Sociální zabezpečení rodin s dětmi

• Main Author: Janková, Eva
• Other Authors: Vysokajová, Margerita
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: Czech
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-274703

For circumstances of need, people are secured be three systems, i.e. by social insurance, state social support and social assistance. Through the state social support the state contributes mainly to families with dependent children who are faced with a recognized social situation that the family is unable to cope with via its own efforts and means. The system applies the solidarity principle between high-income families and lowincome families, as well as between childless families and those with children. The system of the state social support was established in 1995 and is regulated by Act No 117/1995 Coll. on State Social Support, as amended. The state social support is a noncontributory system financed from the state budget. The system is applied in cases, where family's own financial means are deemed insufficient to maintain a basic standard of living. State social support benefits are currently the main form of financial support for families with children in various difficult social situations. The system is based on income testing, there is no means test. A person is entitled to receive benefits if he or she and other people living in a common household have permanent residency in the Czech Republic. Applications for the state social support, which must be filled out forms prescribed by the Ministry...