Holiday assistance for children and families (AVE or AVF)

Verified 06 July 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Some family allowance funds (CAF) or agricultural mutual societies (MSA) grant their beneficiaries financial assistance for holidays. This help is called Holiday assistance for children or families (AVE and AVF) partially covers the costs of a holiday stay for your child or family. In order to benefit from this aid, you must receive a family benefit from the CAF or MSA.

Children's Holiday Assistance (AVE)

Your CAC or MSA can grant you an eTA to reduce your child's living expenses.

The stay must be chosen from holiday centers labeled Vacaf throughout France or abroad.

A search tool allows you to make this choice:

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It can be a linguistic, sports, artistic or cultural stay.

Your child's stay is only possible during school holidays.

The length of stay is generally 14 nights maximum, only once in the year.

To be eligible for the eTA, you must meet the 3 conditions following:

  • Collect a family benefit paid by the Caf or the MSA
  • Have 1 or more children (the award criteria based on the age of the children are specific to each department)
  • Have a family quotient generally less than or equal to €700 (this amount may be different in your department)

With the eTA, your Caf or MSA can support 40% to 70% the cost of your child's stay according to your family quotient.

Example :

Your child's stay is €700. If the eTA is 40%Yeah, he's staying €420 at your expense.

You have no no steps to take to benefit from the eTA.

If you are entitled to this assistance, your Cof or MSA will inform you of this during 1er quarter of the year by postal or electronic mail.

This letter indicates the nature of your rights for your family: length of stay, percentage of aid, maximum amount...

To book your stay and benefit from this assistance, you must choose your stay from those listed on the Vacaf website:

Search holiday packages by department

You must then fill in a registration form on the website of the holiday center you have chosen.

The reservation of your stay can also be made by telephone specifying your number of the beneficiary.

The holiday center calculates the price of your stay and deducts the amount of your eTA. If you accept this offer, you must send deposit to confirm your reservation.

One month before your departure, you will have to pay the balance of your stay.

Yes, you can accumulate the eTA with the ATL or good leisure activities awarded by the CAF or MSA for the leisure activities of your children.

Assistance for family holidays (AVF)

Your Caf or MSA may grant you the AVF to reduce the amount of your family stay.

The stay must be chosen from holiday centers labeled Vacaf throughout France or abroad.

A search tool allows you to make this choice:

Search holiday packages by department

During the stay, the presence of at least 1 adult and one child entitled is obligatory.

The length of stay is generally 14 nights maximum, only once in the year.

In order to benefit from the AVF, you must respect the 3 conditions following:

  • Collect a family benefit paid by the Caf or MSA
  • Have 1 or more children (the award criteria based on the age of the children are specific to each department)
  • Have a family quotient generally less than or equal to €700 (this amount may be different in your department)

With AVF, your Caf or MSA can support 50% to 75% the cost of your family's stay according to your family quotient.

Example :

The cost of your family stay is €900. If the AVF is 50%Yeah, he's staying €450 at your expense.

You have no no steps to take to benefit from the AVF.

If you are entitled to this assistance, your Cof or MSA will inform you of this during 1er quarter of the year by postal or electronic mail.

This letter indicates the nature of your rights for your family: length of stay, percentage of aid, maximum amount...

To book your stay and benefit from this assistance, you must choose your holiday stay from those listed on the Vacaf website:

Search holiday packages by department

You must then fill in a registration form on the website of the holiday center you have chosen.

The reservation of your stay can also be made by telephone specifying your number of the beneficiary.

The holiday center calculates the price of your stay and deducts the amount of the AVF. If you accept this offer, you must send deposit to confirm your reservation.

One month before your departure, you will have to pay the balance of your stay.

Yes, you can accumulate AVF with the ATL or good leisure activities awarded by the CAF or MSA for the leisure activities of your children.

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