Emergency Ordinance 63/2022 has as its object the establishment of temporary measures, consisting in petty material support, until 31.12.2023, for certain categories of vulnerable persons, provided for in this ordinance.

The material support for vulnerable categories of persons is intended to compensate part of the food expenses for ensuring daily subsistence, by granting social vouchers on electronic support, for purchasing food products or providing hot meals, in order to protect against the risk of material deprivation and the risk of extreme poverty.

Categories of beneficiaries

1. Pensioners of the public pension system who are registered with the pension houses

2. Persons – children and adults – with severe, accentuated, or medium degree of disability, whose incomes are less than or equal to 1500 lei.

3. Families with at least two dependent children, whose net monthly income per family member is less than or equal to 600 lei.

4. Single-parent families whose net monthly income per family member is less than or equal to 600 lei.

5. Families who have established the right to social assistance, in accordance with law 416/2001.

6. Homeless persons as regulated by the legal provisions in force.

Granting the electronic social voucher
The electronic social voucher for food/hot meals for homeless persons is granted based on a self-responsibility application-declaration, accompanied by a copy of the identity card and supporting documents regarding incomes obtained from occasional work in the month prior to submitting the application.

Based on the applications and the self-responsibility declarations submitted, the city hall draws up the centralized list of persons who meet the conditions for granting support.

The centralized list is sent electronically by the 5th of the month to the County Agency for Payments and Social Inspection, which centralizes the lists at county level within two days and sends them to the National Agency for Payments and Social Inspection at the national level.