The state allowance for children provided by Law no. 61/1993 regarding the state allowance for children, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions, is granted to all children up to the age of 18, Romanian citizens, without discrimination, as well as to young people who have reached the age of 18, who are attending high school or vocational education organized according to the law, until their completion.

State allowance for children is also granted to children of foreign citizens, as well as to children of stateless persons residing in Romania, under the conditions of the law, if they live together with their parents.

Applications for the establishment of the state allowance for children and documents proving the fulfillment of the legal conditions for granting this right are submitted and registered at the town hall of the commune, town, municipality, or respectively the sectors of Bucharest, within whose territorial jurisdiction the legal representatives of the children have their domicile or residence, as the case may be.

The right to state allowance for children is established by decision of the executive director of the county social benefits agencies.