Cash Support under Anti-Crisis Programs to Cease in November

On September 10, 2020, a decision by the Government of Armenia, dated September 3, 2020, came into force which made various amendments and additions to the decisions affirming the fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth measures aimed at neutralizing the economic consequences of the coronavirus.

According to the amendments:

1. As of November 1, 2020, the allocation of monetary assistance within the framework of these decisions will be discontinued.
2. Applications for social assistance programs can be submitted until October 1, 2020 (inclusive) through:
   1) The website online.ssa.am for measures eight and nine targeting the neutralization of the economic consequences of the coronavirus,
   2) The email address ([email protected]) of the Service for measures four and seven, or via e-request.am, postal mail, or in person at the administrative building of the Service located at 13 Nalbandyan St., Yerevan. These applications can be made for a child not included in the list of beneficiaries provided by the State Revenue Committee (SRC), if the parent included on the SRC's list has already received monetary assistance for another child.
3. Applications should be accompanied by copies of the birth certificate of the child not on the list and identification documents of the child's parents, along with any other necessary documents.
4. For the one-time monetary assistance under the seventh measure, if the beneficiary is a pregnant woman, she must have been registered with medical organizations by September 15, 2020.
5. Monies allocated under measures four, six, seven, eight, and nine but unpaid due to the beneficiary's death can be claimed by the legal representative of the deceased beneficiary within six months of the date of death by submitting:
   1) An application that includes the name, surname, and ID document details of the legal representative, the name, surname, and date of death of the deceased beneficiary, and, if applicable, the name and birth certificate details of the child, along with a mobile phone number to receive the response electronically.
   2) The death certificate of the beneficiary.
   3) Identification documents of the legal representative.
   4) Documents proving the status of the applicant as the parent, adoptive parent, or guardian of the child for whom assistance was granted, including birth certificates or necessary legal documents.
   5) If not registered at the same address as the deceased on the date of death, spouses must provide marriage certificates, children their birth certificates, and guardians their guardian documents.
   6) The name of the bank and the account number of the legal representative where the due assistance will be transferred.

A legal representative is considered to be the spouse of the beneficiary or a minor child aged 14 and above, or, in accordance with the data in the state register, any family member also registered at the same address on the date of death. If the assistance was granted for a child, it could also be the child's parent, adoptive parent, or guardian.