Granting of financial benefits to civil invalids, the civil blind and the deaf

Individuals suffering from disabling pathologies and recognised as civil invalids, civil blind or deaf by the competent health authority are entitled to economic benefits, of a welfare nature, in the form of pensions and allowances.

Access to economic benefits involves two stages, one relating to the health assessment of the invalidating pathology and one relating to the verification of socio-economic requirements.

The assessment of the condition of invalidity, blindness or deafness is the responsibility of the Operative Unit of Legal Medicine of the Provincial Agency for Health Services of Trento. The result of the health assessment report is forwarded to the person concerned and to the Provincial Agency for Supplementary Assistance and Welfare (Apapi), for verification of socio-economic requirements.

In order to access economic benefits, the interested party must submit an application to the Provincial Agency for Assistance and Supplementary Welfare, which, after verifying the residual requirements, will grant and pay the benefit.

Economic benefits for civil invalids are divided into pensions and allowances; pensions are subject to income limits (reference is made to personal income subject to Irpef). Allowances are paid without income limits.

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

The table at the following link shows the amounts of pensions and allowances for the years 2024 and 2025.

Benefits are paid for 13 monthly payments, starting from the first day of the month following the submission of the application for health assessment.

In the event of the death of the beneficiary, the legitimate heirs have the right to receive the accruals accrued at the date of death, even if the death occurred before the health assessment was carried out, or after the health assessment but before the adoption of the granting measure by Apapi.

For access to economic benefits, in addition to the recognition of disability, blindness or deafness by the competent health authority, general and economic requirements are required.

General requirements

• residence in the Province of Trento
• Italian or EU citizenship
• non-EU citizenship and possession of a residence permit for a period of no less than one year
• not be in receipt of war or service pensions or work accident pensions from public administrations for the same disability for which the benefit is requested.

Economic requirements:

For civil invalidity, civil blindness and deafness pensions, a personal income below a certain limit, revalued annually, is required. Below are the income limits for the years 2024 and 2025:

The above limits refer to:

1) for benefits that are paid in 2025 for the first time, to the presumed income subject to IRPEF for the year 2025. The beneficiary of the benefit, recognised on the basis of the income declared in the year 2025 on a presumptive basis ("first payment"), must submit, by 30 June 2026 , a declaration of the 2025 income actually earned.

2) for benefits already in payment, to the income subject to IRPEF received in the year 2024.

The application is to be submitted via patronage and social assistance institutions or peripheral counters in the Province.

Application duly completed and signed by the applicant.

For applicants who are non-EU citizens, copy of valid residence permit for a period of not less than one year.

The application may be submitted at any time of the year.