He Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations has made known the payment data for the Minimum Vital Income (IMV) benefit. This subsistence aid arrived last December to 2,050,000 people, who live together in 674,000 homes. And, once again, the capacity of this aid to improve the situation of children and adolescents at risk of extreme poverty stands out. They have been 842,035 have benefited, 41% of the total.
The average amount of aid, as pointed out by the National Social Security Institute (INSS) has been 470 euros per month per household. And, if all the benefits are added, they reached 352.1 million euros in December. In the last month of the year there were 141,519 active aid more than in 2023 (26.6%). And in the homes that collect the IMV, 465,972 more beneficiaries lived together. A figure that does not vary much from what was seen in November 2024.
If the terms accumulated since the month of June 2020when this benefit began to be paid, the IMV has reached 943,620 homes, protecting 2,805,670 people. More than 1.2 million are children and adolescents, 43.5% of the total. And, since that year, Social Security has allocated 13,357.1 million euros to the payroll payment of this benefit. Of course, to collect it you will have to meet certain requirements and keep in mind that no errors should be made in the application that could lead to it not being collected.
📊The Minimum Living Income reaches 2,050,000 people in December who live in 674,000 homes
📌The IMV protects 842,035 minors, 41.1% of the beneficiaries
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Reduce child poverty
In the month of December, the IMV has managed to continue lowering the child poverty line. Thus, 68.2% of the families that have received this aid lived with minors (459,667), and among them there are 116,347 single-parent households. Based on the profile of the beneficiaries, 41.1% are minors (842,035).
The Childhood Assistance Complement also has a special role in these statistical data, which has reached 472,604 people. This supplement represents an aid of 115 euros per household per month in the case of children between 0 and 3 years old, 80.5 euros per month for children between 3 and 6 years old and 57.5 euros per month for each minor. between 6 and 18 years old.
The The average amount of this supplement has been 69.72 euros per minor and 129.75 euros per household with minors. The beneficiaries of the IMV are mostly women. 67.4% of the holders and 53.5% in total.
82.4% of all beneficiaries are Spanish with an average age of 45 years.
Extraordinary supplement of 15% of the IMV for those affected by DANA
The IMV beneficiaries Residents in the areas affected by DANA have seen an extraordinary 15% supplement applied to their payroll. The Child Aid Complement has added an additional 30%.
This increase was also applied to non-contributory pensions and the management and processing of applications has been improved. Thus, the IMV application for sudden poverty has been brought forward, which can be submitted from January 1.
In addition, they remind all beneficiaries that they have telephone number 020 available, which will give them information about the status of their subsidy. To improve service, the workforce has been increased by 40%.