The National Insurance Institute completed this morning, 11.08.2025, the transfer of study grants to eligible families, with the aim of assisting parents in purchasing equipment, clothing and textbooks for their children in preparation of the new school year.
The grant is given:
- To families with 4 or more children who receive one of the following benefits: alimony, income support, survivors, disability and old age.
- As well as to single parents: separated, widowed, divorced or single.
2024
Last year, the National Insurance transferred study grants to 114,880 single-parent families and 19,800 families with 4 or more children who also receive one of the following benefits: alimony, income support, survivors, disability or old age pensions.
In total, 263,700 children received the grant last year for a total amount of approximately NIS 300 million.
2025
Grants were paid to 117,782 single-parent families (2,909 single-parent families more than last year), and to 22,474 families with 4 or more children who also receive one of the following benefits: alimony, income support, survivors, disability or old-age pensions (2,674 families more than last year).
In total, about 278,500 children received a grant, with a total payment of about NIS 328 million. About NIS 28 million more than last year.
Distribution by beneficiaries
Single-parent families
| 114,880
| 117,782
| 2,909
|
Families with 4 + children (receiving a qualifying pension)
| 19,800
| 22,474
| 2,674
|
Children who received
| 114,880
| 278,500
| 163,620
|
Total amount of grants
| NIS 300 million
| NIS 328 million
| NIS 28 million
|
Acting Director General of the National Insurance, Zvika Cohen: "The grant is designed to address the immediate needs of many families before the start of the school year, and to let children start the year equipped with everything they need. It is about strengthening and supporting families who are going through a challenging time, so that their children can start the school year with a sense of security."