For every child born on or after September 1, 2026, the one-time birth grant will amount to 500,000 drams, regardless of the child’s birth order, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs reported:
Applications can be submitted online through the E-Social platform or at any territorial center of the Unified Social Service:
The ministry presented answers to the most frequently asked questions from citizens concerning benefits related to childbirth:
It noted that state support provided in Armenia following the birth of a child includes maternity benefits, the one-time birth grant, childcare benefits until the child turns two, and a monthly benefit of 50,000 drams following the birth of a third or subsequent child in a family:
State assistance is also available when a child is born into a family repaying a mortgage:
Both employed and unemployed citizens are eligible for maternity benefits:
The maternity benefit for unemployed people is set at 172,698 drams. For employed people, the amount is calculated according to the procedure established by law, based on their average monthly salary:
No application or documents need to be submitted to receive the benefit. After the 210th day of pregnancy, a person can apply to a medical institution to open a certificate of incapacity for work, while also specifying the bank to which the benefit should be transferred:
Until the child turns two, a monthly childcare benefit of 31,600 drams is provided to a parent who is not on childcare leave, 37,500 drams to a parent who is on childcare leave, and 69,100 drams to a rural resident parent on childcare leave:
Thus, a parent living in a rural community may receive 69,100 drams per month until the child turns two if the parent has been continuously registered in a rural settlement for at least one year and the child is also registered in a rural settlement at the time of application:
Applications for the childcare benefit can be submitted after the child reaches 70 days of age. Applications can be filed online through the E-Social platform or at any territorial center of the Unified Social Service:
Following the birth of a third or any subsequent child in a family, the 50,000-dram benefit is paid monthly until the child turns six:
Applications can be submitted online or at any territorial center of the Unified Social Service:
A family with an existing mortgage can, following the birth of a child, benefit from the second component of the state housing assistance program for families with children:
Under the program, one-time financial assistance is provided toward repayment of the mortgage principal:
To benefit from this component, an application must be submitted to the bank or credit organization that issued the mortgage before the child turns one:
For the birth of a first or second child, assistance may amount to up to 500,000 drams, while for a third or subsequent child it may reach up to 2 million drams:
More detailed information on the program’s terms is available on the ministry’s website:
