What criteria must be met to become a recipient of assistance for ...?

State social assistance is assigned and paid to low-income families who permanently live on the territory of Ukraine and, for valid or independent reasons, have an average monthly total income less than the subsistence minimum for the family.

The following incomes are included in the average monthly total income:

• salary in the amount remaining after paying personal income tax;

• financial support of military personnel;

• pension, monthly lifetime financial maintenance of retired judges;

• stipend, including the amount of its indexation calculated in accordance with the law (except for the social stipend, which is provided to orphans, children deprived of parental care, and persons from their number);

• social payments, which are assigned by the structural subdivisions on issues of social protection of the population of the district, district in mm. Kyiv and Sevastopol state administrations, executive bodies of city councils of cities of regional significance, district councils in cities (in case of formation) (hereinafter referred to as social protection authorities), including benefits for payment of housing and communal services, purchase of solid fuel and liquefied gas;

• unemployment benefit, other insurance payments, which are assigned by social insurance funds;

• money transfers received from abroad;

• dividends from securities;

• other incomes, information about which was received from the Social Security Administration and the Pension Fund of Ukraine, as well as incomes declared by the person.