This apparatus, which will be the subject of a regulation, will be similar to the food assistance that was paid during the Covid pandemic in the year 2020. The individual sum will be one hundred euros, plus fifty euros for each kid that is dependent on them. To the tune of one billion euros in total expenditure.
The development of the new "food check" is progressing. This unique apparatus will be put into place by decree, and as a result, it will not be included in the law on buying power that has to be voted on this summer. However, credits will need to be released in the collective budget in order to accommodate for its implementation. According to the information that we have, this food assistance program aimed at homes with low incomes would affect close to 9 million households.
This audience is twice as big as the one that received the food bonus during the Covid pandemic in May 2020. To refresh your memory, the federal government had distributed this payment to 4.1 million homes, which benefited 5 million children. It was not an issue of battling against the skyrocketing expense of living during that period; rather, it was a question of fighting against the drop in income and the challenges of accessing help as a result of the health crisis.
100 euros, plus 50 per child
Millions of people in France were forced to line up in front of Restos du Coeur and other food relief organizations as a direct consequence of the epidemic, which had led to the closing of school canteens and the drying up of revenue from informal labour or student jobs.
The new check will cover more ground, but the average amount paid out to each home will be somewhat less than before. According to the information that we have, families who now receive either active solidarity income (RSA), handicapped adult allowance (AAH), minimum old age (ASPA), or individualized housing assistance (APL) would be eligible for it. They will get an additional 50 euros for each kid who is dependent on them on top of the initial payment of 100 euros per family.
In the month of July, a broad variety of social benefits will each get a 4% increase.
RSA beneficiaries or jobless persons who had reached the end of their rights were eligible to receive assistance in the amount of 150 euros per family in addition to 100 euros for each kid who was dependent on them in the year 2020. Families that were just beginning to receive APL were also eligible for an additional 100 euros per kid. The cost for the state had almost reached one billion dollars on each occasion.
This emergency assistance should be sent immediately into the bank account of the homes who are being targeted at the beginning of the school year, which is in September. According to the facts that we have, it should once again cost somewhat more than 1 billion euros.
As a consequence of this, the French government wants to set up a system that will provide every citizen of France access to high-quality goods that are produced in France and adhere to organic standards. This kind of targeting has drawn a lot of criticism. The boundaries of this gadget are still being worked out, despite the fact that it is quite difficult to define.