1) The unified benefit will be available to families with children under 17 and pregnant women who registered early with a medical organisation.
The main criterion is the family’s per-capita income as determined in the region on the application date. The region can be chosen according to registered or actual residence. There are also income and property requirements.
2) The benefit may be 50% or 75%; if this is insufficient to improve the family's financial position, 100% is awarded.
3) Families owning one apartment, a country house and one car will receive benefits. Two cars are permitted if the family has many children or a member with a disability. Families with powerful cars exceeding 250 horsepower will not qualify, except families with four or more children.
4) Property seized, wanted, subject to registration restrictions or owned by children under guardianship is not counted, nor house shares totalling no more than one third for all family members.
5) The zero-income rule. Benefits are awarded if adult family members have earnings or objective reasons for not earning. A year’s income is used to assess need. If there was income in at least one month, or objective reasons for no income for 10 months, the benefit will not be refused.
6) Objective reasons for having no income include pregnancy; being the sole parent; caring for a child under 3, a person with disabilities or someone over 80; full-time study without a scholarship; continuous treatment for 3 months, or a child’s continuous treatment for one family member; unemployment status for no more than 6 months; compulsory military service and the following 3 months; or serving a sentence and the following 3 months.
7) In addition to this benefit, parents of children under three may receive a payment from maternity capital. Income per family member must not exceed twice the regional per capita subsistence minimum. The payment equals the region's subsistence minimum for children. Both figures are taken as of the application date.