EDUCATION ALLOWANCE 2021. The back-to-school allowance was paid on August 17. Who benefited ? For what amount ? We tell you everything.
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[Updated August 31, 2021 at 10: 39 a.m.] Pencil case, satchel, pencils, sportswear… Buying school supplies is a big budget for families with sometimes very tight finances due to the health crisis. Created in 1974, the back-to-school allowance is a social benefit from the Caisse des allocations familiales (CAF), paid a few weeks before the start of school, under means-tested conditions. Your resources for the year 2019 must not exceed a ceiling (read below).
This is calculated based on the number of dependent children. If your income exceeds this limit, you can cross the back-to-school allowance. In addition to income requirements, keep in mind that your child must be between 6 and 18 years old: you cannot receive the back-to-school allowance if your child is over 18 years old and still attending high school. Even bell sound if your child is in kindergarten.
The child must also be educated in a public or private school. Forget the back-to-school bonus if you have opted, this year, for home instruction. Be aware, however, that the allowance can be granted when the child takes classes through a remote organization such as the Cned . Is your child under 18 years old and learning ? You can receive the ARS, provided that its remuneration does not exceed 55% of the Smic.
In 2021, the re-entry bonus was paid on August 17 (August 3 in Reunion and Mayotte where the re-entry occurs earlier). You do meet all the conditions stated above, and yet you have not received the back-to-school allowance ? Keep in mind that there may be a processing time depending on the banking institutions. As a first step, contact your Child Benefit Fund . It may be that you have not done all the necessary steps (read below). Indeed, depending on the age of the child, and if you are already a CAF beneficiary or not, you are likely to have to carry out steps. Find all the information in our dedicated article.
What is the payment date for the 2021 re-entry allowance?
The date of payment of the back-to-school allowance is usually announced by the Ministry of Health at the end of July. This year, as in previous years, two deadlines have been set. The payment took place on m ardi 3 August 2021 in Mayotte and Réunion, where the start of the school year took place in mid-August. For metropolitan France, but also Guadeloupe, Martinique and Guyana, it was necessary to wait until Tuesday, August 17, 2021.
Back to school allowance, for whom ? Ceiling
To receive the back-to-school allowance, household resources must not exceed a ceiling. The CAF does not study the income of the current year, but those going back two years (so 2019 for the 2021 school year) , depending on your family situation as of July 31 . Here is the scale that applies this year :
For a home with 1 dependent child : 25,319 euros 2 dependent children : 31,162 euros 3 dependent children : 37,005 euros Per additional dependent child : 5,843 euros
If you do not meet the income requirements of the 2021 back-to-school allowance, in other words, your resources slightly exceed the limits set out above, the Caf may pay part of the back-to-school bonus. This is called a differential back-to-school allowance. The Caf can agree to pay the back-to-school allowance, provided that the resources are less than “the cumulation between the ceiling of the ARS and the amount of this assistance for the child” , we had been told. On the other hand, the household receives only part of this financial assistance.
In alternate custody, can I benefit from the 2021 back-to-school bonus?
Your child is between the ages of 6 and 18, you meet the conditions mentioned above, but you are separated from the father or mother of your child ? The back-to-school allowance cannot be shared between both parents. Financial assistance is granted to the first of them who applies to the Caf, and in full, for the upcoming school year. It is therefore paid, as for any recipient, in mid-August. If there is no alternate custody, the back-to-school bonus is granted to the parent with whom the child lives during the week. The other parent cannot receive the help.
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