Application for maternity allowance

Maternity allowance is a welfare benefit granted in favour of mothers, resident in Italy, who are in possession of economic resources not exceeding a certain threshold (Isee).

For the beneficiaries residing in the Autonomous Province of Trento, the activities aimed at granting and disbursing the benefit are the responsibility of the Province, which provides through the Provincial Agency for Assistance and Supplementary Welfare (Apapi).

The allowance is payable, for each child born, to mothers who do not benefit from other maternity benefits (allowances or other benefits paid by private or public employers) or who benefit from benefits of a lower amount than the amount of the allowance (in which case the allowance is payable for the difference). Under the same conditions, the benefit is granted for each child in adoption or pre-adoptive fostering provided that the child is not older than six years at the time of adoption or fostering.

Maternity allowance may be granted to persons other than the mother in the following cases

• to the father, in case of abandonment of the child by the mother or in case of sole custody to the father
• the pre-adoptive foster parent or the adoptive parent without custody in the event of legal separation of the spouses
• to the unmarried adoptive parent in the case of special adoption
• to the father who has recognised the newborn child in the event of the death of the mother or the woman who had him/her in pre-adoptive foster care or adoption without custody
• to the father who has reached the age of majority, in the case of a mother who is a minor, provided that the mother is legally residing in the territory of the State at the time of the birth and that the father has recognised the child.

The amount of the allowance, which is paid in a lump sum, is revalued annually according to the Istat index.

The amount of the maternity allowance payable for births, pre-adoptive fostering and adoptions occurring between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2025 is €2,037.00.

The application for maternity allowance must be submitted, under penalty of forfeiture, within six months of the birth or entry into the family of the adopted or pre-adopted child.

The allowance is intended for mothers who meet the following requirements

1. Residence in the territory of the State at the time of the child's birth or at the time of the entry of a minor child into their registered family who has been fostered or adopted without fostering;
2. Residence in the territory of the Province of Trento at the time the application is submitted;
3. ISEE economic situation indicator not exceeding a certain threshold, re-evaluated annually. For the year 2025, the Isee value must be less than € 20,382.90;
4. Italian citizenship or citizenship of one of the European Union countries or non-EU citizenship in possession of one of the following residence permits

• EC long-term resident's residence permit
• residence card of a family member of an EU citizen
• single work permit with a duration of at least one year
• residence permit for international protection (status of political refugee or subsidiary protection)
• stateless person
• receipt of the application/renewal of the above-mentioned residence permits.

The application for maternity allowance must be submitted to the assistance Patronages, which take care of the compilation and transmission of the application to the Provincial Agency for Supplementary Assistance and Welfare.

1. Application for maternity leave duly completed and signed by the applicant.
2. Valid Isee certificate.
3. For non-EU applicants, copy of the residence permit or copy of the receipt for residence permit application/renewal.

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