The government approved the next program of social assistance in  connection with COVID-19

ArmInfo. On April 2, at the meeting of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, the next program was approved for assisting families who found themselves in a  difficult social situation in connection with the situation with  coronavirus.

As the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of the Republic of  Armenia Zaruhi Batoyan noted, assistance programs can be used by  families that have a child or children under the age of 18, and which  meet a number of requirements. So, the beneficiaries of the program  can be parents or a parent who, as of March 12, 2020, were not  officially registered at the place of work, or were not officially  hired during the period from March 12 to March 30, 2020. In addition,  families who are not involved before March 12, 2020 in the social  assistance system or who have a total score below 28.01 can use it.

The program also extends to non-working and single parents,  regardless of their status, and those whose business activities were  terminated by order of the government in connection with the  situation with coronavirus. Meanwhile, those families where parents  from January 1 to March 1, 2020 had permanent or temporary work, and  the parent's salary or the total salary of the parents exceeded 500  thousand drams will not be able to use it.

Another condition is the permanent residence of the parent / parents  and the child / children in Armenia, while on March 12-30, 2020, at  least one parent or child should have been in the country.  According  to Batoyan, this program provides for a lump sum payment of 26500  drams per child. It can also be used by those families that do not  fit the criteria of other assistance program..

Corresponding regulations will be developed until April 9, after  which the beneficiaries will be able to fill out online applications  on the website www.online.ssa.am.