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Family Benefits

Family benefits are provided to cover the financial needs or extra expenses of certain people, caused by family responsibilities and the birth or adoption of children in certain cases.

These are non-contributory benefits, except for the "non-economic" benefit that offers protection at the contributory level only.

• Economic Benefit for Dependent Child or Minor in Foster Care
• Economic benefit for the birth or adoption of a third or successive children
• Economic benefit for multiple births or adoptions
• Non-economic benefit for child care, of a minor fostered or from other family members
• Economic benefit for the birth or adoption of a child
• Economic benefit due to the birth or adoption of a child by a large family, single parent family or a handicapped mother