FOOD CHECK. The government has announced the introduction of new exceptional back-to-school aid, which for the time being replaces the food check. Date of payment, amount, beneficiaries… Know everything.
[Mis à jour le 13 juillet 2022 à 16h20] The food check should not come out of the ground before at least the first quarter of 2023. In the meantime, the government has decided to set up an emergency bonus to allow the lowest wages and the poorest to fight against the increase of inflation. Indeed, the consumer price index is still climbing, and the inflation rate was officially announced by INSEE on Wednesday July 13 (5,8% in June 2022 over twelve rolling months). De facto, theexceptional back-to-school assistance has already been announced and will be paid from October 1, 2022 !
Not less than 8 millions households are concerned, which concerns in total, 14 millions of French. The amount of this aid is 100 euros plus 50 euros per additional dependent child. In other words, for a family of two children, the aid will amount to 200 euros. A maneuver estimated at 1 billion euros. The scholarship students and beneficiaries of social minima will be given priority in obtaining this new bonus in an attempt to fight against the rise in inflation, which is detrimental to the purchasing power of the most modest (5.8% in June over one year).
Who will be able to benefit from this new aid from the start of the 2022 school year? Or rather, exceptional back-to-school aid as the government baptized this emergency aid during the last Council of Ministers, Thursday July 7, 2022.
The scholarship studentsthe beneficiaries of housing benefits (APL) even if they no longer live with their parents as well as the beneficiaries of social minima such as RSA, ASS, AAH, or ASPA. The Caf should be in charge of the payment for the beneficiaries of social minima (as for the payment of the first inflation bonus), Employment center for job seekers, or theUrsaf for the independents. Be careful however, the executive has not yet given a directive in this direction.
The implementation of the food check has proven to be more complex than expected for the executive and has seen several dates being brought forward over the months. Finally, the government decided during the Council of Ministers of July 7, theexceptional back-to-school assistance which for the time being replaces the food check will be paid from October 1, 2022 !
Obtaining the food voucher should be conditional on the income level of the beneficiaries. Recipients of certain social benefits should in particular be concerned, such as beneficiaries of APL, RSA, AAH or even Aspa. Apart from that, the payment should be made automatically via a bank transfer without any action on the part of the beneficiaries. In total, the 8 million poorest French people will be able to benefit from this new inflation bonus or food emergency bonus at the start of the 2022 school year, i.e. 14 million people. This exceptional back-to-school assistance will also benefit the scholarship students and to the beneficiaries of theASS.
The amount of the food check or exceptional back-to-school assistance was made official by Government spokesperson Olivia Grégoire during a trip near Nantes on Thursday, June 29. It will be 100 euro plus 50 euro per additional dependent child. The information was confirmed during the Council of Ministers on July 7, 2022. For a family with two children, the aid will therefore increase to 200 euros, due to the two dependent children.
For the time being, we do not know who pays the inflation bonus according to the status of the beneficiaries. Referring to the organizations paying the first inflation bonus distributed to 38 million French people at the start of the year, here is who from the Caf or Pôle Emploi, for example, will pay this exceptional back-to-school assistance. For the moment, no decision has been made:
- Caf : recipients of social minima
- Employment center : jobseekers
- Scholarship students : Crous
- Officials : Etat
- Retired : CNAV
- Employees : employer
- Independents : Ursaf