Reimbursement for the purchase of baby essentials
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What it foreseest
These measures, described below, will be provided up to a ceiling of EUR 5,000,000 and will be available on a trial basis until 31 December 2024.
Reimbursement for the purchase of baby essentials
Who is it for and what are the requirements?
Persons subject to international protection (refugee status, subsidiary protection and asylum seekers), temporary and special protection provided by the Employment Agency, or attending training courses provided for them by Formatemp, are entitled to reimbursement of the cost of necessary childcare equipment for children up to 3 years of age (e.g. buggy, changing table, cot, baby food, etc.).
Necessary expenses for the care of a child up to the age of 3, if the applicant is not eligible for the Nursery School Contribution benefit, also include childcare and baby-sitting services to allow the parent(s) to attend the training course.
The applicant must have an employment contract or be attending the training course provided by Formatemp under this agreement on the date the item was purchased.
Only purchases made after 24 February 2022 will be reimbursed (the date of the purchase receipt must be after that date) and in any case until 31 December 2024 with a receipt issued in Italy.
Please note that the above requirements must be met between 24 February 2022 and 31 December 2024.
What are you entitled to?
Reimbursement of expenses for the purchase of goods necessary for the care of your child up to 3 years of age (e.g. buggy, changing table, cot, baby food etc.). The reimbursement is granted for each child up to a maximum of EUR 800 gross of the taxes required by law. A maximum of 6 applications may be submitted per child, and in any case within the maximum limit of EUR 800 gross of the taxes required by law. Reimbursement cannot be granted based on expenditure documents from which the purchased goods cannot be identified.
Payment may be made to an IBAN card such as Poste Pay Evolution or by direct credit. For direct credit transfers, payment is permitted up to a maximum threshold of EUR 1,500; for higher amounts, an IBAN in the name of the person under international or temporary protection must be indicated.
Payments to non-SEPA foreign current accounts are not allowed.
What do you have to do?
The application must be sent no later than 30 June 2025 in one of the following ways:
- through theMy Ebitemp* members area, where you can monitor the progress of your application and upload any missing documentation;
*Please note that the only recognised method of receipt of applications received with the support of the Territorial Trade Union offices is through the MyEbitemp platform; registered post and certified emails are not accepted.
The benefit in question is subject to a ceiling of EUR 5,000,000 (to cover the entire package of benefits for persons subject to international protection – refugee status, subsidiary protection and asylum seekers – temporary and special protection) and will be available on a trial basis until 31 December 2024.
If the required documentation is missing, Ebitemp will suspend the process and send the worker a request for additional documentation, which must be received within 120 calendar days. After this, if no additional documentation has been received, the application will be considered withdrawn and therefore rejected.
The benefit in question is subject to a ceiling of €5,000,000 (allocated in total to the entire package of benefits aimed at supporting persons subject to international protection - refugee status, subsidiary protection and asylum seekers - temporary protection and special protection) and has an experimental duration until 31.12.2024.
If the required documentation is missing, Ebitemp will suspend the process and send the worker a request for additional documentation, which must be received within 120 calendar days. After this, if no additional documentation has been received, the application will be considered withdrawn and therefore rejected.
The deadline for submission of the application, by those who will meet the access requirements by 31 December 2024, is 30 June 2025.
Required documentation
Documents to attach:
- Photocopy of an identity document (identity card or passport) and the tax code* of the person subject to international or temporary protection;
- Residence permit or a copy of the receipt attesting to the submission of an application for international protection (refugee status, subsidiary protection and asylum seekers), temporary or special protection;
- Self-declaration of attendance on the Formatemp training course (form on the Ebitemp website) or certificate of course attendance, if any;
- Certification of family status;**
- Photocopy of the child's tax code;***
- Child's birth certificate;****
- Proof of expenditure (receipt, invoice, etc.) for the purchase of your child's essential items (proof of expenditure must relate to purchases made in Italy);
- Summary of expense documents attached to the application;
- Ebitemp privacy form.
If the benefits are paid to a minor:
- family status or self-declaration available on the Ebitemp website.
Where the person subject to international, temporary or special protection is employed by an employment agency:
- A copy of the fixed-term work contract and any extensions, and the last pay slip;
- Copy of the open-ended work contract and last pay slip.
If the person under international, temporary or special protection is attending a Formatemp training course dedicated to this specific target group:
- Self-declaration of attendance on the Formatemp training course (form on the Ebitemp website) or certificate of course attendance, if any;
In addition, only for the reimbursement of care and babysitting services: - Taxable expense document, with the following specifications: - Payment holder; - Tax code of the minor for whom the service was provided; - Date of delivery and type of service provided.
*if you do not have a permanent tax code because you are still waiting for your international protection status to be recognised, you must produce a copy of the receipt attesting to the submission of your application for international protection, which shows the temporary tax code assigned to you
**if you do not have your family status certificate because you are still waiting for the international, temporary or special protection status to be recognised, you must submit a copy of the application for protection (which includes the family status data) or a self-certification of your family status.
***if you do not have a permanent tax code for your child because they are still waiting for their international, temporary or special protection status to be recognised, you must produce a copy of the receipt attesting to the submission of the application for protection that shows the temporary tax code assigned to them
**** if you do not have the child's birth certificate, you may submit a copy of the application for international protection (which contains the child's date of birth), temporary protection and special protection.
Provisions common to all of the above extraordinary benefits
It is specified that all the support and reception measures listed above may be allocated to recipients who have been initiated in Formatemp training courses dedicated to them, although not yet laid out in the skills audit. This is also applicable in relation to applications already submitted and suspended due to the absence from the skill audits themselves.
If the required documentation is missing, Ebitemp will suspend the process and send the request for additional documentation, which must be received within 120 calendar days, after which, if no additional documentation is received, the application will be considered waived and therefore rejected.
If the application was not submitted using the correct benefit section of the portal/paper application form, the submitted application will be cancelled and a new application will have to be submitted in accordance with the deadlines set out in the relevant regulation. The date of receipt of the new submission will be the decisive date for processing the application.
In order to guarantee the provision of the requested service, Ebitemp reserves the right to request additional and different documentation from that indicated above.
It should be noted that requests submitted by minors must be signed by someonewith parental authority.
Ebitemp will monitor the overall trend of the individual extraordinary benefits dedicated to persons subject to international protection - refugee status, subsidiary protection and asylum seekers - temporary protection and special protection, in order to assess the demand and possible corrective actions.
The assessment and approval of applications is subject to the sole discretion of the Performance Committee.
In order to protect its rights, Ebitemp reserves every right, including the right to take legal action, in the event of false declarations or forged documents or in any case in the event of behaviour that could potentially constitute a civil or criminal offence.