Application for the grant of the single provincial allowance

The provincial single allowance (Aup) is an economic benefit destined for family units resident in the Province of Trento. The allowance is of a welfare nature and is aimed at supporting needs of a general nature, such as income support, or needs of a particular nature, such as childcare, disability and birth support.

The function of the single allowance is to ensure equity in the granting of public benefits, administrative simplification and rationalisation of interventions, and it has absorbed a number of pre-existing benefits. With a unified application it is possible to access several benefits, rationalised and defined in specific 'quotas' of the single allowance.

Single allowance quotas andmain features

General or special needs are identified in categories, called quota A, B1, B3, C and C2. When the requirements are met, one has access to one or more tranches of the Single Allowance.

Quota A is a poverty alleviation and income support measure, aimed at guaranteeing the attainment of an economic condition sufficient to meet the household's general living needs.

Quota B is a measure aimed at supporting the expenses necessary to meet special needs. It is divided into Quota B1, aimed at supporting the expenses of children and equivalent minors (maintenance, care, education and education) and Quota B3, aimed at supporting the living needs of household members with disabilities (civil invalids, civil blind and deaf people).

Quota C is an economic measure aimed at countering demographic decline and supporting births and adoption and is divided into Quotas C and C2. Quota C is an economic contribution intended for families, for children born or adopted after 1 January 2020 and is paid for the duration of 24 months starting from the 13th month following the month of birth or adoption. Quota C2 is aimed at facilitating families with at least three dependent children, and provides a contribution upon the birth or adoption of the third child, or subsequent children. Quota C2 is granted in the lump sum of €5,000.00 for children born or adopted between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025. The contribution is paid as a portion of the provincial single allowance, in a lump sum, on a monthly payment of the single allowance. For parents who do not benefit from the provincial single allowance, the application for the grant is submitted to the Social Cohesion Agency within two months from the date of birth/adoption of the child(ren).

The access requirements for the single allowance are differentiated according to the quotas requested, as detailed below.

Access requirements for quota A

- household with a family economic condition indicator (ICEF) value of less than 0.16

- applicant with at least three years' continuous residence in the Province of Trento during the ten-year period preceding the date of application and registered resident in the Province of Trento on the same date;

- in the household there must be at least one of the following conditions:

(a) all the members of the beneficiary household do not have the capacity to take up or resume a job;

b) at least one of the members of the beneficiary household has the capacity to take up or resume a job and, alternatively

1. has accrued, through compulsory social security payments as a result of subordinate, self-employed or freelance work or notional social security payments for maternity, valid social security coverage for entitlement purposes of at least 3 months or 90 days or 13 weeks, in the period between 1 July of the reference year for the calculation of the ICEF and the date of submission of the application for the Single Allowance, provided that the last employment held has not ceased due to consensual termination, voluntary resignation, except for just cause or justified subjective reason

or

2. has adhered, together with the other members of the beneficiary household identified by the territorially competent Social Service, to the Social Project drawn up by the Social Service, which has ascertained the existence of complex social problems, in addition to the simple economic need.

Access requirements for quota B1

- household with a value of the family economic condition indicator (ICEF) lower than 0.30;

- Applicants must have been continuously resident in the Province of Trento for at least three years in the ten years preceding the date of application and must have been resident in the Province of Trento on the same date;

- there must be minor children or equivalent minors living in the same household.

Access requirements for quota B3

- household with a value of the family economic condition indicator (ICEF) lower than 0.36;

- applicants with at least three years' continuous residence in the Province of Trento during the ten-year period preceding the date of application and residing registered in the Province of Trento on the same date;

- Disabled members of the beneficiary household must be in receipt of at least one of the economic benefits provided for by Article 3(1) of Provincial Law no. 7 of 15 June 1998 (Disciplina degli interventi assistenziali in favore degli invalidi civili, dei ciechi civili e dei sordomuti) and must not be hospitalised in health or social care facilities for a continuous period of 30 days or more.

Access requirements for quota C

- household with a family economic condition indicator (ICEF) value of less than 0.40;

- presence of at least one child in the household, born or adopted after 1 January 2020;

- continuous residence of at least two years in the Province of Trento by the applicant parent.

Access requirements for C2 share

- household with an indicator of family economic condition (ICEF) value of less than 0.40;

- a household in which, on the date of birth or adoption of the third child (or subsequent children), there are a total of at least three dependent children; the third child (or subsequent children) must have been born or adopted between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025; in the case of the birth of twins or children adopted at the same time, the contribution is recognised for each child

- continuous residence of at least two years in the Province of Trento by the applicant parent, who must be registered residents both with the new born/adopted child and with at least two other children.

The application must be submitted through the Patronage and Social Assistance Institutions or the peripheral offices of the Province, by a member of the beneficiary household who is capable of acting. In the case of households consisting exclusively of an incapacitated person or a person with reduced capacity, the application is submitted by the guardian, curator or support administrator.

Reference period and application

The reference period of the AUP runs from 1 July to 30 June of the following year. The application may be submitted from 15 May preceding the reference period to 31 May of the following year. If there are children, foster children or disabled persons in the beneficiary household who were born, taken into care or whose disability is recognised by 31 May of the reference period, the application may be submitted by 30 September of the following reference period.