full-time student, she is paid an amount equal to the scholarship.

Unemployed women in 2021 will be paid 655.49 rubles upon the birth of a child. per 1 month (almost 25 rubles more compared to last year).

Allowance for children under 1.5 years of age

Allowance for children under 1.5 years of age. This monthly allowance is paid at the mother’s place of work. The value is 40% of average earnings calculated over the last 2 years.

There is a lower limit: the payment should not be less than 6554.89 rubles. for the second child and all subsequent ones (versus RUB 6,284.65 last year). The minimum amount is paid to unemployed mothers; they apply for benefits to social security services.

If a woman with a baby under 1.5 years old is the wife of a conscripted soldier, then the amount of the benefit will be 11,863.27 rubles. (instead of RUB 11,451.86 in 2021)

For children under 3 years old

In the period from 1.5 to 3 years of age, mothers receive only 50 rubles. per month from the state. The benefit is compensatory in nature, and its amount has not changed since 1994. It is believed that children go to nurseries during this period, and no large expenses are required for their maintenance.

The issue of increasing the amount of this benefit has been discussed for several years. It would be logical to extend the one that is due to children under 1.5 years old, further, to 3. However, the budget does not have an extra 50 billion rubles for this. Today, they are trying to patch up this unfavorable period locally, in the regions, using their own budget funds.

New benefit for the birth of a second child

New benefit for the birth of a second child. According to the provisions of the law on the introduction of regular monthly payments at the birth of the first-born and second child and the amendments made in 2021, the amount of the benefit is determined by 1.5 monthly wages established in a given region for children.

Low-income families living in Russia will receive such benefits by spending maternity capital funds if the child is born in 2021.

Parents who wish to receive such payments apply to the local branch of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, which is in charge of maternity capital. There they will assess whether a particular family has the right to receive benefits: for this, the per capita income must be less than one and a half monthly minimum for an able-bodied resident of a given region.

If the mother doesn't work

In Russia today there is a trend towards state support for maternity, and benefits have been introduced for non-working mothers in 2021.

One-time, at the birth of a child, standard value 17,479.73 rubles.
Regular menstruation, for caring for children up to 1.5 years old. For the first child they give 4512 rubles, for the second and each subsequent child - 6554.89 rubles.
Standard monthly allowance accepted in a given region for a child.

Since non-working mothers do not go on sick leave, they are not entitled to maternity benefits. For the same reason, benefits are not paid for 12 weeks of pregnancy.

To receive the payments that non-working mothers are entitled to, you need to contact local social security services.

Payments for caring for a second child

In Russia, maternity capital payments will continue, indexed by 3.8% since the beginning of the year, which will amount to RUB 466,617. The necessary funds have already been included in the federal budget.

At the birth or adoption of a second child, parents receive:

birth benefit (one-time) – 18,144;
monthly care allowance for up to one and a half years (depending on the mother’s salary before going on maternity leave: 27,985 rubles - maximum; 6,804 rubles - minimum);
“Putin’s” monthly allowance for the second child, equal to the regional subsistence minimum for minors in the second quarter of last year, will be received this year by families with an income of less than two regional subsistence minimums for each member. The payment will be provided using funds from maternity capital until the child reaches 3 years of age.

The family confirms its state of poverty every year. The benefit is assigned by the Russian Pension Fund.

One-time payments for the Moscow region upon the birth of a child in 2021

According to regional legal norms, low-income people permanently residing and registered in the Moscow region are paid additional money from the regional budget upon the birth of their first and subsequent children.
The amount of funds paid depends on:

birth order;
the number of children born to the same mother.

You can apply for such payments at the MFC or at the social security office at the place of “registration” of one of the parents living with the baby.

One-time payments at the birth of children in the Moscow region are provided to low-income families whose per capita income is less than the regional subsistence minimum. A mother or father can apply for child benefits for babies under six months old if she/he is registered due to permanent residence in the Moscow region.

The volume of “Gromov” payments is calculated taking into account the number of children born (adopted) from the mother of a particular baby.

When the first child appears:

for the 1st - 10 thousand rubles;
on the 2nd - 20 thousand rubles;
on the 3rd and subsequent days - 30 thousand rubles.

When a mother gives birth to several children at once:

for the birth of twins - 70 thousand rubles. (35 thousand rubles for each);
3 or more - 150 thousand rubles. per family.

The entitlement to social benefits is regulated by the legal conditions legally existing at the time of the actual application for its appointment.

Important! The right is lost (does not arise) upon the birth of a stillborn child.

How do you receive Gromov payments?

To receive benefits, you must directly contact the MFC in the “My Documents” window.
You must bring the following documentation with you:

Applicant's passport;
Birth certificates:
other children this mother has;
Reference data:
about the baby’s permanent registration in the Moscow region;
about family income for the previous quarter;
Evidence:
about establishing paternity;
Additionally:
in case of annulment or restriction of family rights - a judicial act;
if the child is under guardianship - an extract from the guardianship department and a certificate of non-receipt of financial support for him;
for a single mother - a certificate from the registry office confirming that the father’s data was entered according to the mother’s words (format No. 25).

The local social security agency assigns payments no later than 10 working days from the date of application. Notifications of the decision are sent to the applicant within three days.

Attention! If conflicting information is provided, the MFC independently sends the necessary requests to the authorized institutions, as a result of which the period for assigning social benefits is extended to 45 working days.

Reasons for possible refusal

The Social Security Department has the right to refuse to grant benefits in the following cases:

the monthly income of each family member (on average) is above the regional subsistence minimum;
the baby’s age on the day of treatment is over six months;
the benefit was previously assigned to the other parent;
the applicant and/or the child does not have a permanent “registration” in the Moscow region;
the applicants have had their family rights to this offspring canceled or limited;
the child is fully supported by the state (in an orphanage or other government institution);
inconsistency of documents in form and/or content.

Important! The applicant has the right to appeal the decision to refuse payments in an administrative or judicial manner.