This right may be realized by a child with disabilities:

Severe, more severe or most severe impediment in the child’s physical development;

Mild, severe or deep mental disability; the most severe forms of chronic illnesses; the most severe damage of vision, hearing or speech, person with autism or several types of developmental impediments (combined).  

The right to special allowance shall be granted to a parent or guardian of the child, if both the parent (guardian) and the child have permanent residence in the Republic of North Macedonia, and if the child is national of the Republic of North Macedonia, as well as person with status of recognized refugee or a person under subsidiary protection who has a child with developmental impediments or disabilities.

Eligibility Criteria

- The right shall be realized regardless of the financial situation of the family, the number of children in the family and regardless whether the child is in school or not.

- Finding and opinion on the type and degree of disability in the intellectual or physical development and specific needs of the child

- The department working with children with impediments in their psychological and physical development with the SWC should issue a Decision on categorization and certificate that the child is not institutionalized and cared for by the State.

The amount of the special allowance for 2021 is MKD 5.199.

In addition to the right to a special allowance, parents may also obtain right to children's allowance if they fulfil the conditions for obtaining the right to children's allowance according to the Law on child protection.     

Necessary documents for application

1. Excerpt from the Registry of births for the child, for the purposes of determining the nationality of the child;

2. Finding and opinion for the type and degree of disability in the intellectual or physical development and specific needs of the child;

3. Decision on categorization;

4. Evidence that the child is not placed with a social protection facility outside the family or other institution, according to a decision from the social work centre;

5. For single parents, if one of the parents is deceased – excerpt from the Registry of deaths; for divorced marriage – enforceable court decision, evidence that the parent is not married – transcript of an excerpt from the Registry of births not older than six months, or that the parent is not in extra marital union – statement that he or she is not in extra marital union, evidence from a competent court that one of the parents is missing, and for a parent that is unknown, transcript from the excerpt from the Registry of births for the child;

6. For financial unsecured parent who is beneficiary of guaranteed minimum assistance, evidence that he or she is beneficiary of guaranteed minimum assistance;

7. Valid ID card of the applicant, submitted only for inspection to prove the identity of the person, his/her citizenship and place of residence;

8. For a child taken/placed under custody – Decision on custody.

The decision shall be valid until the person for whom special allowance is requested is 26 years of age.

The Social Work Centre shall automatically extend the application. New documents shall be submitted in case the finding and opinion recommend categorization after a certain period.

Termination of the right

The right to special allowance shall be realized as of the date of submission of the application. The beneficiary of the right to special allowance shall be obliged to inform the competent social work centre for every change of facts and circumstances, which had been the basis for recognition of the right, not later than 15 days as of the date when such changes occurred, in contrary, the beneficiary's right shall be revoked, and also in case they have provided untruthful data.

The Ministry of labour and social policy shall act in second instance upon complaint against the decision of the social work centre as the first instance body.

The Social work centre shall ex-officio and from time to time, and at least once per year, review the facts and circumstances for obtaining and exercising the right to child protection and if they determine that such circumstances have changed, the Centre shall adopt a new decision.