Benefits
State Benefits
Citizens of the Republic of Armenia, foreign citizens residing in the Republic of Armenia and holding a right of residence, stateless persons, as well as persons holding refugee status in the Republic of Armenia shall have the right to state benefit, unless otherwise provided for by this Law.
Beneficiaries
To be registered in the vulnerability assessment system, one of the adult members of the family (hereinafter referred to as the applicant) must apply to the territorial center of the Unified Social Service serving their place of residence, presenting the relevant documents.
On the Procedure for Granting and Paying Vulnerability Allowance and Assessing Family Vulnerability
Vulnerability Allowance
A family recognized as socially vulnerable under the family vulnerability assessment procedure approved by the decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia shall have the right to a vulnerability allowance, provided that the monthly income per calculated member of the family is lower than the vulnerability allowance eligibility threshold established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia for the given year /AMD 35,875 for the year 2026/, and the vulnerability allowance amount calculated for the family is higher than the minimum vulnerability allowance amount established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia for the given year.
Three-Month Emergency Assistance
A family recognized as socially vulnerable under the Assessment Procedure, which does not have the right to a vulnerability allowance, shall have the right to a three-month emergency assistance, provided that the monthly income per calculated member of the family is lower than 130 percent of the vulnerability allowance eligibility threshold established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia for the given year /AMD 35,875 for the year 2026/.
Lump-Sum Emergency Assistance for a Child's Enrolment into the First Grade
A family holding the right to a vulnerability allowance as of the month of application shall have the right to a lump-sum emergency assistance for a child's enrolment into the first grade, provided that one of its minor members has been admitted to the first grade of a general education institution.
For the purpose of granting the vulnerability allowance and the three-month emergency assistance, one of the adult members of the family, with the written or electronic consent of the other adult members, shall submit an application approved under the Assessment Procedure online through a personal account. Color photocopies of the originals of the necessary documents shall be attached to the application, which are then compiled into the family's electronic social case file.
To receive the lump-sum emergency assistance for a child's enrolment into the first grade, one of the adult members of the family shall submit an application online to the regional center in accordance with the procedure established by legislation.
- The application must be submitted by one of the adult members of the family.
- The registered place of residence in the State Population Register must correspond to the documents submitted by the applicant.
- More detailed information regarding the application process and the necessary documents can be obtained from the regional center of the Unified Social Service of the place of residence.
On Social Assistance for Covering Accommodation and Other Expenses of Certain Groups of Persons Displaced from Karabakh
Within the framework of the program, social assistance shall be provided in the form of a monthly monetary assistance for the months from April 2025 to December 2026 inclusive. The monthly amount of social assistance shall be AMD 30,000 for each beneficiary.
- Persons with a 1st or 2nd group disability, or with a profound or severe degree of functional limitation;
- Persons aged 63 and over;
- Persons receiving a benefit or pension for the loss of a breadwinner;
- Children under the age of 18, including persons who have attained the age of 18 and are studying in general education institutions, or preliminary vocational or middle vocational education institutions, whose data are included in the lists of beneficiaries of the lump-sum monetary social assistance within the framework of the measure approved by Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia No. 1675-L of October 3, 2023, or in the lists provided by the Operational Headquarters of persons who are residents of Nagorno-Karabakh and were present in the Republic of Armenia as of September 19, 2023.
To receive the assistance, a one-time application shall be submitted electronically up to and including December 15, 2026.
The applicant shall access the "Online Applications" section from the service's social.welfare.gov.am website, select the title of the measure, and submit an online application by filling in the following data in the application:
- The first name, last name, identification document number, or Public Services Number (PSN);
- The first name, last name, identification document series and number, or Public Services Number (PSN) of themselves or the child under the age of 18 under their guardianship;
- The feedback email address and mobile phone number;
- The payment card number attached to their bank account and the name of the bank;
- The locality;
- The actual residential address.
Measure on Additional Emergency Social Assistance to Vulnerable Families Displaced from Karabakh
Social assistance shall be provided in the form of a monthly monetary assistance for the months from June 2025 to December 2026 inclusive.
The monthly amount of social assistance for the family shall be calculated based on the number of displaced members within the family.
The monthly amount of social assistance shall be:
- AMD 40,000 for the first forcibly displaced member of the family;
- AMD 10,000 for each subsequent forcibly displaced member of the family, starting from the second forcibly displaced member.
Vulnerable families displaced from Karabakh shall be eligible to receive emergency social assistance if the data of their members are included in the lists of beneficiaries of the lump-sum monetary social assistance within the framework of the measure approved by Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia No. 1675-L of October 3, 2023, or in the lists provided by the Operational Headquarters of persons who are residents of Nagorno-Karabakh and were present in the Republic of Armenia as of September 19, 2023, or in the database of displaced persons who were displaced as a result of the military operations unleashed by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh after September 19, 2023, and registered by the Migration and Citizenship Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, or if they are persons who have obtained beneficiary status as a result of decisions made by the relevant commission established for the purpose of examining individual cases of families that applied for the state housing support program for families forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh approved by Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia No. 710-L of May 16, 2024, but did not initially receive beneficiary status. Families whose monthly income per member is lower than AMD 55,000 shall be considered vulnerable families. A child under the age of 18 whose parent, guardian, or trustee is a displaced member of the given family shall also be considered a displaced member.
To receive the assistance, the applicant shall create a personal account on the e-social.am platform, through which they shall select the relevant measure from the "Overcoming Difficult Life Situations" section and submit the online application.
For this purpose, the applicant shall access the e-social.am website, create a personal account by authenticating through the State Population Register, and submit:
- The first name, last name, identification document number, or Public Services Number (PSN) of themselves and their family members;
- The feedback email address and mobile phone number;
- The locality;
- The residential address;
- The payment card number attached to their bank account and the name of the bank.
Provision of Compensation for Monetary Deposits Invested in the Republican Bank of the Armenian SSR of the Former USSR Savings Bank Before June 10, 1993
The following persons who invested monetary deposits in Soviet rubles in the Republican Bank of the Armenian SSR of the Former USSR Savings Bank up to and including June 10, 1993, shall have the right to receive compensation for those deposits:
- Persons born up to and including December 31, 1944 (hereinafter referred to as the elderly), including cases where the deposit was invested by a deceased spouse during their joint marital life;
- Persons who participated in the combat operations for the defense of the Republic of Armenia, including cases where the deposit was invested by a deceased spouse during their joint marital life.
- Persons registered in the State Population Register as of August 1, 2014, in the communities included in the list of Annex No. 1 to Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia No. 1444-N of December 18, 2014, as well as persons conscripted from those communities who were in compulsory term-based military service as of August 1, 2014, including cases where the deposit was invested by a deceased spouse during their joint marital life.
- Persons who have inherited a deposit invested in the name of servicemen, volunteers killed, or persons gone missing while participating in the combat operations for the defense of the Republic of Armenia, or during combat duty, or while performing a special assignment.