Parliament: The amendment provides for the financial support of families for access to pre-school education services

The introduction of financial support programs for families, amounting to 300 million euros per year, for the access of infants and toddlers to pre-school education and care services, is provided by an amendment of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, submitted to the bill of the Ministry of Finance. .

The bill is scheduled to be discussed and put to a vote on Tuesday, 14/06/2022.

These programs also cover the access of children, adolescents and the disabled to creative employment services, which will be provided by municipal, private and public bodies, outside of school hours.

The same amendment amends – completes regulations for the program of subsidized jobs for young people from eighteen (18) to twenty-nine (29) years without previous service, with the name “First Badge”, under the special conditions, for the first six ( 6) months from their recruitment. Specifically:

a. The amount of the awarded grant will now amount to three thousand six hundred (3,600) euros for a period of six (6) months [από χίλια διακόσια (1.200) ευρώ που ίσχυε)] for each job and will be paid as follows:

– amount of one thousand eight hundred (1,800) euros [από εξακόσια (600) ευρώ που ίσχυε] will be paid directly to the new recruit,

– amount of one thousand eight hundred (1,800) euros [από εξακόσια (600) ευρώ που ίσχυε] will be paid directly to the employer of the newly hired young person, to cover part of the salary expense.

b. It is foreseen that the said Program, as amended by the provisions to be voted, has a duration until 31.12.2022 and until the exhaustion of the budgeted amount.

Source: AMPE