Foster Care Allowance
Each child placed in foster care receives financial assistance to meet their current living expenses. The assistance is paid by OPEKA to the foster parents or, after the child reaches adulthood, to the person who was in foster care. Payments are based on the National Register of Approved Foster Care Placements for Minors in the Foster Care and Adoption Information System.
Foster Care Financial Assistance
Each child placed in foster care receives financial assistance to meet the fostered person’s current living expenses. The assistance is paid to the foster parents or, after the child reaches adulthood, to the person who was in foster care.
OPEKA pays the assistance based on the National Register of Approved Foster Care Placements for Minors in the Foster Care and Adoption Information System.
Who is eligible for Foster Care Financial Assistance?
Foster parents are eligible for the financial assistance if they meet all of the following conditions:
(a) They have been appointed as foster parents by a court decision or agreement under Articles 10 and 11 of Law 4538/2018, by a prosecutor’s order, or under Article 18 of Law 4538/2018;
(b) their foster care arrangement is registered in the National Register of Approved Foster Care Placements for Minors; and
(c) they have submitted an application through the online “Foster Care Financial Assistance Application Management” service (www.anynet.gr).
Where assistance continues after the person in foster care reaches adulthood, the eligible beneficiaries are:
(a) for a person with a disability, the foster parents;
(b) for a person attending a formal education or vocational training institution recognised by the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, including a person with a disability, the person in foster care from the date they reach adulthood;
(c) for a person completing compulsory military service, including a person with a disability, the person in foster care from the date they reach adulthood.
Payment of Foster Care Financial Assistance
The financial assistance is paid for as long as the foster care arrangement remains in force and, in the cases described above, continues after the minor in foster care reaches adulthood.
OPEKA makes the payment to an active payment account (IBAN) on the last working day of each month.
Financial assistance amounts
1. The monthly amount of the financial assistance is:
(a) €525 for children with typical development.
(b) €750 for children with a medical condition resulting in a disability of any type and degree.
2. For children with a medical condition, the financial assistance is increased by the amount of any welfare disability benefit paid, or payable, because the person in foster care is eligible for the general or specific disability assistance programmes of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs implemented by OPEKA.
A child’s eligibility for the amount applicable to children with a medical condition must be documented by the relevant certification from the Disability Certification Centres (KEPA).
Application procedure
The foster parent submits an application for Foster Care Financial Assistance through the “Foster Care Financial Assistance Application Management” service on the “www.anynet.gr” portal of the Foster Care and Adoption Information System, accessible through the Unified Digital Portal of Public Administration (gov.gr). Applicants sign in using their personal credentials for the General Secretariat for Public Administration Information Systems of the Ministry of Digital Governance (TAXISnet credentials). All mandatory fields must be completed before the application can be submitted.
