The bill would recognize and support all types of families

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1. The bill would fully recognize the diversity of family models and set up a framework to support families, with their social, economic and legal protection.
2. Families with children under three would be entitled to a child-rearing benefit of 100 euros per month per child, either as a tax deduction in personal income taxincome tax The personal income tax (IRPF in Spain): what people pay on what they earn from work, business or savings. or as a supplement to the minimum income scheme, but not both at once.
3. A State Register of De Facto Couples would be created, as a centralized register of couples previously registered in regional and local registers.
4. Families with a single parent could obtain a single-parent family certificate, valid nationwide, giving access to benefits such as priority in grants, fee waivers and housing aid.
5. The law on large families would be reformed and renamed as the law on families with greater child-rearing support needs, expanding the protected situations and lowering the number of children required for the special category.
6. The Workers' Statute would be amended to transpose an EU work-life balance directive: a parental leave of up to eight weeks to care for children under eight would be created, leave to care for relatives would be expanded, and dismissal protection for workers exercising reconciliation rights would be strengthened.
7. The Government would develop a state framework to support the first 1,000 days of life, with measures on health, education, healthy food and support for parenting skills.
8. The Child Support Payment Guarantee Fund would be extended to adult children with disabilities or in a dependency situation, and its access conditions would be made more flexible, with a maximum advance payment of 500 euros per month.

Who it affects

• Families with children under three, who could receive the 100-euro-per-month child-rearing benefit.: new economic benefit
• Single-parent families, who could obtain an official certificate with benefits in grants, fees and housing.: recognition and aid
• Workers with children or dependent relatives, with new leaves and better protection against dismissal.: labor rights
• De facto couples, whose rights would be recognized in Social Security, including the survivor's pension.: equal treatment with married couples
• Large families, to be renamed families with greater child-rearing support needs, with more protected situations.: expanded protection

Words worth knowing

Ingreso mínimo vital

A state benefit for families with very low income.

IPREM

A public annual income indicator used to check eligibility for many Spanish benefits.

Pareja de hecho

A de facto couple: two people in a marriage-like relationship, registered in a public register or formalized before a notary.

Transponer una directiva

To transpose a directive: adapting Spanish law to comply with a European Union rule.

Acogimiento familiar

Foster care: a child lives with a family that is not their birth family, without adoption.

income tax

The personal income tax (IRPF in Spain): what people pay on what they earn from work, business or savings.

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