Arka News Agency, Armenia
Jan 29 2007

29,201 CHILDREN RECEIVE ONE-TIME ALLOWANCE FOR CHILD BIRTH IN ARMENIA
IN 2006

YEREVAN, January 29. /ARKA/. 29,201 children received one-time
allowance for child birth in Armenia in 2006, said Astghik Minasyan,
Chief of Department for Social Support, RA Labor and Social Security
Ministry.
According to Minasyan, an average of 4,800 mothers receives child
support every month. The on-time allowance amounts to AMD35,000 and
the child support to AMD 3,000.
Minasyan reported that 37,499 children were born in 2005, but no
information on the number of children born in 2006 is available yet.
This year needy families are to received AMD200,000 (about $500) for
the birth of the third and subsequent children. "This relates both
married couples and single mothers," Minasyan said. N.V. -0–