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C. Income guarantee for the elderly and indemnity for help to the agedThere exist two types of benefits for the elderly: the income guarantee for the elderly and theindemnity for help to the aged.The income guarantee for the elderly (IGO - GRAPA) is a kind of integration income granted asfrom the age of 65 to both men and women.The conditions you should satisfy for entitlement are almost the same as those for the integrationincome. Here too, every grant is preceded by a means test. The income guarantee is a lump sumpannual amount (amounts on 1 July 2011) of:- 7,476.84 EUR for married or cohabiting persons (623.07 EUR per month);- 11,215.26 EUR for single persons (934.61 EUR per month).Given the individualisation of entitlement, two beneficiaries with the same principalresidence shall receive 14,953.68 EUR (1,246.1421.78 EUR per month) together.The indemnity for help to the aged is a subdivision of the benefits for the disabled as describedabove.To obtain this benefit, you usually have to satisfy the same administrative and medical conditionsas for the integration benefit. However, there is an important difference: the age condition, asyou can only obtain the indemnity for help to the aged as from the day you reach the age of 65.This indemnity cannot be accumulated with an integration allowance or an income substitutionallowance.Beneficiaries who already receive an integration or income substitution allowance, can continueto receive these allowances after their 65th birthday if that scheme is more generous to them.The final amount of this indemnity depends of the degree of autonomy (see the specific conditionsfor the integration benefit). With a score of less than 7 points, you do not receive any indemnity.With a higher score, you receive a maximum of (annual amounts on 1 July 2011):Category of autonomyCategory I (7 and 8 points)Category II (9 to 11 points)Category III (12 to 14 points)Category IV (15 and 16 points)Category V (17 and 18 points)Indemnity943.52 EUR3,601.61 EUR4,378.98 EUR5,156.12 EUR6,333.57 EUR76
D. Guaranteed family benefitsGuaranteed family benefits are reserved to children who, on the basis of a Belgian, foreign orinternational scheme, have no entitlement to family benefits at all. Guaranteed family benefitsare reserved for the most needy families. This breaks the link between labour of thebreadwinner and entitlement to family benefits.What do the guaranteed family benefits include? The guaranteed family benefits include thechild benefits, the social supplements, the orphan's benefits, the age supplements, the maternityfee, the adoption fee, the lump-sum special allowance for children placed in an institution to theaccount of a public authority and the yearly supplement to the guaranteed family benefits.Who can file the application? Everyone who pays all or the largest part of the costs for a childcan apply for guaranteed family benefits, on the condition that he or she lives in Belgium. If theperson concerned is neither subject to EC regulations regarding social security nor a stateless, anacknowledged political refugee or a citizen of a State that has ratified the European Social Charteror the (revised) European Social Charter, the applicant must have lived in Belgium for the pastfive years.However, the applicant does not have to fulfil the condition of a previous five-year stay in Belgiumwhen the application is made for a child to whom the EU Regulations with regard to socialsecurity apply, who is displaced, who is recognised as political refugee or who is subject of a statethat has ratified the European Social Charter or the Revised European Social Charter.The application must be sent to the National office for family benefits for salaried persons (RKW- ONAFTS).Which are the entitled children? Just like the applicant, the children too must actually reside inBelgium. Exceptionally, the child must have lived in Belgium without interruption for the pastfive years.Like in the other social assistance schemes, a means test is carried out. The means of existenceof the person with the dependent child - or his spouse or the person he or she lives together with- should not exceed 3,904.86 EUR per quarter (amount on 1 July 2011).The means of existence are raised with 20% for every beneficiary child starting from the secondchild. Guaranteed family benefits include the maternity fee, the ordinary child's allowance andthe age supplement.The application for guaranteed family benefits and for the maternity fee has to be filed with theNational office for family benefits for salaried persons.The family benefits, increased with the age supplement if applicable, are granted at the earliestas from the month that precedes the date on which the application was filed with one year. Theapplication for the maternity fee has to be filed within one year after the birth of the child.77
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social securityEverything you have
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Table of contentsPreface 3Table of
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IntroductionA. The importance of so
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FinancingThe financing in the three
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Statistics and budgetsIn the course
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Budget of the National Institute fo
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In the salaried persons' scheme, ev
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holidays and for children receiving
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Page 37 and 38: B.2. Career“Career years” are y
Page 39 and 40: C. Survivor's pensionsA survivor's
Page 41 and 42: Medical careWhat exactly is medical
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Page 45 and 46: Beneficiaries in a situation of con
Page 47 and 48: Income categories (in €) (2010)Am
Page 49 and 50: For an unemployed person, the amoun
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