2024 saw changes to the rules for the payment of benefits for child care up to 1.5 years of age.
Child benefit is a measure of government support for families with children, designed to compensate for the loss of income of a parent caring for a child.
In 2024, the amount of benefits for child care up to the age of 1.5 years was indexed. As before, its amount is calculated as 40% of the parent’s average earnings over the last two years. But now the minimum benefit amount is 8,591 rubles, and the maximum is 49,123 rubles per month.
The second important change is that from 2024 a parent can go to work before the child turns 1.5 years old and still continue to receive the benefit.
Incidentally, in addition to the federal benefit, there are local measures in many regions to support families with children under 1.5 years of age.