Many French people do not claim the social assistance to which they are entitled, sometimes missing several thousand euros per year. An online simulator allows you to take stock, freely anonymously.
If it is often criticized, the French social system is of precious support for a large part of the population. In addition to health and retirement, which benefit everyone, it allows many people to benefit from various financial assistance according to their situation: family allowances (AF), personalized housing assistance (APL), family housing allowance (ALF), activity bonus, individual training assistance, personalized autonomy allowance (APA) or active solidarity income (RSA), there are all kinds, for everyone or almost.
And this is the problem. There are so many devices matching a myriad of conditions that it is difficult to find your way when you are not an expert in the matter. Thus, according to a report From the Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics Department (DREES), nearly a third of citizens eligible for one or more social benefits do not benefit from it. In total, this represents around 38 billion euros not claimed by households each year.
This phenomenon affects all population categories: students, precarious workers, solo parents, families, retirees … This is explained by the ignorance of their rights, lack of time, but also to all too complicated administrative procedures. And that’s without counting treatment times, which can sometimes take an entire year! In addition, the digitization of public services has not simplified access to aid. And that is without counting the fact that some give up aid by choice, for fear of negative consequences, to pass for an “assisted” or by the will to get out of it “by themselves”.
In fact, most French people do not claim aid to which they are entitled, by simple ignorance. And it is precisely to help them see more clearly than the government has set up an online tool completely anonymous and free: the site Mesdroitocials.gouv.frwhich allows everyone to find the various aids from which they can benefit from their status (young, student, active, etc.). And there is no reason to deprive yourself!
About fifteen minutes are enough to make a complete simulation of your rights. You just have to enter some information by indicating the number of people living in your home and their status (pregnant, parental, student, resumption of activity, etc.), the accommodation in which you live (municipality, tenant or owner , etc.) and your different resources.
Once the form is completed (the course is argled), you get the list of social aids to which you can claim among the 58 existing devices. Do not hesitate to perform a simulation, it’s fast, anonymous and free. It would be a shame to deprive yourself of these boosts that can represent several thousand euros per year.