Ukrainians will receive UAH 6,500 "for the winter": who will receive money in December and what else you need to know

In Ukraine, in December 2024, low-income families and a number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) will receive a one-time payment of UAH 6,500 of "winter assistance" for children. OBOZ.UA learned the key details of the new program from the Ministry of Social Policy.

Who will receive more than UAH 6500?

• The allowance is not paid for the whole family, but for a child or a person with a disability. That is, families with more than one person in these categories will receive UAH 6,500 for each of them.

What can I spend the money on?

• So far, no one will check whether the money has been spent on purchasing warm clothes for children.
• The payment was developed in response to one of the most frequently voiced needs of parents - the purchase of winter children's clothing. However, recipients will not be limited to a list of specific retailers or websites where they can buy goods for children.
• In the future, there may be a mechanism to track the targeted expenditures of the recipients.

What else should you know about the new payment?

• There is no need to apply for UAH 6,500, recipients will be determined automatically based on data from state registers;
• the money will be paid to the bank cards of the recipients of state aid - to the same account to which the person receives other assistance;
• the money is expected to be transferred to the cards in the first half of December;
• the payment will not affect the amount of subsidies and other assistance that depends on family income.

As OBOZ.UA previously reported, Ukrainians will also be able to increase their Zelensky's "thousand" by UAH 100. The state bank told what to do for this.

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