Until the end of February 2020, 53,939 Mother 4+ benefits were granted by the Social Insurance Company, with supplementary benefits accounting for a larger part (ca. 34,700). This means that a majority of persons entitled to this benefit were employed, but they did not manage to earn a pension on the minimum level.

974 Mother 4+ benefits were granted from the Agricultural Social Insurance Fund, of which 953 are full benefits and 21 are supplementary benefits.

When evaluating the effects of the Mother 4+ programme for the last year, Minister Marlena Maląg stressed that it fits into the ministry’s superior goal, i.e., support for families irrespective of their financial or social status. ‘This programme allows us to ensure basic livelihood to those persons who are not entitled even to a minimum retirement benefit because they have focused on the education of four or more children,’ stressed the minister.

She added that this is the first programme that gives immense value to long-year everyday work for family and the upbringing of children. ‘Until that time, work for family did not involve any guarantees of safety in old age. A mother or a father who decided to stay at home and devote his time and energy to taking care of four or more children was endangered by poverty in old age. We wanted to change this situation and we succeeded. This benefit is a form of appreciation for the effort of parenthood and bringing up a larger group of children,’ says Minister Marlena Maląg. ‘I am very happy that more and more people receive it, because this is a way of providing them and their loved ones with financial security for the future,’ she added.

Benefits under the Mother 4+ programme are paid at the request of the interested person after he/she reaches the retirement age: 60 years in the case of women and 65 years in the case of men.