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Kela analyzes impact of replacing home care allowance
The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) has modeled the effects of replacing the current home care allowance with a system that extends parental leave by three months for each parent.
According to Kela researcher Tapio Räsänen, the new model would benefit families with shorter care periods. Families caring for a child until the age of one year and nine months could receive more total support than under the current system. For example, a dual-income family starting early childhood education when the child is 18 months old could receive up to 1,000 euros more, provided both parents use their additional three-month quotas.
However, the model acts as an incentive for shorter home care periods. Families who continue home care until the child is three years old could lose over 5,000 euros in total support compared to the current model. The calculations do not include potential municipal supplements to the home care allowance.
Entities
Finland · KELA · Ministry of Finance · National Coalition Party · Tapio Räsänen
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- [● 3 SOURCES] The Ministry of Finance has proposed the removal of the home care allowance. www.maaseuduntulevaisuus.fi · www.savonsanomat.fi · www.sss.fi
- [● 3 SOURCES] Kela modeled replacing home care allowance with a six-month total extension of parental leave. www.maaseuduntulevaisuus.fi · www.savonsanomat.fi · www.sss.fi
- [● 3 SOURCES] The Kela calculation does not account for potential municipal supplements to the home care allowance. www.maaseuduntulevaisuus.fi · www.savonsanomat.fi · www.sss.fi
- [● 3 SOURCES] The National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) has proposed replacing the allowance by increasing earnings-related parental leave days by 40. www.maaseuduntulevaisuus.fi · www.savonsanomat.fi · www.sss.fi
- [● 3 SOURCES] Families providing home care until the child is three years old could lose over 5,000 euros in total support. www.maaseuduntulevaisuus.fi · www.savonsanomat.fi · www.sss.fi
- [● 2 SOURCES] 76 percent of families with children born in 2022 used the home care allowance. www.savonsanomat.fi · www.sss.fi
- [● 3 SOURCES] Families caring for a child until 21 months old could receive more total support under the new model. www.maaseuduntulevaisuus.fi · www.savonsanomat.fi · www.sss.fi
- [● 3 SOURCES] A dual-income family could receive up to 1,000 euros more if both parents use their three-month extensions. www.maaseuduntulevaisuus.fi · www.savonsanomat.fi · www.sss.fi