The Ukrainian children are entitled to the Growth Package from the month in which their certificate of temporary protection is received. In practice, the earliest is from March 2022. In Brussels and Wallonia, the payments start from the month following the right of residence . Therefore, the payment will be made from April at the earliest.
Note: the Growth Package or the Child Benefit for a given month is always paid at the beginning of the following month. We pay the child benefit for March at the beginning of April.
Example for Flanders.
A Ukrainian family starts to live with a Flemish host family on 28 February 2022. They receive their certificates of temporary residence on 10 March 2022, with which they register in the municipality giving their address as that of the host family. Kidslife receives the application for the Growth Package during the course of April. The file will be opened in May 2022 and we may start to make payments retroactively from March 2022.
Brussels and Walloon examples
A Ukrainian family starts to live with a Brussels or Walloon host family on 28 February 2022. They receive their certificates of temporary residence on 10 March 2022, with which they register in the municipality giving their address as that of the host family. Kidslife receives the application for the Growth Package during the course of April. The file will be opened in May 2022 and we can start payments retroactively from March 2022.
View all information for host families here