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To benefit from the allowance, the applicant must have the child in her/his personal data file and actually live with him/her.

The application for the allowance can be submitted by women who do not receive the maternity allowance provided by INPS (or other social security bodies) nor any economic treatment (salary) from the employer for the maternity period.
Furthermore, women who benefit from an economic treatment of an amount lower than the amount of the allowance can request the allowance (in this case the allowance is due for the differential portion).

Mothers of:

• children in pre-adoptive foster care;
• children received for adoption without foster care. In such cases, the minors must not have exceeded 6 years of age at the time of pre-adoptive foster care or adoption without foster care. For foster care and international adoptions, minors must not, however, be over the age of majority;
• newborns recognized by the mother alone.

The application must be submitted within six months of the date of birth.
In the case of adoption or pre-adoptive foster care, the six-month period starts from the date of entry of the minor into the registered family of the woman who receives him/her for adoption or foster care.

The amount of the monthly maternity allowance, due in full, for births, pre-adoptive placements and adoptions without foster care, which took place from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024, is equal to 404,17 euros for five months and , therefore, a total of 2.020,85 euros.

The entry requirements are:

1. residence in the territory of the State at the time of the birth of the child or at the time of entry into one's registered family of a minor received in pre-adoptive foster care or in adoption without foster care;
2. residence in the Municipality of Milan at the time of submission of the request;
3. be in one of the following conditions:
   • Italian citizenship or one of the European Union countries;
   • non-EU citizenship with political refugee or subsidiary protection status; 
   • non-EU long-term resident citizenship;
   • non-EU citizenship in possession of a single work permit (family, work, waiting for employment, child care) lasting more than six months;
   • non-EU citizenship in possession of another residence permit lasting at least one year;
   • family member of an Italian citizen, EU citizen or long-term resident, holder of the right of residence.
4. minor children must be resident in the Municipality of Milan and registered in the same personal data sheet as the applicant, for the entire period of payment of the allowance;
5. being a housewife or unemployed or not having benefited from any form of economic protection for maternity from the INPS or the employer for the maternity period, or having received benefits lower than the value of the allowance, or €2.020,85 for the year 2024;
6. have not exceeded €20.221,13 of ISEE value for the year 2024 (ordinary ISEE valid for subsidized services aimed at minors);
7. if the son or daughter was not born in Italy or is not a citizen of a European Union state, he/she must be in possession of a residence permit, i.e. he/she must be registered on the residence permit of one of the parents .

All the requirements required for admission to the benefit must be met at the time of submitting the application, under penalty of exclusion from the same

The family unit relevant for the calculation of the ISEE is made up of:

• applicant;
• spouse;
• other subjects belonging to the registered family;
• minor for whom the benefit is requested.

Furthermore, the following must be considered in the family unit:

• dependent subjects for IRPEF purposes even if not present in the applicant's personal data sheet;
• the spouse who is not legally separated, i.e. "de facto" separated, even if not registered in the same personal data sheet as the applicant.

De facto separated spouses they do not have to be declared by the requesting spouse when the following situations occur:

• when the different residence is permitted following a temporary and urgent provision from the Judicial Authority (provision pending separation proceedings);
• when the spouse has been excluded from the responsibility of the children or a measure of removal from the family residence has been adopted;
• when there is abandonment of the spouse ascertained in jurisdiction or by the public authority competent for social services;
• when separation has been proposed following the final conviction of the spouse for particularly serious crimes.

The right to the allowance starts from the date of birth, pre-adoptive foster care or adoption without foster care and can last for a maximum period of five months, provided that the newborn is registered in the applicant's personal data sheet for the entire period.

The right ceases if the newborn is registered in a registry card different from that of the applicant; in this case the right to the allowance ceases from the first day of the month following the month in which this requirement is no longer met.