The number of beneficiaries of the Minimum Vital Income in Andalusia amounts to 487,743 who reside in 166,875 households, according to the latest statistics published by the National Institute of Social Security until the end of December. Throughout the national territory, the number of beneficiaries totals 1,542,675, who live in 549,670 households.
Paid for by the Social Security, this benefit is helping to reduce child poverty since, of the total number of beneficiaries, 57.7% are minors (281,584). In addition, if we consider the number of households, in 70.5% there is at least one minor (117,706).
According to these data, in most households a woman is the holder of the benefit, being 71.5%, and, if the total number of beneficiaries is taken into account, 54% are women, 263,667 out of 487,743.
Regarding the number of benefits with the Child Support Supplement (CAPI), there are already 99.362. The ICSC, which entered into force on January 1, is an aid of 100 euros per household per month for children from 0 to 3 years old; 70 euros per month for each child between 3 and 6 years old and 50 euros per month for each child between 6 and 18 years old.
News in 2022: More itineraries, Social Seal and IMV bus
The IMV, as conceived, is not just a benefit; it is the most ambitious policy that has been launched in Spain to end situations of severe poverty and to achieve the full integration of people who are in social exclusion.
In 2022, the Ministry of Inclusion has taken important steps to deepen its scope and extension, such as the launch of the information bus that travels through Spain to serve vulnerable people, potential beneficiaries of the benefit, who have not requested it. In the first stage of its tour, the bus has served more than 1,700 people in 14 municipalities and districts.
This year, the second package of pilot projects of inclusion routes linked to the Minimum Vital Income has also been deployed through 18 new agreements with autonomous communities, municipalities and third sector entities, in which 130,000 IMV recipients and regional minimum incomes participate throughout the national territory. Through these itineraries, the aim is to reduce the vulnerabilities of these homes by affecting various aspects such as education, digitalization, employment, social accompaniment or health.
The Ministry of Inclusion has also awarded this year the first Social Seal, a distinction that recognizes companies, organizations and institutions for their work of socio-labor insertion in favor of the beneficiaries of the IMV.
In addition, the National Plan to Respond to the Economic and Social Consequences of the Ukrainian War approved an extraordinary increase of 15% in the amounts of IMV aid, which will be maintained in 2023.
Entry into force of the employment incentive
With the beginning of the year 2023, the employment incentive comes into force, which reinforces the set of policies that make up the IMV and which is oriented to the beneficiary that enters the labor market or increases the number of hours of employment, in the case that he is already working, is guaranteed that his disposable income is higher than what he would have had without incentive, with an increase that is diminishing as labor returns increase. The incentive is calculated ex officio when the IMV is reviewed, in the event that there are changes in the income of the recipient's work.