Application for the provincial universal child allowance

The Provincial Universal Allowance (AUP) is a financial benefit intended for households resident in the Province of Trento. The allowance is a form of social assistance and is designed to meet general needs, such as income support, or specific needs, such as support for children, people with disabilities and the birth rate.

The single allowance serves to ensure fairness in the allocation of public benefits, administrative simplification and the rationalisation of support measures, and has incorporated a range of pre-existing benefits. By submitting a single application, it is possible to access multiple benefits, which are streamlined and defined as specific ‘components’ of the single allowance.

Components of the single allowance andmain features.

General or specific needs are categorised as components A, B1, B3, C and C2. Where the eligibility criteria are met, individuals are entitled to one or more components of the Universal Child Allowance.

Tranche Ais a measure to combat poverty and provide income support, aimed at ensuring that the household achieves a sufficient standard of living to meet its general needs.

Category B isa measure designed to support the expenditure required to meet specific needs.It isdivided into Category B1,intended to support expenditure on children and equivalent minors (maintenance, care, education and schooling) and Quota B3,designed to support the living needs of household members with disabilities (civil invalids, the blind and the deaf).

Allowance C isa financial measure designed to counter demographic decline and to support birth rates and adoption, and is divided into Allowances C and C2. Quota C isa financial contribution for families, for children born or adopted after 1 January 2020, and is paid for a period of 24 months starting from the 13th month following that of the birth or adoption.  Quota C2 isdesigned to support families with at least three dependent children, and provides a payment upon the birth or adoption of the third child or subsequent children. The C2 allowance is paid as a one-off sum of €5,000.00 for children born or adopted between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025. The grant is paid as part of the provincial universal child allowance, in a single instalment, equivalent to one month’s payment of the universal child allowance. For parents who do not receive the provincial universal child allowance, the application for the allowance must be submitted tothe Agency for Social Cohesion within two months of the date of birth or adoption of the child or children. 

The eligibility criteria for the universal child allowance vary according to the categories applied for, as detailed below.

 Eligibility criteria for Tier A:

- a household with an Economic Condition Indicator (ICEF) value relating to income support measures of less than 0.165; 

- the applicant must have been continuously registered as resident in the province of Trento for at least three years during the decade preceding the date of application and must be registered as resident in the province of Trento on that date. To be eligible for Category A, the citizenship, residence and stay requirements set out in Article 2, paragraph 2, letter a), points 1) and 2), ofDecree-Law No. 48 of 2023(Inclusion Allowance) must also be met. In particular, the applicant must cumulatively be: 

1.  a citizen of the European Union or a family member thereof who holds the right of residence or the right of permanent residence; or a third-country national holding an EU long-term residence permit; or a person granted international protection status, as referred to inLegislative Decree No. 251 of 19 November 2007, No. 251;
2.  at the time of submitting the application, have been resident in Italy for at least five years, the last two of which must have been continuous.

- the beneficiary household must not be in receipt of the Inclusion Allowance provided for in Article 3, paragraph 1, first sentence, of Decree-Law No. 48 of 4 May 2023.

 Eligibility criteria for Category B1: 

- a household with a Family Economic Condition Indicator (ICEF) value of less than 0.30; 

- the applicant must have been registered as a resident in the province of Trento for at least three years during the decade preceding the date of application and must be registered as a resident in the province of Trento on that date;

- the beneficiary household must include minor children or persons treated as minors, living with the same household.

Eligibility criteria for Category B3:

- a household with a Family Economic Condition Indicator (ICEF) value of less than 0.36; 

- the applicant must have been registered as a resident in the province of Trento for at least three years during the ten-year period preceding the date of application and must be registered as a resident in the province of Trento on that date;

- disabled members of the beneficiary household must be in receipt of at least one of the financial benefits provided for in Article 3(1) of Provincial Law No. 7 of 15 June 1998 (Regulations governing welfare measures for civilians with disabilities, the blind and the deaf and dumb) and must not be admitted to healthcare or social-care facilities for a continuous period of 30 days or more.

Eligibility criteria forCategory C:

- a household with a Family Economic Condition Indicator (ICEF) value of less than 0.40; 

- the household must include at least one child, born or adopted after 1 January 2020;

- the applicant parent must have been continuously resident in the Province of Trento for at least two years.

Eligibility criteria forCategory C2:

- a household with a Family Economic Status Indicator (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 at least three dependent children in total; 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 allowance is granted for each child;

- the applicant parent must have been continuously resident in the Province of Trento for at least two years and must be registered as living with both the newborn or adopted child and at least two other children.

The application must be submitted viasocial welfare organisations or the Province’s local offices by a member of the beneficiary household who is legally competent to act. For households consisting solely of a person who lacks legal capacity or has limited legal capacity, the application must be submitted by the guardian, the curator or the support administrator.

Reference period and submission of the application

The reference period for the AUP runs from 1 July to 30 June of the following year. For the year 2026 only, quotas B1, B3 and C are automatically extended to 31 December 2026. For category A only, applications must be submitted from 18 May preceding the reference period until 31 May of the year following the reference period. If the beneficiary household includes children, children in foster care or disabled persons who were born, taken into foster care or whose disability was recognised by 31 May of the reference period, the application may be submitted by31 Marchof the following reference period.