According to the latest statistics published by the National Social Security Institute (INSS), the Minimum Vital Income (IMV) payroll reached 4,522 Rioja households in November. The average amount of the benefit is 489.1 euros per month per household in La Rioja and, overall, this month’s payroll has amounted to 2.65 million euros in this autonomous community.
It should be remembered that all IMV beneficiaries have at their disposal the short telephone 020 where information of this subsidy is provided, with an increase of 40% in its staff.
Households and beneficiaries
In November, there were 885 more active benefits in La Rioja than there were a year ago in this same period, which means an increase of 24.33%. These households are home to 3,062 beneficiaries more than those registered in November 2023 (+28.3%).
In cumulative terms since June 2020, when this benefit was launched in the midst of the pandemic, the IMV has reached 6,310 homes and protected the 19,036 people who are part of them, where more than 8,659 are children and adolescents, 45.4% of the total.
Since the entry into force of this policy, Social Security has allocated 96.02 million euros to pay the payroll for this benefit in La Rioja.
Underage
The IMV is a benefit aimed at preventing the risk of poverty and social exclusion of people who live alone or are integrated into a coexistence unit and lack basic economic resources. In addition, one of its main objectives is to address child poverty.
In La Rioja, 66.2% of the living units receiving this benefit in November live minors (2,993). Among them, there are 739 single-parent households. If we look at the profile of the beneficiaries, 42.5% are minors: 5,914.
If the statistics are disaggregated by means of access to the benefit, it is seen that the beneficiary households with Child Support Supplement (Complete IMV and IMV-CAPI) this month reach 3,054. This form of IMV involves an aid of 115 euros per household per month in the case of children from 0 to 3 years; 80.5 euros per month for each child between 3 and 6 years; and 57.5 euros per month for each child between 6 and 18 years. The average amount of the supplement this month has been 68.75 euros per child and 138.24 euros per household with children.
The beneficiaries of the IMV are also characterized by having a strong female profile. In November, 57.1% of the headlines and 52.6% of the beneficiaries are women.
On the other hand, 66.2% of all holders are of Spanish nationality and their average age is 46 years old in La Rioja.
Gateway to the IMV from the provision of unemployment assistance
Recipients of the unemployment benefit who exhaust this benefit without having obtained a job are going to receive the IMV without doing more procedures, thanks to the new procedure that regulates this transition. People who meet the established requirements will not have to apply for it or provide additional documentation.
During the quarter prior to the expiration of the unemployment benefit, the SEPE will inform the beneficiary about the possibility of sending his/her data and those of his/her family unit, in order to process the IMV benefit. To do this, the beneficiary must give his consent and, where appropriate, sign a responsible declaration that he has the consent of the members of his family unit.
If it authorizes the consent, the SEPE, within ten days from the date on which the unemployment benefit is exhausted, will send to the National Social Security Institute (INSS), as the entity managing the IMV benefit (or to the competent bodies in the cases of the Basque Country and Navarre), the information necessary for its processing.
In case of recognition of the right to the IMV, the date of the causative event will be the date of the exhaustion of the subsidy, and the economic effects will occur on the first day of the month following the exhaustion of the subsidy, that is, there will be no period of loss of income for the beneficiaries. The person who holds the IMV will, in any case, be the one who was the beneficiary of the unemployment benefit.
In situations where this procedure cannot be used, or when citizens have not given their consent, the interested parties can submit their application very easily on the new INSS portal. https://prestaciones.seg-social.es/, by post or at the Social Security Information and Care Centers (CAISS).
The attention for this gateway to the IMV will be made after personalized communication to each of the beneficiary persons who are receiving the last quarter of service, who will be specifically attended by the SEPE in its network of offices.