From November 2012 more than 600,000 children will be the subject of regular child benefit bonuses made in kind in the form of ‘Erzsébet’ vouchers. The vouchers can only be used to purchase food products, educational materials and clothing, thus encouraging recipients to use them exclusively for the benefit of their children.
Regular child benefit bonuses to those on low incomes, which were formerly paid in cash, will be issued twice a year. The current bonus is HUF 5,800.
Further information is available on www.erzsebetutalvany.hu.
(Office of the Human Rights Working Group)