Forms of Financial Support

At times, residents find themselves in social situations when they can apply to different institutions for allowances and benefits. These benefits are provided by social insurance, state social benefits and social assistance.

Help for Families with Children

  • Maternity pay – Paid by the Social Insurance Agency; due to pregnancy or caring for a newborn child. More information ↗︎ >
  • Support during pregnancy – Paid by the Social Insurance Agency; this benefit is to provide the pregnant insured woman with an income that will be used to cover the increased expenses during pregnancy. More information ↗︎ >
  • Pregnancy grant – Paid by the higher education institution (university); to cover in particular the expenditure related to a pregnant student's state of health, special material needs and preparation for the birth of a child. More information ↗︎ >
  • Compensatory benefit – It is paid by the Social Insurance Agency; to an employee, if, due to her pregnancy, she is reassigned to another job, and the work to which she is reassigned, attracts, through no fault of her own, a lower income than before reassignment. More information ↗︎ >
  • Childbirth allowance – Paid by the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family; to cover the expenses associated with provision of necessities for a newborn. More information ↗︎ >
  • Parental allowance – Paid by the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family; to cover the expenses associated with provision of necessities for a newborn. More information ↗︎ >
  • Child Benefits - Paid by the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family; for the upbringing and maintenance of a dependant child, and as a partial payment for school supplies in order to meet the requirements on dependant child associated with school attendance. More information ↗︎ >
  • Childcare allowance –paid by the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family to the parent or a guardian who is caring for the child and pays childcare expenses. More information ↗︎ >
  • Substitute childcare support – Paid by the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family; the payment is to ensure the maintenance of dependant child if the obliged person (parent or guardian) does not comply with the final court maintenance order or a court approved arrangement. More information ↗︎ >
  • Fostered child allowance – A group of allowances paid by the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family; to dependant children and foster parents. This could be for example, a recurring allowance for a child or foster parent, or a one-off contribution payment to a child at the time of entering or leaving foster care. More information ↗︎ >
  • Travel allowance - Can be paid by the municipality to the parent of the child, which is placed in the Centre for Children and Family in order to maintain relations between the child and the parent. More information ↗︎ >
  • Financial support for care leavers – young adult – Paid by:
    • the Centre for Children and Families (= children's home) will make a one-off financial contribution to the young adult care leaver, to aid in becoming independent and to provide housing and necessities connected to housing, as well as training for work, up to the maximum amount of 15 times the living subsistence minimum for dependant child.
    • if they are entitled to an allowance from the Centre, a young adult may apply to their local municipality/city for the amount of 30% of the contribution provided by the Centre. More information about how to apply for financial support at the Bratislava municipality can be found below

Assistance for People in Social Crisis

Allowances for the Elderly, Sick and People with Severe Disabilities

  • State old-age pension – Paid by the Social Insurance Agency; aim is to provide income to those of old age. More information ↗︎ >
  • Disability pension – Paid by the Social Insurance Agency; provision of income for insured person if they become less able to work due to their long-term illness. More information ↗︎ >
  • Carer’s allowance – Paid by the Social Insurance Agency; it is a sickness benefit provided to those who provide personal, all-day care for their sick relative. More information ↗︎ >
  • Sickness allowance – Paid by the Social Insurance Agency; if the insured person has been recognised as sick or temporarily incapacitated for work or has been ordered to quarantine. More information ↗︎ >
  • Financial contributions to compensate severely disabled people – Paid by the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family; these are various types of financial contributions to compensate for social disadvantages of severely disabled, e.g. Personal Assistant allowance, Carer's allowance, Mobility allowance for the purchase of a passenger car, Travel allowance, Extra costs contribution to compensate for increased expenses due to disability. More information ↗︎ >

Other Contributions and Benefits

  • Widow's, Widower's and Orphan's Pension – Paid by the Social Insurance Agency to relatives of the deceased person. More information ↗︎ >
  • Funeral allowance – Paid by the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family to relatives of the deceased person.. More information ↗︎ >
  • Resocialisation allowance (The prison discharge grant) – Paid by the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family; it is intended for resocialisation of persons released from prison, particularly to obtain necessary personal items and documents. More information ↗︎ >
  • Discounts on goods and services – Various social groups (seniors, students, people in crisis) have often the opportunity to benefit from discounts, e.g., on transport, on fees in various institutions, from private companies, etc. More information can be found on websites of relevant organisations.

Young Adult Care Leaver Grant

Bratislava, the Capital of the Slovak Republic, provides a financial grant for the young adults leaving the care pursuant to Section 69 of Act No. 305/2005 Coll. on Social and Legal Protection of Children and on Social Guardianship, as amended.

What you need to make an application?

A young adult who is entitled to apply for Young Adult Care Leaver Grant pursuant to Section 68 of Act No. 305/2005 Coll.  ↗︎ will be provided a grant by the city to the amount of 30% of the financial contribution for the Young Adult Care Leavers according to Section 68, and under the following conditions:

  • if the young adult applies for the allowance within 30 days of leaving the care,
  • had a permanent residency in Bratislava at the time of their placement in the Centre for Children and Family,
  • as long as the young adult care leaver has not been granted a child savings allowance by the municipality under the cited Act in force before 31.5.2018.

You can send the completed application by post to the following address (Postal date stamp is important in decision making:

Magistrát hlavného mesta SR Bratislavy   Sekcia sociálnych vecí  Primaciálne námestie 1,  814 99  Bratislava

Alternatively, you can drop it off at our Filing Department desk at the City Hall, Primaciálne námestie 1.

Contact

If you would like more information, you can contact us via email.

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