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Can you collect social benefits when you get out of prison?

Verified 20 January 2021 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

A released inmate may apply for active solidarity income (SSA) or the young person's employment contract.

FYI

a released inmate is no longer eligible for the Temporary Standby Allowance (ETA) since September 2017.

Decree No. 2017-826 of 5 May 2017 on the incentive for the resumption of activity of beneficiaries of the specific solidarity allowance and the abolition of the temporary standby allowance
Ata Replacement as of September 1, 2017
Labor Code: Articles R5425-1 to R5425-10
Ata: exercise of a professional activity
Decree No. 2024-341 of 12 April 2024 upgrading the specific solidarity allowance, the temporary waiting allowance and the equivalent pension allowance
Instruction France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) n°2017-33 of 19 July 2017 on the abolition of the temporary standby allowance (Ata) from 1 September 2017

FAQ

Active Solidarity Income (RSA)
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Youth employment contract (support in finding a job)
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