Spanish government approves decree to provide extra support for families

The Spanish Government approved a decree to provide additional financial support to various family types across Spain.

The new measures target single-parent families, specifically those with more than two children. The government also plans to provide aid to families where one parent has a disability of more than 33 percent. Families with four children will also receive increased support. Officials state that the decree will provide extra assistance to 760,000 families.

The government chose this decree because it lacked enough support to pass a comprehensive general law for families. The current plan aims to establish common criteria for family measures because many autonomous regions currently have different rules. The Basque Government and Navarre already have their own specific regulations for single-parent families. To complete the proposals included in this decree, the government says it will need 820 million euros per year.