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  1. 1DSS sets the parameters
  2. 2Published officially
  3. 3Applied for the CNAF
  4. 4Explained to the person

DSS sets the parameters

The Direction de la sécurité sociale fixes the monthly base and the resource ceilings by instruction. The values below are read from the pinned text.

Revaluation of family benefits on 1 April 2026

Instruction interministérielle n° DSS/2B/2026/46 du 20 mars 2026

Monthly base from 1 April 2026
Le montant de cette base mensuelle, en pourcentage duquel sont fixées les prestations familiales, est donc porté de 474,37 € (depuis le 1er avril 2025) à 478,16 € au 1er avril 2026.
Two-child row of the table
2 enfants 32 % 153,01 16 % 76,51 8% 38,25

NOR SFHS2607952J · Open the pinned text

Resource ceilings for 2026

Instruction interministérielle n° DSS/2B/2025/177 du 18 décembre 2025

Ceilings for two children
2 enfants ≤ 79 980 ≤ 106 604 > 106 604

NOR SFHS2535630J · Open the pinned text

Published officially

Each text is pinned byte for byte from its official channel, with its identifier, its date and the SHA-256 of the bytes used.

Instructions

Bulletin officiel Santé – Protection sociale – Solidarité

  • DSS/2B/2026/46 du 20 mars 2026Official PDFPDF SHA-256 5288475881ca… · text SHA-256 e99e176f704a…
  • DSS/2B/2025/177 du 18 décembre 2025Official PDFPDF SHA-256 a51de9474b15… · text SHA-256 5b89e337e71b…
Codified articles

DILA · Légifrance open data (LEGI)

ArticleLEGI identifierIn force fromPinned text
Article L. 521-1Code de la sécurité socialeLEGIARTI0000299630061 July 2015500b3c4acb07…
Article L. 521-2Code de la sécurité socialeLEGIARTI00003909982630 September 202179c214442f0d…
Article D. 521-1Code de la sécurité socialeLEGIARTI0000306803181 July 201513faa568c728…
Article D. 823-16Code de la construction et de l’habitationLEGIARTI0000388789051 September 2019954a9057ba9f…

From the DILA archive Freemium_legi_global_20250713-140000.tar.gz.

Applied for the CNAF

Each benefit keeps its own case and date. Every value below was produced by the rules and saved with its evidence.

Family allowances · April 2026
€153.01

Monthly allowance, before CRDS · 2 dependent children

  1. Monthly base€478.16DSS/2B/2026/46
  2. Rate for the second child, band 10.32Article D. 521-1
  3. Monthly allowance€153.01Same as the DSS table row for 2 children
Duty

The debtor fund pays the receiving parent the monthly amount the family gets · €153.01

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Housing aid · January 2021
€254.00464475

Paid after the contribution withholding

  1. Monthly aid from the formula€261.21Article D. 823-16
  2. After the flat-rate reduction€256.21Article D. 823-16
  3. Contributions removed, rounded down to the euro, added back−€0.92895Article D. 823-16
  4. Paid after the CRDS withholding€254.00464475Ordonnance n° 96-50, articles 14 and 19

The texts set no rounding for the withheld contribution, so the paid amount keeps its exact value.

Household data
Rental housing
Yes
Aid
ALS · allocation de logement sociale
Housing zone
Zone III
Household
Single person
Dependants
0
Household resources
0.00 €
Monthly rent
306.00 €
Tenancy
Sole tenancy
Rent reduction (RLS)
0.00 €
Territory
Mainland France
Dwelling
Ordinary dwelling
AAH or AEEH recipient
No
Article text for each step
le montant mensuel de l'aide est calculé selon la formule suivante : " Af = L + C-Pp "
Article D. 823-16Pinned text SHA-256 954a9057ba9f…
Le résultat ainsi obtenu est minoré d'un montant fixé forfaitairement par arrêté.
Article D. 823-16Pinned text SHA-256 954a9057ba9f…
Le montant qui en résulte est diminué d'un montant représentatif des contributions sociales qui s'y appliquent, arrondi à l'euro inférieur, puis majoré de ce montant représentatif.
Article D. 823-16Pinned text SHA-256 954a9057ba9f…
La contribution due sur les prestations visées aux 7°, 8° et 9° du II est précomptée par l'organisme débiteur dans les conditions prévues à l'article L. 131-1 du code de la sécurité sociale.
Ordonnance n° 96-50, articles 14 and 19Pinned text SHA-256 a22e7da73a35…Open the pinned text

Explained to the person

For the family allowance case: the data, sources, parameters and operations behind the amount, as saved with the calculation.

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How the processing contributed

The amount and the duties come from the rules below, applied to the data listed. Data marked “Fund finding” are established by the fund before the calculation; the rules do not decide them.

17 data items · 9 fund findings · answer hash 53a516bc6bfb…

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Data processed and their sources

Territory
Mainland France
Dependent children
2Fund finding
Full age supplements
0Fund finding
Half age supplements
0Fund finding
Resource band
Band 1 (at or below the first ceiling)Fund finding
Monthly base (BMAF)
478.16 €
Fund serving the household
Serving fund → ParentFund finding
Month of entitlement
2026-04-01
Household
Parent
Household lump sum
0 €
Children placed with child welfare
0
Child who opens the right
First childFund finding
Child in the parent’s care
Parent → First childFund finding
Date of birth First child
2020-01-01
Child who opens the right
Second childFund finding
Child in the parent’s care
Parent → Second childFund finding
Date of birth Second child
2022-01-01
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Parameters and their weight in this case

  • Monthly base (BMAF) on 1 April 2026€478.16DSS/2B/2026/46
  • Rate for the second child, band 10.32Article D. 521-1 · from 1 July 2015
  • Rate for the third and subsequent children, band 10.41Article D. 521-1 · from 1 July 2015
  • Age supplement, band 10.16Article D. 521-1 · from 1 July 2015

With 2 dependent children and no age supplement, the second-child rate carries the whole amount.

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Operations performed

  1. DroitOuvertMetropoleFamily benefits are due from the second dependent childEstablished
  2. MontantMensuelGross monthly: rank rates times the base, full- and half-rate supplements included€153.01
Other positions of the serving fund · 5
  • DutyBodies must inform allocataires of the nature and extent of their rights
  • DutyBodies must assist in drawing up claims
  • DutyBodies transmit the enforceable L. 582-2 contribution to the fisc
  • DutySickness schemes transmit L. 431-1 2 daily allowances to the fisc (law 78-17)
  • LibertyBodies may help recover maintenance claims

Articles applied

Les allocations familiales sont dues à partir du deuxième enfant à charge.
L. 521-1Pinned text SHA-256 500b3c4acb07…Open the pinned text
a) 32 % pour le deuxième enfant à charge ;
D. 521-1 I, 1°Pinned text SHA-256 13faa568c728…Open the pinned text
Les allocations sont versées à la personne qui assume, dans quelques conditions que ce soit, la charge effective et permanente de l'enfant.
L. 521-2Pinned text SHA-256 79c214442f0d…Open the pinned text
Le montant de cette base mensuelle, en pourcentage duquel sont fixées les prestations familiales, est donc porté de 474,37 € (depuis le 1er avril 2025) à 478,16 € au 1er avril 2026.
DSS/2B/2026/46Pinned text SHA-256 e99e176f704a…Open the pinned text
2 enfants 32 % 153,01 16 % 76,51 8% 38,25
DSS/2B/2026/46, I.1Pinned text SHA-256 e99e176f704a…Open the pinned text
ANNEXE : MONTANTS DES PRESTATIONS FAMILIALES SERVIES EN MÉTROPOLE, EN GUADELOUPE, EN GUYANE, EN MARTINIQUE, A LA RÉUNION, A SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY, A SAINT-MARTIN (avant précompte de la CRDS) ET A MAYOTTE Au 1er avril 2026 Arrondis au centième d’euro le plus proche
DSS/2B/2026/46, Appendix heading and scopePinned text SHA-256 e99e176f704a…Open the pinned text

Presented under the four headings of article R. 311-3-1-2 of the Code des relations entre le public et l’administration. This is an explanation of the saved calculation, not an opinion on compliance.