Granting of financial assistance to civilians with disabilities, blind civilians and deaf civilians

Persons suffering from disabling conditions and recognised by the competent health authority as having a civil disability, or as being blind or deaf, are entitled to financial benefits of a welfare nature, paid in the form of pensions and allowances.

Access to these financial benefits involves two stages: one relating to the medical assessment of the disabling condition and the other relating to the verification of socio-economic eligibility criteria.

The assessment of disability, blindness or deafness is the responsibility ofthe Forensic Medicine Unit ofthe Integrated University Health Authority of Trentino. The outcome of the medical assessment report is sent to the applicant and to the Provincial Agency for Assistance and Supplementary Social Security (Apapi) for the verification of socio-economic eligibility criteria.

To access financial benefits, the person concerned must submit a specific application to the Provincial Agency for Assistance and Supplementary Social Security, which, following verification of the remaining eligibility criteria, will grant and disburse the benefit.

Financial benefits for civilians with disabilities are divided into pensions and allowances; pensions are subject to income limits (referring to personal income subject to personal income tax). Allowances are paid without any income limits.

The amounts of pensions and allowances vary depending on the type of disability, age and the recognised degree of disability.

The table available at the following link sets out the amounts of pensions and allowances for the years 2025 and 2026.

Benefits are paid for 13 months, with effect from the first day of the month following the submission of the application for medical assessment.

In the event of the beneficiary’s death, the legal heirs are entitled to receive the amounts accrued up to the date of death, even if the death occurred before the medical assessment was carried out, or after the medical assessment but before Apapi issued the decision granting the benefit.

In order to be eligible for financial benefits, in addition to the recognition of disability, blindness or deafness by the competent health authority, certain general and financial requirements must be met.

General requirements:

• residence in the Province of Trento
• Italian or EU citizenship
• non-EU citizenship and possession of a residence permit valid for at least one year
• not to be in receipt of war or service pensions, nor of compensation for accidents at work from public authorities in respect of the same disability for which the benefit is being claimed.

Financial requirements:

For civil disability, blindness and deafness pensions, a personal income below a specified limit – which is reviewed annually – is required. The income limits for the years 2025 and 2026 are set out below:

The above limits apply:

1) for benefits paid out for the first time in 2026, to the presumed income subject to IRPEF relating to the year 2026. The beneficiary of the benefit, which is granted on the basis of presumed income declared in 2026 (‘first payment’), must submit,by 30 June 2027, atax return for the income actually received in 2026.

2) for benefits already in payment, to the income subject to IRPEF received in the year 2025.

Applications must be submitted via social welfare organisations or the provincial branch offices.

An application form duly completed and signed by the applicant.

For applicants who are non-EU nationals, a copy of a valid residence permit valid for at least one year.

Applications may be submitted at any time of the year.