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Benefits for raising children in Greece

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  1. Child Benefit (A21)Searched in Greek as «επίδομα παιδιού»
  2. Nursery & KDAP VoucherSearched in Greek as «voucher παιδικοί σταθμοί»
  3. Parental leave allowanceSearched in Greek as «επίδομα γονικής άδειας»
  4. Orphan's pension (death of a parent)Searched in Greek as «επίδομα ορφανίας»
  5. Foster Care AllowanceSearched in Greek as «επίδομα αναδοχής»

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  • Nine-month paid child-rearing leave or reduced working hours for public-sector employees

    Public-sector employees who are parents of a child up to 4 are entitled to reduced working hours or, instead, a continuous 9-month paid child-rearing leave. The 9-month leave requires an application to the personnel department.

    Body: ν. 5043/2023 (ΦΕΚ Α΄ 91/13.04.2023), άρθρο 29: νέο άρθρο 53 του Υπαλληλικού Κώδικα

  • Cleaning/Lighting Fee Exemption for Vulnerable Groups (Municipality of Athens)

    The Municipality of Athens exempts from the municipal cleaning and lighting charges on the first (main) residence: large families, three-child families, single-parent families, people with a disability of 80% or more, people without means and energy-poor households, with an income limit for each category.

    Body: Δήμος Αθηναίων

  • Cleaning/Lighting Fee Exemption for Vulnerable Groups (Municipality of Keratsini-Drapetsona)

    The Municipality of Keratsini-Drapetsona exempts from municipal cleaning and lighting charges on the main residence: people in financial hardship, people with a disability of 67% or more, unemployed people continuously registered with DYPA for more than 6 months, large families (4+ children), families with three children and single-parent families, with an income limit for each category.

    Body: Δήμος Κερατσινίου-Δραπετσώνας

  • Registration Tax Exemption for Parents of 3+ Children

    Parents or a parent with at least 3 minor or dependent children who import or take delivery of a passenger car. The exemption application is submitted to the competent customs authority through ICISnet with the customs document (DEFK, the special consumption tax declaration, or an import declaration) and the appropriate exemption code, together with the required supporting documents. After the check, a digital registration certificate is issued with a restriction on transfer without the approval of the customs authority.

    Body: ΑΑΔΕ

  • Municipal Fee Exemption/Reduction for New Parents (child up to 3 years old)

    Your youngest child is up to 3 years old.

    Body: Δήμοι (Αθηναίων, Ηλιούπολης, Πετρούπολης)

  • Health-insurance cover for dependent family members (spouse and children) — e-EFKA

    A person directly insured with e-EFKA can give EOPYY health cover to their spouse and children who have no insurance of their own. Registration is online with Taxisnet credentials and AMKA.

    Body: gov.gr — e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • €800,000 Tax-Free Allowance on Parental Gifts and Gifts between Close Relatives

    Parental gifts and gifts to a spouse or civil partner, children, grandchildren and parents are tax-free up to €800,000 in total; above that the tax is 10%.

    Body: ΑΑΔΕ — Εγχειρίδιο Ερωτήσεων-Απαντήσεων φορολογίας (Μάιος 2026), ενότητα δωρεών και γονικών παροχών

  • Alonnisos Municipal Bus — Reduced Fare for Large and Three-child Families, Unemployed and Disabled (67%); Free for Children up to 6

    On the Alonnisos municipal bus the fare is €0.90 instead of €1.80 for large and three-child families, unemployed people and people with a 67% disability, and children up to 6 travel free. Tickets are bought at sales points, not on the bus.

    Body: Δήμος Αλοννήσου

  • Municipal Nurseries: Free Attendance or Reduced Monthly Fees for Low-income, Large and Single-parent Families (per Municipality)

    Municipalities that run nurseries select children by a points system and set monthly fees with exemptions or discounts (low income, large families, single parents, disability). In some municipalities the exemptions apply only to families who do not receive, or were refused, the EETAA (ESPA) childcare voucher.

    Body: Δήμος Θέρμης

  • School-supplies Gift Vouchers for 1st-grade Pupils, Municipality of Lykovrysi-Pefki

    Every September the Municipality of Lykovrysi-Pefki gives school-supplies gift vouchers to the families of all 1st-grade pupils of the municipality's primary schools, with no income test.

    Body: Δήμος Λυκόβρυσης-Πεύκης — Αυτοτελές Τμήμα Κοινωνικής Προστασίας, Παιδείας & Εθελοντισμού

  • EOPYY Special Education Therapies for Children/Teens and Adults with Disability

    Children, teenagers and people with disabilities who have reached adulthood but still need Special Education, with chronic motor/intellectual/mental disorders, developmental disorders, autism, neurodevelopmental disorders, etc.

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • Tuition Discounts at the Larissa Municipal Art Gallery's Free Art Workshop (single-parent, three-child and large families, people with disabilities)

    The Municipal Art Gallery of Larissa – G.I. Katsigras Museum gives a discount on the monthly fees of its Open Workshop of Visual and Applied Arts: 20% for members of single-parent families, 50% for members of families with three children and large families, and 25% for people with disabilities.

    Body: Δημοτική Πινακοθήκη Λάρισας – Μουσείο Γ.Ι. Κατσίγρα (Διαύγεια)

  • Tuition Discounts and Waivers at the Municipal Conservatories of Thessaloniki (2026-2027)

    For 2026-2027 the Municipal Conservatories of Thessaloniki give 10% to 50% discounts and free tuition in some categories: single-parent, three-child and large families, students with disabilities, university students, unemployed people, children of unemployed parents and others, with income limits per category.

    Body: Δήμος Θεσσαλονίκης — Διαύγεια (ΑΔΣ 427/2026)

  • Discounted or free municipal sports programmes, Municipality of Moschato-Tavros

    Residents and citizens of Moschato-Tavros from low-income three-child, large or single-parent families, students and second family members pay half the fee for the municipal sports programmes. People with a disability of 67%+, families with a disabled member and needy or unemployed people on a low income take part for free.

    Body: Δήμος Μοσχάτου – Ταύρου

  • 50% Discount on Mytilene Urban Bus (KTEL) Tickets for Three-child Families (Lesvos)

    Three-child families of Lesvos get 50% off Mytilene urban bus (KTEL) tickets from 25 September 2026. The urban KTEL applies the measure after an intervention by the Region of North Aegean.

    Body: Περιφέρεια Βορείου Αιγαίου

  • Professional Foster Care for Children with Disabilities

    A monthly fee of €1,850 gross from OPEKA for professional foster parents of children with disabilities.

    Body: Υπ. Κοινωνικής Συνοχής & Οικογένειας (πύλη oikogeneia.gov.gr)

  • Foster Care Allowance

    Monthly allowance for foster families caring for children

    Body: ΟΠΕΚΑ

  • Parental leave allowance

    Employed parents (biological, adoptive, foster) of a child up to 8 years old, who take the 4-month parental leave, which the employer grants by posting Form E.14 on ERGANI (as a rule after 1 year with the same employer; earlier if the employer agrees). The allowance stops the day after the child's 8th birthday.

    Body: ΔΥΠΑ

  • Child Benefit (A21)

    Income support for families with dependent children.

    Body: ΟΠΕΚΑ

  • ΕΔΟΕΑΠ allowances and grants (insured press and media staff)

    ΕΔΟΕΑΠ, the auxiliary insurance and health-care fund of journalists and media staff, pays its insured members and their family members a birth allowance, large-family and single-parent allowances, a funeral grant, cover for special schools and day centres, and allowances for some serious illnesses.

    Body: ΕΔΟΕΑΠ (Ενιαίος Δημοσιογραφικός Οργανισμός Επικουρικής Ασφαλίσεως και Περιθάλψεως)

  • Children's summer camp subsidy for Hellenic Air Force personnel

    Military and civilian staff of the Hellenic Air Force get a one-off subsidy every year for their children (aged 6–16, or any age for children with a disability) to attend summer camps.

    Body: Πύλη Οικογενειακής Πολιτικής — Γενικό Επιτελείο Αεροπορίας (ΓΕΑ)

  • One-off Birth Grant for a Third or Subsequent Child — Municipality of Almopia

    The Municipality of Almopia pays a one-off €1,000 for a 3rd child, €1,500 for a 4th and €2,000 for a 5th or later child, to parents who are registered citizens and permanent residents of the municipality (2 years) with family income up to €40,000, for births from 1 January 2026.

    Body: Δήμος Αλμωπίας

  • Heraklion Regional Unit Social Programmes (free foreign-language & secondary tutoring, sports, school supplies)

    Annual family income within the limits for the number of household members · Having minor children of school age.

    Body: Περιφέρεια Κρήτης / Περιφερειακή Ενότητα ΗρακλείουApplications closed

  • Social Household Tariff — Large-Family Tariff (KOT C)

    A EUR 0.10/kWh discount on electricity for the main residence, for families with four or more dependent children. No property criteria apply.

    Body: ΥΠΕΝ — Τιμολόγιο Πολυτέκνων (ΚΟΤ Γ)

  • Reduced or Free Domestic Ferry Tickets (Large Families, Students, 80%+ Disability, Destitute, Children up to 5, War Disabled/Victims)

    All domestic ferries must give fare discounts to specific groups: 50% for large families, students, people with a disability of 80% or more and war-disabled people/war victims, and free travel for children up to 5 and for destitute people with a certificate. You ask for the discount when the ticket is issued, with the relevant proof.

    Body: Υπουργείο Ναυτιλίας και Νησιωτικής Πολιτικής

  • Reduced public-transport fares for large families

    Parents of large families and their family members, holding a large-family card (ASPE, Supreme Confederation of Large Families of Greece)

    Body: Υπ. Κοινωνικής Συνοχής

  • 50% Reduction of Municipal Fees and Property Duty for Large Families and Families with a Disabled Member (Municipality of Sitia)

    The Municipality of Sitia reduces by 50% the cleaning and lighting charges, the tax on electrified premises and the TAP (municipal property levy) on the main residence for large families (4+ children) and for families with a member with a disability above 80%, with family taxable income up to €50,000.

    Body: Δήμος Σητείας

  • Marathon municipal cleaning/lighting and water fee reductions for vulnerable groups

    The Municipality of Marathon cuts the cleaning and lighting fees of the main home by 30% for needy people, single-parent families, people with a disability of 80%+, three-child and large families under certain income limits. It also cuts the water tariff by 30% or 40% for three-child and large families, people with disabilities, single-parent families and solidarity-card holders.

    Body: Δήμος Μαραθώνος

  • Cleaning/Lighting Fee Reduction or Exemption for Vulnerable Groups (Municipality of Hydra)

    The Municipality of Hydra grants a full or 50% exemption from the municipal cleaning and street-lighting fees to people in need, large families (4+ children), families with 3 children, single-parent families, people with a disability of 67% or more and beneficiaries of the Social Residential Tariff, with income limits per category.

    Body: Δήμος Ύδρας

  • Municipal Cleaning/Lighting Fee Reduction or Exemption for Vulnerable Groups (large families, 3-child families, single parents, disabled, low-income)

    You belong to one of the groups whose municipal charges your municipality waives or reduces (people with disabilities, single-parent families, families with three children, large families, people on low incomes, the long-term unemployed, Minimum Guaranteed Income recipients) and you meet the income limit your municipality sets.

    Body: ΦΕΚ Α΄ 103/29.06.2026 — ν. 5314/2026, άρθρο 525 παρ. 6

  • Reduced or waived fees for municipal cultural and sports classes on social/economic grounds (Municipality of Agia Varvara)

    Residents of Agia Varvara on a low income, unemployed, single parents or people with a disability can get reduced fees or free attendance at the municipality's cultural and sports classes, after an application and a social-work assessment. Unemployment-card holders and families with three or more children or a single parent get 50% off.

    Body: Δήμος Αγίας Βαρβάρας — Διαύγεια

  • Neighbourhood Nannies

    Applications open: a voucher of up to €500/month for full-time or up to €300/month for part-time home care of a child aged 2 months to 2.5 years.

    Body: Υπουργείο Κοινωνικής Συνοχής και Οικογένειας — Νταντάδες της Γειτονιάς

  • EOPYY Dental Care (Children and Adults)

    All people insured with EOPYY — children aged 14 or under (fuller cover: sealants, fluoride treatment, crowns), teenagers up to 18 and adults (basic preventive/treatment cover), everyone who has lost all or some of their teeth (prosthetics), people with diabetes (periodontal care), people with severe disabilities in public facilities

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • Cross-Border Family Benefits When a Parent Works in Another EU State

    Families where one parent works in another EU country while the children live in Greece (or the other way round) - the right to receive the higher family benefit of the two countries, with the difference paid as a supplement

    Body: ΟΠΕΚΑ

  • Seafarers' Family Allowance (ELOEN)

    Annual family allowance for seafarers with a seaman's book, insured with NAT for at least two months in the previous year, who have children up to 18 years old (up to 24 if studying). The amount is a rate per number of children multiplied by the days of sea service; the supporting documents are submitted by post.

    Body: Ε.Λ.Ο.Ε.Ν. — Δικαίωμα επιδόματος

  • Orphan's pension (death of a parent)

    A survivor's pension for the unmarried children of a deceased insured person or pensioner, up to age 24, or for life if they became unable to do any gainful work before 24. Children who lost both parents and have a severe disability get 100% of the higher parental pension.

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • School Meals Programme (Primary Schools)

    Pupils of public primary schools included in the programme (1,982 schools, school year 2026-2027, ~230,000 pupils)

    Body: ΟΠΕΚΑ

  • Free school supplies for kindergarten children of large and three-child families (Region of Crete – Rethymno, 2026-2027)

    The Region of Crete gives free school supplies and stationery to 500 kindergarten children of large and three-child families across the Rethymno regional unit for the 2026-2027 school year. Distribution is organised with the Rethymno Primary Education Directorate.

    Body: Περιφέρεια Κρήτης — Τμήμα Κοινωνικής Αλληλεγγύης, Διεύθυνση Δημόσιας Υγείας & Κοινωνικής Μέριμνας Π.Ε. Ρεθύμνου

  • Tax Reductions Large Families

    Lower income tax from tax year 2026, depending on the number of dependent children.

    Body: Πύλη Οικογενειακής Πολιτικής — Φορολογικές ελαφρύνσεις για οικογένειες με παιδιά

  • OPEKA/LAE Cash Allowance for Mothers with 3+ Children (Farmers)

    Cash allowance of EUR 700 for mothers with 3 children and EUR 1,000 for mothers with 4+ children (farmers).

    Body: ΟΠΕΚΑ — Αγροτική Εστία 2026: Χρηματικά βοηθήματα σε τρίτεκνες και πολύτεκνες οικογένειεςApplications closed

  • Nursery & KDAP Voucher

    Applications have closed and the final results have been announced. From 24/8/2026 the 158,009 beneficiaries can enrol their child or the person with a disability in a participating facility.

    Body: ΕΕΤΑΑ — Πρόγραμμα Προσχολικής Αγωγής και Δημιουργικής Απασχόλησης 2026–2027Applications closed

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  • One-off Emergency Aid of EUR 150 per Dependent Child (AADE, 2026)

    A one-off payment of 150 euros for each dependent child, which AADE paid automatically, with no application, on 30 June 2026 (supplementary payments by 31 August 2026) to parents who are Greek tax residents within the income limits.

    Body: ΑΑΔΕEnded

  • Christmas emergency cash aid for vulnerable groups, Municipality of Tinos

    Every November–December the Municipality of Tinos pays emergency cash aid to registered citizens in need: unemployed people, families with a member with a 67%+ disability, large, three-child and single-parent families with low income. Applications go to the Community Centre; the Christmas 2026 cycle has not been announced yet.

    Body: Δήμος Τήνου — Κοινωνική Πρόνοια, Κέντρο ΚοινότηταςEnded

  • State Camp Programme: Free Camps Run by Municipalities

    Free stays at camps run by municipalities for children aged 6-16, older people and adults with a disability, selected on social and financial criteria. The summer 2026 cycle has ended.

    Body: Υπουργείο Κοινωνικής Συνοχής και Οικογένειας, σε συνεργασία με τους ΔήμουςEnded

  • Hellenic Police Children's Summer Camps for Children and Families of Police Personnel

    Summer stays at the Hellenic Police Children's Camps for children aged 6–16 of police officers (serving and retired) from all over the country, plus camps with parents. The 2026 cycle has ended; the 2027 call has not been announced yet.

    Body: Ίδρυμα «Μέριμνας και Αριστείας Ελληνικής Αστυνομίας» (Ν.Π.Δ.Δ.)Ended

  • DYPA Children's Summer Camps

    Subsidized stay at children's summer camps for children of workers and unemployed via DYPA vouchers.

    Body: ΔΥΠΑ — Παιδικές Κατασκηνώσεις 2026Ended

  • e-EFKA Children's Summer Camps

    e-EFKA camp program for children aged 6-16 of insured persons and pensioners. 36,000 places, 15 days per period.

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ — Κατασκηνωτικό πρόγραμμα 2026Ended

  • OPEKA/LAE Children's Camp Program

    Free camp stay of up to 16 days (15 nights) for children aged 6-16 of farmers and OGA pensioners.

    Body: ΟΠΕΚΑ — Αγροτική Εστία 2026Ended

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