Through the social assistance canteen, free or paid meals are provided to persons in special economic-social or medical situations.

Beneficiaries:

a) children up to 18 years old, who are dependent on families whose net average monthly income per dependent is below the net monthly income level for a single person, calculated for the granting of social assistance;

b) young people attending full-time courses at educational institutions operating legally, until graduation but not exceeding 25 years of age, or 26 years for those pursuing higher education over 5 years, who are in the situation specified at point a);

c) persons who receive social assistance or other financial aid granted under the law and whose income is up to the net monthly income for a single person, calculated for the granting of social assistance;

d) pensioners;

e) persons who have reached retirement age, who are in one of the following situations: socially isolated, without legal supporters, without income;

f) invalids and chronically ill persons;

g) any person who, temporarily, does not earn income (granted for a period of no more than 90 days per year).

Meals at the social assistance canteen are provided free of charge for persons without income or whose income is below the net monthly income level for a single person, calculated for the granting of social assistance.

Persons entitled to benefit from the services of the social assistance canteen, and whose income exceeds the net monthly income level for a single person, calculated for the granting of social assistance, may benefit from these services by paying a contribution of 30% of income per person, without exceeding the cost of meals served, calculated for the same period.

Meals at the social assistance canteen are granted based on a self-declaration request, accompanied by supporting documents regarding the family composition, the income earned in the month prior to submitting the request by its members, and the assets owned, including those in other administrative-territorial units.

For the social services of the social assistance canteen, able-bodied persons in the beneficiary's family must perform monthly 48 hours of actions or work of local interest, without exceeding the normal work regime; failure to fulfill this obligation leads to cessation of meal provision at the social canteen, and if the beneficiary does not show up, without justified reasons, more than three consecutive days at the canteen headquarters to serve or pick up meals, the right to meals is suspended.