Town Hall of Homocea Commune*

Minimum Inclusion Income (VMI) is a social assistance benefit granted to families and single persons in situations of difficulty, in order to prevent and combat poverty and the risk of social exclusion.

VMI is a benefit provided by Law no. 196/2016 regarding the minimum inclusion income and has two components:

1. SUPPORT FOR INCLUSION

• This component aims to prevent and combat poverty and the risk of social exclusion and replaces the social aid previously granted to ensure the guaranteed minimum income.

2. SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN

• This component is granted to families with dependent children up to the age of 18 and aims to prevent poverty and encourage children's participation in education, replacing the family support allowance.

A family or single person can benefit from only one component or both, depending on their income level, family composition, status as an elderly person, or children's participation in education.

To access VMI, it is necessary to submit a single application, regardless of whether the family/single person will benefit from one or both components of this social assistance benefit. Also, the granting of VMI is done through a single monthly payment, regardless of whether it is for one or both of its components.

VMI is not limited to granting a sum of money. This aid includes an integrated package of support measures in key areas, such as: employment, social services, education, health, and housing, all contributing to reducing the risk of poverty and social exclusion.

Social vouchers for kindergarten are granted to children enrolled in a preschool education unit and who are part of disadvantaged families. More precisely, in accordance with the provisions of art. 2 of Law 248/2015, amended and supplemented by Law no. 49/2020, the educational incentive in the form of social vouchers is granted:

• to children from families who have established the right to the minimum inclusion income granted under Law no. 196/2016 regarding the minimum inclusion income, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions
• by exception, the educational incentive is also granted to children in the care of the person designated by the parent for the maintenance of the child during the parents' absence, according to art. 104 of Law no. 272/2004 regarding the protection and promotion of children’s rights, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions, if the income per person, including the child in care, does not exceed the adjusted net level for granting the minimum inclusion income;
• only for children enrolled in a preschool education unit, according to National Education mostly Law no. 1/2011, with subsequent amendments and completions.

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Persons who meet the conditions for granting the child-rearing allowance can benefit from the insertion incentive (have earned income from salaries and salary-equivalent income, income from independent activities, income from agricultural, forestry, and fishery activities, subject to income tax, or have been in assimilated periods, at least 12 months in the last 24 months prior to the child’s birth, or, as the case may be, the date the adoption was approved, custody was granted, or placement or guardianship was established).

To grant the insertion incentive, the applicant must submit a request accompanied by supporting documents to the city hall of their domicile or residence. Among the required documents are:

• copy of the identity card and the child's birth certificate;
• documents certifying the relationship between the applicant and the child (for cases of placement, adoption, etc.);
• proof of income earned;
• documents confirming the fulfillment sup of the minimum contribution period;
• the document attesting to the suspension of activity for the child-rearing leave;
• other necessary documents for eligibility verification.

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• Children up to 2 years old, or up to 3 years old in the case of children with disabilities, benefit from a state allowance of 369 lei;
• Children between 2-18 years old, as well as young people who have reached the age of 18 and are attending high school or vocational education courses organized in accordance with the law, benefit from a state allowance of 185 lei.

This procedure targets monitoring the way of raising and caring for the child with parents working abroad, as well as those who have returned to the country after a period of stay abroad with their parents, longer than one year.

In the situation where both parents or the parent exercising sole parental authority or with whom the child lives is about to leave for work abroad, they are obliged to send/submit to the Social Assistance Department within Homocea Town Hall a written notification regarding the intention to work abroad, at least 40 days before departure, according to Law no. 272/2004 regarding the protection and promotion of children's rights, republished.

The obligation to notify the Social Assistance Department lies with all parents leaving for work abroad from the above-mentioned categories, regardless of whether working abroad involves or not the existence of a work contract.

The notification must include the following mandatory elements:

• identification data of the parents/parent who intend to work abroad
• identity data of the person in whose care the child will be left during the parent’s/parents’ absence from the country,
• the address where the child will live in the future, after the parent/parents leave,
• fulfillment by the person in whose care the child will be left of the conditions stipulated in art. 105, para. (1) of Law 272/2004, regarding their belonging to the extended family (to be a relative up to the fourth degree, including, with the minor – the person can be a grandparent, uncle/aunt, cousin, nephew, brother/sister, great-grandparent, sibling of a grandparent), age – minimum 18 years old and full capacity for exercise.

After receiving the notification, representatives of the Social Assistance Department will carry out a social investigation at the domicile of the person where the child will live during the delegation of parental rights, a document which will be included in the file to be sent to the court.

Parents/parent in the presented situation, will submit a request for temporary delegation of parental authority to the Adjud Court, which will contain the following information: identification data of parents/parent, child/children identification data, identification data of the person in whose care the child will be left, data regarding the workplace, the period during which the parent will be away.

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