05.12.2022

HOW WILL THE NEW SINGLE HEATING ASSISTANCE BE RELEASED?

The National Social Security Institute informed about the procedure by which the new one-time financial aid for heating in the amount of BGN 300, which was voted by the Council of Ministers at the end of November, will be granted.

The funds will be paid once in the period from December 12, 2022 to December 23, 2022, according to the way in which individuals receive other social payments, the department specified.

The aid of BGN 300 will be provided as follows to:

- Parents or adoptive parents raising children with permanent disabilities and receiving monthly allowances;

- Families who receive monthly allowances for a child without the right to an inheritance pension from a deceased parent;

- Families of loved ones and relatives, as well as foster families, receiving monthly social assistance for the child placed in their family;

- War veterans, war disabled and war injured, assisted by the Social Assistance Agency under the Law on War Veterans and the Law on War Disabled and War Injured;

- People with disabilities with over 90 percent degree of disability with certain foreign assistance, receiving a disability pension due to a general illness or due to an occupational accident or occupational disease, or a social disability pension, who are granted monthly financial support under the Law on People with Disabilities;

- Persons and families who suffered from fires, floods and other natural disasters in 2022, to whom one-time assistance was granted in accordance with Art. 16 of the Regulations for the Implementation of the Law on Social Assistance.

In order to receive this assistance, it is not necessary to submit applications to the "Social Assistance" directorates at the current address. The funds will be disbursed ex officio on the basis of a list approved by the director of the relevant "Social Assistance" directorate, according to the National Social Security Institute.

The institute draws attention to the fact that the new heating aid will not be provided to individuals and families who for this heating season have already received targeted heating aid of BGN 623.55 or one-time financial support for heating to compensate for the increased prices of energy sources of BGN 400, as well as to individuals and families who received in 2022 one-time assistance to meet an incidental need.

This is the third measure within the framework of the government's policy towards risk groups. About 370-380 thousand people during this heating season are beneficiaries of the support provided by the state.