Benefits and Subsidies Low-income Single Mother: latest information, video tips, changes

Hello! Welcome to the ProfiComment news portal. In this article you will find comprehensive information about benefits, benefits, and payments to single mothers this year. We recently discussed the new maternity capital for the first-born and the introduction of an increased benefit from 3 to 7 years.
In 2020, the Government of the Russian Federation provided for many different additional payments in the Budget. This includes an increase in wages and an increase in the cost of living. Increase in pension payments. Women raising children on their own were not left unattended either.

What payments are due to single mothers?

In 2020, women raising children alone will have the following social privileges:

Maternity benefit. Single mothers are entitled to additional maternity benefits. Thus, a woman who is unmarried and, upon the birth of a child, did not receive a record of the father on the baby’s birth certificate, can qualify for maternity benefits corresponding to 100% of the average salary in the woman’s region of residence. Also, during the period of incapacity for work after childbirth, a woman is entitled to a cash payment established by local social protection authorities.
Compensation for baby food until the child reaches 3 years of age. The state understands that a woman who is fully responsible for a child without the participation of his father needs help from the state. Thus, compensation for the cost of baby food is one of the fundamental forms of support.
Benefits for paying for housing and communal services . Since there is no escape from the consumption of utilities, and every single mother needs to have enough hot water to bathe her baby and wash her clothes. Heating to keep the house warm, as well as the cost of electricity or gas to prepare food for the child - this also takes a lot of money. Therefore, in 2019, women raising children on their own and legally receiving the status of “single mother” can count on compensation for the costs of paying for housing and communal services. This is discussed in detail in the article about subsidies .
Enrolling a child in kindergarten without a waiting list. In order for a single mother to be able to enroll her child in kindergarten without waiting in line, she needs to obtain the appropriate certificate. You need to contact the state kindergarten with her and there, the director of the kindergarten must accept an application for registration of the baby in their institution. There is also another benefit - compensation if the child does not go to kindergarten.
Free 2 meals a day at school. This benefit is also available to children raised by a single mother. At the same time, a woman can have more than one child, and all of them are entitled to this benefit. In order to provide your child with two meals a day during school, you must also collect the necessary package of documents confirming the lack of financial support from the father. You will learn about this in one of the following sections of this article regarding obtaining the status of “single mother” or “single mother”.
A trip to the sanatorium. If a child (children) has health problems, then single mothers will be entitled to a free trip to the place of treatment, as well as free treatment procedures, according to medical indications.
A single mother cannot be fired from her job due to staff reduction. This privilege was valid previously. This means that an employer does not have the right to fire a single mother under a staff reduction “program,” since a single mother is a socially needy category of the population. Even if an employee, a woman raising a child on her own, does a poor job, she cannot be fired. In order for an employer to dismiss such an employee on his own initiative, there must be actions on her part that violate the Labor Code. These include: absenteeism, showing up at work while drunk, disclosing secrets, committing immoral acts, theft, or the complete liquidation of the organization itself. In the latter case, a single mother will not be able to do anything about her dismissal.
Overtime work, night shifts and weekend work are prohibited. Until the child turns 5 years old, the employer cannot engage the employee to work beyond the norm, at night and on weekends. This time is protected by the state, which the mother is obliged to spend with the baby.

Subsidies for single mothers

In addition to these basic benefits that all women receive when they give birth, a single mother can count on additional government support. But it is not established for all regions of Russia, but for each individual one.

Who is eligible for support?

In addition to helping a single mother buy an apartment, the state also helps with paying for utilities. To receive these benefits, you need to contact the social security authorities at your place of registration. To ensure that your application is accepted the first time, it is better to take all the required documentation with you. Regardless of legal status, benefits for single mothers are calculated based on the financial situation of the family.

What conclusion can be drawn here? Kindergartens today do not operate according to uniform rules. Even a “poor single mother with a disability” will not be able to claim any benefits if they are not established in the region. Single mothers are also not entitled to compensation for kindergarten - all this is a thing of the past. There can be only one way out here: find out whether admission benefits apply in a particular area, in a particular kindergarten.

State monthly benefits to single mothers must be paid on time and in full, without delays or other problems. A woman should find out about the amount of money she receives from the social protection department located at her place of registration.
In addition to the full state benefit, a single woman with a child has the right to receive regional payments. Such subsidies to single mothers should be paid on a regular basis.

About sick leave for care

baby trousseau sets for a newborn baby;
compensation for the price of children's food products (if the child is under three years old);
benefits in kind for a child under three years of age;
the opportunity not to pay the housing office for garbage removal and cleaning if the mother has a child under one and a half years old;
free medications for a child under three years of age.

Compensation for baby food until the child reaches three years of age.
Kindergarten without a queue. To do this, the mother needs to obtain a certificate and send it to the kindergarten. If the mother does not want to send her son or daughter to this institution, she has the right to receive compensation.
Benefits for paying for housing and communal services. This is a so-called subsidy, for which you need to apply to the responsible authorities.
No possibility of dismissal from work due to layoff. Dismissal can only occur in case of gross violation of labor discipline. These include theft, drunkenness, and truancy. The list also includes disclosure of trade secrets and forgery of documents.
Free two meals a day at school.
Prohibition on working night shifts, overtime and on weekends. This law is valid until the child turns 5 years old.

We recommend reading: Presidential Payment for the Second Child for 2020
In Moscow, there is a program “Affordable housing for young families.” According to its rules, if a mother is no more than 35 years old and is raising 1 or more children, she can become a participant in this program under the item “Providing housing for young families.”

Single mother - changes in legislation

A single mother is a woman who is not married and is raising a child or children alone, without a joint statement from the parents to register paternity rights when registering the child with the registry office. A single woman is often confused with a single woman (who has a child but no husband). In our case, we are talking about a woman whose child officially does not have a father. Such a mother does not have the opportunity to apply for the collection of alimony, because there is no one to legally collect it from.

assistance in paying for kindergarten;
social benefits for students from low-income families;
benefits for families with many children until each child reaches the age of three;
free legal assistance;
if a child obtains a minimum score on the Unified State Exam, benefits upon admission;
free breakfast for children at school;
allocation of funds for the purchase of school and sports uniforms.

Payments to single mothers in 2020

Single mothers will be able to receive several forms of monetary compensation. Undoubtedly, such support from the state is very significant, since the amounts of money, in principle, are not small.

Benefits for single mothers will be indexed by 4% , like all other social payments to other categories of citizens. Also, from January 1, pensions and wages were indexed by the specified percentage. In the table below you can see how child benefits for single mothers have changed in recent years.

Table 1. Child benefits for single mothers in 2018

	Amount of monthly benefit for child(ren):
	2018	2019
From 0 to 1.5 years	RUR 2,228	2317.12 rub.
From 1.5 years to 3 years	RUR 3,248	RUB 3,377.92
From 3 years to 7 years	RUB 1,115	1159.6 rub.
From 7 years and older	558 rub.	RUB 580.32
Amount of monthly benefit for children of single mothers:
From 0 to 1.5 years	RUB 4,456	4634.24 rub.
From 1.5 years to 3 years	RUR 5,476	5695.04 rub.
From 3 years to 7 years	RUR 2,228	2317.12 rub.
From 7 years and older	RUB 1,114	RUB 1,158.56
Amount of monthly benefit for children whose parents evade child support payments
From 0 to 1.5 years	RUB 3,063	RUB 3,185.52
From 1.5 years to 3 years	RUB 4,083	RUB 4,246.32
From 3 years to 7 years	RUB 1,671	RUB 1,737.84
From 7 years and older	835 rub.	868.4 rub.

40% of wages (if a single mother worked before going on maternity leave). This benefit from the employer is paid to a single mother on a monthly basis until the child turns 18 months old.
3000 rubles – allowance from the employment service . It is paid to a single mother monthly if the woman is listed as unemployed. These cash payments are assigned monthly until the child (one) turns 18 months old.
5,800 rubles – allowance from the employment service. Paid to an unemployed single mother with two or more children until they are 18 months old.
Cash payment equal to the cost of living in the region. Assigned to single mothers with low-income family status for their third and subsequent children. Single mothers receive this financial support from the state until the third and subsequent child(ren) turn 36 months old.
17,000 rubles are allocated for each child born. This amount is paid once as support to families during the birth of the baby (no matter what the birth date is). This money can be spent on a stroller, clothes and other necessary things in the first stages of the baby’s life. This amount of money is paid to all women: both single mothers and married women. And it doesn’t matter whether a woman works or not. This amount is due regardless of work activity. To apply for this benefit, you must contact social security at your place of residence. The woman must provide a certificate stating that the second parent did not receive this benefit. If this is a single mother, then such a woman must be shown certificates confirming her status. It is already clear from this that the child does not have a father.
10,000 rubles (or more) will be paid from 2020 for each first child until the child reaches 1.5 years of age. This monetary compensation is due to all women: both single mothers and those whose child’s father is legally assigned. The Russian government plans to pay this benefit until 2022. Its amount will increase compared to 2020 and is expected to be 11,000 rubles. The Government of the Russian Federation annually considers issues of those in need of state support, which is an integral component in making decisions on the creation of new support programs for different categories of citizens. From January 1, 2020, this benefit is extended until the age of 3.
6,200 rubles are allocated for the second child until he reaches 3 years of age. This money is also paid for the maintenance of the baby to all women, both single and married or who have a legally designated father of the child on the birth certificate. This state support is undoubtedly a good help for any woman, however, this social supplement is still being discussed in the Government of the Russian Federation (You need to check with social security at your place of residence). Raising a child is one of the most difficult tasks and every woman in the state needs such support. In recent years, cash payments to women for having children have been increased many times, and payment programs have been expanded. This has a good effect on demographic growth, that is, the birth rate in the country, which is undeniably important for economic growth in the State. To receive this benefit, a woman can be either unemployed or employed. This does not affect the payment of benefits.
Child benefit for low-income status until the child reaches 18 years of age. A single mother, having given birth to several children, can qualify for the status of a “low-income family.” Such a family is entitled to additional benefits and benefits, provided differently in each individual region. To find out how much additional funds a single mother can receive under this status, she needs to contact the social security department at her place of residence. There they are obliged to explain to her all the details of receiving the required payments in their city.
Help from the state in kind. A single mother can receive support for her child in her region in the form of a set of clothes and food. In each region, the amount of this assistance from the state may differ. Therefore, for detailed information, you need to contact the social security department at your place of residence.
Maternity capital certificate 466,616 rubles. Every single mother who gives birth to her second child can receive this amount. This amount of money is due to any mother, regardless of her married status or whether the father has a child. The certificate is issued to all women in 2020 upon the birth of their second child. Read the corresponding article: what can you spend your maternity capital on ?

Single mother: definition by law

To qualify for child benefits for single mothers in 2020 and beyond, a woman must have official single mother status. In order to receive the required payments, it is not enough to simply say that “I am a single mother.” For this there must be certain conditions.

So, when can a woman claim the status of “single mother”?:

There is a dash in the “Father” column on the child’s birth certificate.
If the woman has not submitted an appropriate application to the civil registry office at her place of residence regarding paternity.
If a woman adopted a child and was not married.
If, in court, a woman was unable to obtain recognition of paternity in relation to the alleged father of the child. That is, the man disputed his involvement in the birth of the baby on the basis of a genetic examination.
A woman who gave birth to a child 300 days after the divorce. If the child is born earlier, it will be considered that his former spouse is his official father.
If a woman gave birth to a child before the end of 300 days after the divorce, but the ex-husband challenged paternity in court, having undergone a DNA examination confirming his non-involvement in the birth of this child.
If a woman adopted a child while married, but her legal husband refused to participate in the adoption.

To avoid confusion with the definition of who a single mother is, let's look at the cases in which a woman will not be assigned this status:

The woman gave birth to a child, is married, but her husband lives separately. In such cases, the woman is not a single mother. In this case, it is necessary to contact the bailiffs for the collection of alimony for raising a joint son, daughter, or children.
The woman gave birth to a child and, when registering a birth certificate, independently indicated the name and patronymic of the father. In this case, it will be considered that the child has a father and he is obliged to bear financial obligations for his maintenance.
Widows. If the child’s father died for some reason, then the woman is not a single mother. She must apply to the Pension Fund for a survivor's pension.
A woman is considered a single mother if, in court, he deprives the child’s father of parental rights through the court, and the child’s father does not file a counterclaim with the court to appeal this decision within the established time frame.

Women should also take into account the fact that if they write the child's father on his birth certificate, the man will be officially considered the father, even if he is not biological, until he challenges this in court.

What subsidies are available to single mothers in 2020-2020?

Of course, the state has a number of social programs in its arsenal, including for single mothers. Even small payments and benefits can be a significant help for this category of women, making life easier. However, as practice shows, it will not be possible to receive these benefits automatically. And in different regions of the Russian Federation, the set of benefits and payments due to single mothers may differ significantly. Well, let's figure out what kind of government support you can count on in 2020!

The concept of “single mother” does not include a woman whose child’s main document contains a former spouse (or a man who has officially recognized the child or whose paternity has been established by a court decision), unfortunately, even when the woman does not receive alimony.

How can a woman obtain single parent status?

To obtain the status of a single mother, a woman must apply to the social protection authorities at her place of residence. You must have the following package of documents with you:

Statement of the established form. Should be issued by social security specialists at the department.
Passport (sometimes you can use another identity document instead, such as a driver’s license).
Child's birth certificate.
Certificate of family composition.
Certificate in form No. 25. Issued by the registry office. Contains information about the birth of a child: who the child’s parents are, where and when he was born, when the birth certificate was drawn up and in which registry office.
Income certificate showing the woman’s need for social support from the state.
A certificate from the employment service stating that the woman is not registered with this organization and does not receive unemployment benefits.

Step-by-step instructions on how to obtain single mother status

The status of a single mother gives many rights to both mother and child. These include benefits for housing and communal services, free meals for a child at school, the opportunity to enroll a child in kindergarten without a queue, discounts on public transport, compensation for treatment costs and much more. City payments to single mothers are regulated differently in each region, and for details you need to contact the social security department at your place of residence. To obtain single mother status you need to do the following:

Register the child at the registry office and obtain a birth certificate. Do not enter someone’s name in the “Father” column, otherwise it will be very difficult to obtain the necessary legal status.
Receive a certificate in form No. 25 along with your birth certificate by writing a corresponding application. Typically, civil registry offices have forms for drawing up an application for this certificate.
Contact the social security department at your place of residence with an application for the appropriate “single mother” status.
Provide a set of documents listed in the list above. Be sure to make several photocopies of all documents, since the social security department may ask you to bring copies, but they often do not make these copies on site.
Get a single mother (single mother) certificate.

After submitting documents to obtain single mother status, the application will be considered within 30 days . After 30 days, you need to contact the social security authorities again for the result. Having received a single mother’s certificate, she will be able to apply for all required pensions, benefits and payments.

To receive money, you need to contact the social security authorities again (you can immediately after receiving the ID), take an electronic queue coupon, or join the live queue and wait for a conversation with a specialist. There, when you talk to a specialist, you need to find out exactly what payments are due in your case.

How to get a subsidy for a single mother

How to apply for a subsidy for a single mother - this question is currently becoming more and more relevant due to the fact that the number of children growing up without fathers in the Russian Federation is regularly increasing.

To complete all the necessary formalities, you should complete the following series of procedures:

Prepare all necessary documents for obtaining a subsidy.
Make an appeal to the competent authority - MFC, subsidy department, social protection of the population of the Russian Federation.
Write an appropriate application for financial assistance.
Provide details for crediting funds.
Wait for your subsidy application to be reviewed.
Upon receipt of approval, expect funds to be transferred.

However, as practice shows, due to the large influx of applicants for subsidies, the transfer of funds may be delayed, which is why a single mother will first have to wait in line.

Requirements for registration

When applying for financial assistance, single mothers are presented with a number of requirements, without which it is impossible to receive financial assistance from the state.

Let's take a closer look at what requirements the state and authorities put forward for applicants for social support:

absence of a breadwinner;
the average monthly income for all family members is below the subsistence level;
no arrears in payment for housing and communal services;
the child has not reached the age of majority;
provide reasons for providing material support;
no open criminal records or records;
providing a certificate stating that such assistance was not previously provided.

This small series of requirements is mandatory for every applicant who applies for government support and payment of a certain subsidy.

For the purchase of housing

In order to apply for a subsidy for the purchase of housing or improvement of living conditions, it is mandatory to provide reasons.

As a rule, this is a small living space where a single mother lives with her child and parents or other relatives.

Support may also be requested if the house or apartment where the applicant lives is in disrepair or is being prepared for demolition.

One-time payments due to single mothers

Every woman who does not have support from a man, but finds herself in a situation of independently providing for her child, can count on help from the state. For example, there are a number of one-time payments from the moment of pregnancy until the birth of the baby. Such payments include:

RUB 613.14 — Maternity benefit. It is prescribed to a woman who, having become pregnant, will register with a gynecologist at the antenatal clinic until she reaches 12 weeks of pregnancy - that’s 3 months.

16,000 rub. - Payment upon birth of a child. The necessary amount of money is paid to the woman in order to support her financial condition in the first stages of caring for the baby. As a rule, the child requires the purchase of new things, necessary care items, and hygiene. To ensure that the child has all this, the mother is given this one-time sum of money.

Documents required to apply for child benefits for a single mother

A certificate confirming the joint residence of the mother and child (children). Issued by the management company or housing office.
Birth certificate. It is necessary to confirm the relationship with the child (children).
Mother's passport and a copy of the document.
Work record book with a notarized copy and signature of the employer (if the woman works).
Bank account or passbook account at a bank

Tax deductions for single mothers in 2020

If a woman is a single mother working, then according to the law she is entitled to tax deductions. This is a special form of support for single mothers from the state, regulated by law in accordance with Article 218 of the Tax Code (Tax Code). This law states that a single mother has every right to a double tax deduction from her income.

For example, the amounts of tax deductions in 2020 were:

For the first two children – 3200 rubles
For the third and fourth child – 7200 rubles

Single mother - legal status, benefits and benefits

An application that also includes information about family income.
Child's birth certificate.
A certificate from the housing office confirming that the child lives with the mother.
Employment history.
Passport.
Coordinates of the card or bank account where the money will need to be transferred.

Single mother - changes in legislation

If a woman has two children, she will also need to prove her solvency. In this case, the income level must be high to cover the costs for three people. When you need to pay the down payment, you can use funds from maternity capital. Legislation provides for its use to improve living conditions. It can also be used to pay off the principal portion of the mortgage loan.

Receipts for payment of utility bills and a package of necessary documents should be contacted by the social security authorities at the place of registration. Service employees, after studying the documents, will calculate the amount of subsidies.

By resolution of the plenum of the Supreme Court dated January 28, 2020.
By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 606 dated May 7, 2020.
Article No. 48 of the RF IC.
By Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development No. 1012n dated 12/23/2009.
Federal Law No. 81 on the amount of benefits for citizens with children.
Article No. 218 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation “On tax deductions”.

How to get a?

A woman is not charged for the removal of solid household and food waste until her child is three years old.
Single parents automatically take first positions in the queue for free public housing.
Single mothers under thirty-five years of age (who do not have their own housing) have the right to participate in programs (both federal and regional) to provide housing.
Local authorities are obliged to improve the living conditions of a single mother and her child, if necessary. True, the severe necessity has to be proven long and hard.

Many regional subjects of the Russian Federation arbitrarily add or cancel certain types of social assistance, and the size of payments is influenced by government initiatives on indexation (or, on the contrary, freezing indexation, due to which single mothers receive fixed payments for years, although their purchasing power falls).

A woman who, due to circumstances or of her own free will, decided to raise a child alone has the right to count on additional social and financial support from the state. What benefits are available to a single mother in 2020? More on this later.

Housing Improvement Program

The norms of tax legislation allow not to tax a woman’s official income in the following amount: 2800 rubles. for each of the children. As a result: a single mother will receive more money than her colleagues with a similar salary.

Providing support in the construction of an individual house is offered in the Voronezh, Belgorod and Rostov regions. In other regions it is possible to obtain residential real estate, but you need to be prepared for a long wait.

small living space;
the apartment does not meet sanitary and technical standards;
lack of other accommodation options;
serious illness of a minor or another person living in the common property.

Additional benefits for single mothers for children

The maternity hospital provides free bed linen, diapers , and necessary clothing at the request of the mother.
Visiting a massage therapist (massage room) is absolutely free 2 times a week, provided that one is available in the medical institution to which the mother and child are assigned.
Annual free receipt of health vouchers from medical institutions where the mother and baby are registered. If the voucher requires costs that exceed the state benefit, then the voucher is partially compensated.
Free dairy products until the child reaches 3 years of age.
A child who is raised in a single-parent family has benefits for education .
A child growing up in a single-parent family has the right to receive free meals in kindergarten and school .
A single mother (depending on the region of residence) may be provided with an office for her child’s education free of charge from the state .
A single mother can receive a discount equal to 30% when placing a child in the additional education section . These include: clubs, music school, sports sections.
A 70% discount is provided to mothers raising children on their own for preschool fees . This compensation is not provided in all regions of Russia. Therefore, in each city, every woman must contact the social security service at her place of residence.
Subsidies for housing and communal services . A single mother may not pay for garbage collection when living in a multi-storey apartment building until the child is 1.5 years old. The purpose of this subsidy depends on the woman’s total income.
A single mother can participate in housing improvement programs if living conditions require expansion of living space, or relocation to better conditions.
For a single mother, until the child turns 14 years old, the employer does not have the right to unilaterally fire her . Provided that the woman does not violate the Labor Code. When hiring an employee, the employer must stipulate in the contract in such a case the amount of monetary compensation upon dismissal.

Today, the following categories of citizens can receive monthly benefits from the State:

Single mothers.
Single parents for whose maintenance other parents do not pay child support.
Families for children of conscripted military personnel.

Indexation of social payments to single mothers

At the end of last year, the Russian government took the necessary actions and indexed many payments for the next year according to inflation, by 7% . This means that all benefits, pension payments, salaries, the cost of living - everything is indexed by 7%. Therefore, when the question arises: “how will social payments for single mothers change,” you can answer the following: simply add 7% indexation to the existing payments.

The legislative framework

Significant items of expenditure in the housing sector for single parents are:

Payment of utility services.
Purchasing your own comfortable home.

It is almost impossible to improve living conditions at the expense of the income of the sole breadwinner of the family, which is why a woman has the right to apply for participation in the following government programs:

“Young Family” within the framework of Russian Government Decree No. 1050;
“Social mortgage” in the manner determined by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1567.

Also, a single mother can apply for a subsidy that reimburses part of the costs of paying for utilities in accordance with the norms of housing legislation, in particular Article 159 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation.

At the regional level, depending on the region (territory), several more benefits are provided that allow a woman to compensate for part of the costs or reduce them as social assistance for the preferential category.

Participation in government programs to improve housing conditions is available to all families, regardless of their status as beneficiaries. Therefore, a single mother can apply for the purchase of her apartment only on a general basis .

And another type of state assistance, already at the federal level, is the provision of housing for single-parent families on the basis of a social rental agreement. But a woman with a child will be able to apply for a municipal apartment only if she also belongs to the category of low-income citizens who do not have their own housing within the framework of the Housing Legislation of the Russian Federation.

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Additional payment for single mothers raising a disabled child

Single mothers raising a disabled child have a number of benefits and can qualify for monthly payments from the state. What social supplements are available to mothers who support disabled children?

Monthly benefits for a non-working single mother. If the mother of a disabled person can work, but is deprived of this due to the need to care for her disabled child (or a child with HIV status), then she receives an appropriate benefit. Its size in 2020 is 7,900 plus indexation of 4%. And in 2020, the allowance for a single mother raising a disabled child should be 8,216 rubles . However, this amount may vary depending on the place of residence, according to regional programs.
If guardianship has been granted to a disabled child, then the amount of this benefit is already 2,000 rubles.
If a disabled child is raised by a single mother who also has a disability, then she has the right to receive an increased pension.
Labor and social pensions increase if a single mother becomes disabled, which led to partial or complete loss of ability to work, while raising a disabled child. The size of pension payments will depend on the number of disabled children raised by a single mother with a disability.
Single mothers have the right to regional supplements provided for by different programs for each individual region. To find out exactly what a single mother with a disabled child is entitled to in their city, you need to call the Pension Fund and the social welfare department.

There are also a number of social guarantees for single mothers with disabled children:

Labor and social benefits at work. What does it mean? This means that the mother of a disabled child has every right to work fewer hours per week, that is, part-time, until the disabled child turns 16 years old.
Also, the mother of a disabled child has the right to 4 additional days off, which are legally paid to her by the employer, like working days.
An employer cannot unilaterally terminate an employment contract with a single mother who is supporting a disabled child.
An employer does not have the right by law to involve a single mother raising a disabled child on business trips and working overtime. Forced overtime and work on weekends without the mother's consent is prohibited.
A single mother with a disabled child can apply for a pension from the age of 50 if she was involved in raising him when he reached 18 years of age.
Also, single mothers with disabled children in their arms can claim compensation for housing and communal services in the amount of 50% of all payment amounts.
A single mother with a disabled child can receive social housing from the state if their family needs more living space. To do this, you must contact the social security service at your place of residence with a corresponding application, a sample of which must be issued on the spot.
A single mother can use public transport free of charge when acting as a chaperone for her disabled child.

Please note that mothers of many children and citizens raising disabled children may qualify for early singing appointments.

Early pension for mothers of many children and citizens raising disabled children

In order for a mother of many children or a citizen raising a disabled child to retire early, certain conditions must be maintained:

The woman gave birth and raised 5 or more children until they reached the age of 8 years.
A woman must have at least 15 years of insurance experience.
According to the law, when determining the amount of insurance experience, periods of care for each child individually will be taken into account until they turn 1.5 years old. This should add up to 6 years.

If these conditions are maintained, a woman has the right to retire at age 50. This is before the established age of 55 years. These conditions are specified in the Federal Law dated December 28, 2013 No. 400-FZ “On Insurance Pensions”.

Also, to grant a woman an early pension, the following conditions will be taken into account:

If a woman has taken custody of her son or daughter, then they must be officially adopted.
A woman cannot be deprived of the right to receive early pension payments if she lives separately with her children.

To receive an old-age insurance pension early, the following conditions of pension legislation must be met:

A man can retire at age 55 if he raised a disabled child until he was 8 years old, and he has at least 20 years of insurance coverage.
A woman can retire at 50 years old if she raised a disabled child until he was 8 years old and her insurance coverage is at least 15 years.
Guardians of disabled people from childhood who have been raising them until they reach the age of 8 can retire early, while the old-age insurance pension will be assigned as follows: for every 1 year and 6 months of guardianship, the age of the pension will be reduced by 1 year. The total number of reduced years should not exceed 5 years. At the same time, for men the insurance period must be 20 years, and for women – 15.

You should know! To recognize a person as disabled, you need to be registered with a medical institution and undergo a medical and social examination. Based on the results of the examination, a person is assigned one of three disability groups. If this is a child (that is, a person who is not yet 18 years old), he is assigned a disability category of “disabled child.”

Accordingly, according to this disability group, the family or parent caring for a disabled child receives appropriate pension payments and benefits. If a person received a disability before reaching 18 years of age, then persons over 18 years of age are simultaneously assigned this disability group. This is the case if a person acquired a disability before the age of 18 due to injury or illness before reaching adulthood.

Early insurance pension for mothers with many children: conditions for appointment

According to the current legislation of the Russian Federation, mothers of many children have the right to retire early when they reach 50 years of age. That is, contact the Pension Fund for an old-age insurance pension. To do this, a mother with many children must meet certain conditions:

Facts confirming that the woman raised at least 5 children until they reached the age of 8 . This can be confirmed by the registration of mother and child in the same residential premises. Doctor's certificates issued to the child, signed by the mother. Testimony of relatives, neighbors, acquaintances, teachers who, for example, came to the house to teach the child.
A woman must have accumulated insurance experience of at least 15 years .
A single mother with many children must have the required number of pension points established for the year of filing the application for a pension. That is, if it is 2020, then there should be about 8 points.
If a single mother with many children is raising a stepson or stepdaughter, then in order to receive an insurance pension early, she must officially adopt before they reach 8 years of age.

Does not affect the early assignment of an old-age insurance pension if the mother lives separately with her children.

It is important to know! If a single mother with many children, having raised 5 or more children at the time of filing an application for early assignment of an old-age pension, does not have 15 years of insurance experience, then, in order to determine the right to receive a pension, the following can be counted in the insurance experience:

Child care up to 1.5 years old. In total, no more than 6 years will be counted, that is, for 4 children.
Period(s) of caring for a disabled child (group 1 disabled).
Period of care for a disabled person.
Periods of mother's studies. The educational period is also counted towards the insurance period.

Attention! The figures collected from official sources and presented in this article by ProfiKomment magazine may differ, depending on changes in legislation and the place of residence of the woman raising children on her own.