Press Release: Commission adopts Austrian programme to use €18,03 million from Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived

The European Commission approved on the 28 November 2014 the Austrian Operational Programme to use the new Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD). Austria will receive €18.03m in current prices in the period 2014-2020 to provide basic material assistance to those most in need in the country (complemented with €3.18m from national resources).

In Austria, the FEAD will address the material deprivation of those with difficulties to buy school materials at the beginning of the school year. Families depending on social assistance with children at primary and secondary school level will receive basic educational materials (e.g. school bag, stationery, painting material, etc.), according to their age and school type. Accompanying measures will provide beneficiaries with relevant information to improve their social inclusion and tailored advice and orientation activities.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Poverty: Commission proposes new Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-poverty-commission-proposes-new-fund-for-european-aid-to-the-most-deprived/

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