Subsidy for birth, foster care or adoption -baby check 2026-

What is this grant about?

This grant is awarded competitively, so you have to apply by November 30, 2026 and your file will be compared to others; Meeting the requirements does not guarantee that you will receive it. It is aimed at parents, adopters or foster families who have a baby born, adopted or fostered between November 1, 2025 and October 31, 2026, who lives registered in Paterna and who has been registered in the municipality for at least six months. The aid consists of a non-refundable check for 1500 euros.

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Official description of the call

First.- BeneficiariesThe beneficiaries will be the parents, adopters or foster parents of children, holders of the family book in which their birth or adoption is registered, or families fostering minors (lasting more than 6 months). Second.- Requirements1.-The date of birth, adoption or fostering of the baby must be between November 1, 2025 and October 31, 2026.2.- The minor must be registered in Paterna and live with the parent, adopter or foster applicant, who must have been registered in the municipality for 6 months, at the time of birth or at the beginning of cohabitation in the case of adoption or fostering. 3.-For cases of fostering or adoption, certification from the respective Territorial Directorate will be necessary indicating that it is not applicable registration for minor data protection.4.- Be Spanish or foreigner with legal residence in Spain. Foreigners residing in Paterna may benefit from this benefit as long as they meet the conditions of Organic Law 4/2000, on the Rights and Freedoms of Foreigners in Spain, and the requirements established in this rule. 5.- In the case of the parents and adopters who are registered in the family book or foster carers of the baby, it will be the applicant who will have the status of beneficiary, and the other party must sign the authorization for said request. parent, adopter or foster child as a member of the family unit. There can only be one application per family unit.6.- If only one parent or adopter appears in the family book, or in the foster care resolution, he/she will be the only beneficiary.7.- The beneficiary status will be the parent or adopter holder of the family book who lives with the minors who motivate this aid, both in cases of annulment, separation, divorce or in cases in which The minors are exclusively in the charge of the applicant. This circumstance must be documented by means of a ruling or demand for separation, divorce, annulment, regulatory agreement or other official documents.8.- In the case of shared custody, one of the parents must expressly renounce the request for aid for the benefit of the other parent. These circumstances must be documented by means of a demand or resolution of separation or divorce, or civil measures in relation to children out of wedlock.9.- The family unit has not been a recipient of Baby Check aid with respect to the same minor in the Baby Check Call of the previous year.10.- Not being subject to any of the circumstances provided for in article 13 of the reiterated General Law of Subsidies, required to have the status of beneficiary of the subsidy.11.- In In no case will parents who are totally or partially deprived of parental authority over their children or whose guardianship has been assumed by a public institution be beneficiaries.Third.- PurposeThis call called “Baby Check 2026” has a double objective, on the one hand, the regulation of financial aid for birth, legal adoption or foster care lasting more than 6 months in the municipality of Paterna, as well as the promotion and revitalization of local commerce through these aids.Fourth.- Regulatory basesThe specific Ordinance of the regulatory bases has been published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Valencia No. 247 dated December 24, 2021 and on the municipal website www.paterna.es.Quinto.- AmountThe maximum individual amount of aid, in a single payment, will be 300 euros for each child born or adopted or fostered.This call is It will be financed from budget application 4310-48000 of the budgets of the Paterna City Council for the year 2026, with a maximum credit of €150,000.00. Sixth.- Application submission period The application submission period will be from the day following the publication of the call for the Rules in the BOPV until November 30, 2026 (inclusive). The application will be made through the presentation of the corresponding standardized forms, available on the municipal website, including authorization from the other parent and the following documentation: a) demand or ruling for separation or divorce, and regulatory agreement, and

Issuing agency

PATERNAL — PATERNA CITY COUNCIL

Scope

COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA

Category

Recipients

NATURAL PERSONS WHO DO NOT DEVELOP ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

More information

• Official BDNS portal (infosubvenciones.es) ↗
• Governing rules ↗
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Deadlines

Full information

Who can apply for this grant?

• NATURAL PERSONS WHO DO NOT DEVELOP ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

The full requirements may vary. Check the governing rules and the official portal to confirm all requirements.

Financial information

Documents

• Call document in Spanish ↗

Governing rules

MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE REGULATING THE BABY CHECK SUBSIDY

Governing rules ↗