The disabled child allowance is paid on your bank account on the 28th of each month.
For some months of the year, the payment date of the benefit may
vary on the occasion of holidays. The dates of payment are updated
on the payment calendar (in Hebrew).
Retroactive Payment
You may receive a disabled child allowanve retroactively for up to one year prior to the date of submission of the claim,
depending on the medical impairment.
If the benefit is paid due to developmental delay, you may receive retroactive payment for up to six months prior to claim submission.
Payment when the child is abroad
One of the parameters of eligibility
for a disabled child allowance is the child being in Israel.
If the child leaves the country, the
benefit is generally paid for a period of three months following his travel abroad, provided that the benefit payment started at least two months before the travel.
The benefit is paid beyond a period of three months in the following cases:
- Medical treatment - Benefit payment may continue for a period of 24 months, if this medical treatment is not available in Israel or
there is not sufficient experience in providing this treatment in the country.
- Mission for an Israeli employer - Benefit payment may continue for a period of 24 months, if the parent is sent on a special mission for an Israeli
employer and the employer continues to pay insurance contributions for him.
- Mission abroad on the behalf of the country - If the child traveled abroad because his parents were sent by the country on a mission abroad, the benefit will be paid during the entire period of the mission (i.e.
Foreign Mission).
In all above cases, please contact the National Insurance Institute before travelling abroad.
Payment when the child is institutionalized
Since January 2022, an institutionalized child is entitled to a disabled child allowance. For the allowance amount, click here.
Payment when a child is hospitalized
When a disabled child, receiving a benefit, has been hospitalized, benefit payment will continue for a period of one year following the date of
admission.
After a year since hospitalization,
his entitlement to a benefit will be evaluated again, based on the causes of
hospitalization:
- Hospitalization for therapy or rehabilitation - Benefit payment may continue beyond the one year period.
- Hospitalization for other causes - This situation being considered as an institutionalization, benefit payment will therefore end.