MINIMUM INCLUSION INCOME

(According to Law no. 196/2016)

Information regarding the granting of minimum inclusion income (MII)

Legislative framework

– the provisions of Law no. 196/2016, regarding minimum inclusion income, with subsequent amendments and additions;

– the provisions of GEO no. 114/2022, for amending and supplementing Law no. 196/2016 regarding minimum inclusion income, with subsequent amendments and additions;

– the provisions of GD no. 1154/2022, for approving the Methodological Norms for applying the provisions of Law no. 196/2016 regarding minimum inclusion income, with subsequent amendments and additions;

Thus, the minimum inclusion income (MII) is established, which represents the financial support given by the state in order to ensure the minimum standard of living for families and single persons in difficulty, as well as to prevent the risk of poverty among children and to encourage their participation in the education system.

The minimum inclusion income consists of one or more of the following categories of financial aid:

a) inclusion aid;

b) aid for families with children.

Depending on the needs of the family/single person, the minimum inclusion income is accompanied by other complementary social assistance measures, granted in cash and/or in kind, as follows:

– incentives – special measures to stimulate participation in the labor market, granted in cash or representing deductions applied to the person's income;

– contributory facilities – access to the health social insurance system without paying the health social insurance contribution;

– other complementary rights – financial transfers and/or support in kind, to facilitate social inclusion and prevent the risk of social exclusion, granted to beneficiaries of minimum inclusion income or other categories in special situations, consisting, as appropriate, in:

(i) payment of the mandatory home insurance against earthquakes, landslides, and floods;

(ii) granting community and emergency aid intended to support the family/single person to overcome temporary difficulties and to prevent or reduce the risk of poverty and social exclusion;

(iii) access to financial support measures for promoting and sustaining attendance at educational courses, organized under the law by beneficiaries of the minimum inclusion income;

(iv) measures to encourage employment, as well as other measures to facilitate access for beneficiaries of minimum inclusion income to a job;

(v) access to available social services, depending on the identified needs to overcome situations of difficulty.

Beneficiaries

Beneficiaries

MII consists of all sums related to the financial aid provided by art.3 para.(2) of the law, which are established depending on the inclusion in the monthly adjusted income realized by the family within the following limits:

for inclusion aid, up to an adjusted net monthly income of 393 lei inclusive, which is taken into account when establishing the cumulative income of the family;

for the inclusion aid, up to an adjusted net monthly income of 572 lei inclusive, which is taken into account when establishing the income of the single person aged at least 65 years;

for the aid for the family with children, up to an adjusted net monthly income of 998 lei inclusive.

In this sense, new concepts have emerged, such as: equivalence coefficient (1 for the single person and for the legal representative of the family), family size (the sum of the equivalence coefficient corresponding to the family representative = 1 + 0.5 for each family member), and adjusted net monthly income (obtained by dividing the net total income of the family realized in the month prior to the application to the family size), for calculating the award threshold and the amounts granted as inclusion aid or aid for the family with children.

Granted sums

The amount granted monthly as inclusion aid will be maximum:

– 366 lei, for a single person without income;

– 533 lei, for a single person aged at least 65, without income;

– 549 lei, for a family composed of two persons (366 lei * 1.5 family size);

– 732 lei, for a family composed of three persons (366 lei * 2 family size);

– 915 lei, for a family composed of four persons (366 lei * 2.5 family size);

– 1098 lei, for a family composed of five persons (366 lei * 3 family size);

The amount granted as aid for families with children is determined according to the level of adjusted net monthly income and the number of children in the family, respectively:

1. For the family with adjusted net monthly income up to 366 lei/month, the monthly amount of aid for families with children is:

– 143 lei, for the family with one child;

– 286 lei, for the family with 2 children;

– 482 lei, for the family with 3 children;

– 570 lei, for the family with 4 or more children.

1. For the single-parent family with adjusted net monthly income up to 366 lei/month, the monthly amount of aid for families with children is:
2. – 161 lei, for the family with one child;
3. – 320 lei, for the family with 2 children;
4. – 479 lei, for the family with 3 children;
5. – 638 lei, for the family with 4 or more children.
6. For families with adjusted net monthly income between 367 lei/month and 930 lei inclusive, the monthly amount of aid for families with children is:
7. – 115 lei, for the family with one child;
8. – 228 lei, for the family with 2 children;
9. – 341 lei, for the family with 3 children;
10. – 452 lei, for the family with 4 or more children.
11. For single-parent families with adjusted net monthly income between 366 lei/month and 930 lei inclusive, the monthly amount of aid for families with children is:
12. – 148 lei, for the family with one child;
13. – 287 lei, for the family with 2 children;
14. – 432 lei, for the family with 3 children;
15. – 572 lei, for the family with 4 or more children.

*If the calculation results in an amount less than 63 lei, then 63 lei is granted.

Clarifications:

For calculating the adjusted net monthly income, all amounts received/earned by the single person or by each family member in the month prior to the MII application are taken into account, except for the following income:

a. amounts received as social benefits under Law no. 448/2006 regarding the protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities, republished, with subsequent amendments and additions;

b. the state allowance for children granted under Law no. 61/1993 regarding the state allowance for children, republished, with subsequent amendments;

c. amounts granted as scholarships or other forms of financial support intended exclusively for supporting the education of preschoolers, pupils, and students, through programs of the Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research, other public and private institutions, including non-governmental organizations;

d. amounts received from activity carried out as a day laborer, under Law no. 52/2011 regarding occasional activities performed by day laborers, republished, with subsequent amendments and additions, as well as those obtained as a domestic worker based on Law no.111/2022 regarding the regulation of domestic worker activities;

e. amounts received by able-bodied family members as a result of participation in professional training programs organized under the law, if these are not considered salary income;

f. amounts occasionally received from individuals or legal entities, as well as amounts as emergency aid received from the state or local budget;

g. educational incentive granted according to the provisions of Law no. 248/2015 regarding encouraging participation in preschool education for children from disadvantaged families, republished, as a social voucher for encouraging preschool attendance for children from disadvantaged families;

h. occasional amounts granted from the state or local budgets as compensation or financial support for exceptional situations;

i. aid for home heating and the energy supplement granted based on Law no. 226/2021, with subsequent amendments;

j. monthly food allowance granted under Law no.584/2002 regarding measures to prevent the spread of AIDS in Romania and protection of persons infected with HIV or sick with AIDS, with subsequent amendments and additions, and the monthly food allowance provided by Law no.302/2018 regarding tuberculosis control measures;

k. amounts received as support, provided from the state budget or non-reimbursable funds, granted under the law or based on approved operational programs.