The state allowance for children provided by Law no. 61/1993 regarding the state allowance for children, republished, with subsequent modifications and completions, is granted to all children up to the age of 18, Romanian citizens, without discrimination, as well as to young people who have reached the age of 18, who are attending high school or vocational education organized according to the law, until their completion.

Children of foreign citizens, as well as those of stateless persons residing in Romania, under the law, also benefit from the state allowance for children, provided they live together with their parents.

Applications for determining the state allowance for children and the documents proving the fulfillment of the legal conditions for granting this right are submitted and registered at the town hall of the commune, town, municipality, or respectively the sectors of the municipality of Bucharest, in whose territorial area the legal representatives of the children have their domicile or residence, as the case may be.

The right to the state allowance for children is established by decision of the executive director of the county social benefits agencies.