The Minimum Living Income salary in Castilla-La Mancha reaches 20,536 households with a total of 61,938 beneficiaries

The Minimum Vital Income (IMV) reaches 20,536 households in Castilla-La Mancha, in which 61,938 people live, according to the statistics published by the National Institute of Social Security until the end of December. This benefit, which is paid by the Social Security, is having a special impact on the reduction of child poverty in the region since 44% of the total beneficiaries are minors (27,984), compared to 33,954 adult beneficiaries.

The sex of the holder of the approved files corresponds to 13,393 women and 7,143 men in Castilla-La Mancha.

Regarding the number of benefits with the Child Support Supplement (CAPI), there are 12,304 beneficiaries in the region. 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.

The largest number of beneficiaries in the region is concentrated in the province Ciudad Real with 20,291 people, followed by Toledo with 19,118 and Albacete with 13,669. At a greater distance are the provinces of Cuenca and Guadalajara with 4,617 and 4,243 beneficiaries respectively.

Regarding the type of household that accumulates the highest figures in this benefit in Castilla-La Mancha, 3,997 correspond to households with only one adult, followed by households with two adults and two minors (3,541), households with two adults and more than two minors (2,738) and households in which 2 adults and one minor live together (2,456).

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 throughout the national territory.

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.

For more details on the employment incentive: https://www.inclusion.gob.es/web/guest/w/el-gobierno-aprueba-el-incentivo-al-empleo-para-beneficiarios-del-ingreso-minimo-vital-que-mejoren-su-situacion-laboral