Geneva advance and recovery of maintenance payments (SCARPA)
Avances sur pensions alimentaires Genève (SCARPA)
Paid by Canton de Genève - Service cantonal d'avance et de recouvrement des pensions alimentaires (SCARPA) · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
What this pays
The published value, how it is calculated, and whether it is cash or a credit ceiling.
Email and a six-digit code, then €50 a year. No password to forget.
Who qualifies
UnlockThe 5 published rules this programme tests you against — age, income, residency, household and the rest.
The steps, documents and official link are part of the paid plan. Checking how much you're owed stays free.
2 documents you'll need
UnlockExactly what to gather before you start, so nothing sends you back to the beginning.
Where this comes from
Le SCARPA verse des avances de pension aux personnes qui vivent à Genève depuis un an au moins, ont un revenu annuel déterminant inférieur à 125'000 francs si l'avance concerne un enfant
https://www.ge.ch/pensions-alimentaires-impayees
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Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
Source: www.ge.ch
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Other family & children support in Switzerland
14 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- Paternity / other parent's leave allowance (EO)
- Adoption leave allowance (EO)
- Care leave allowance for parents of seriously ill children (EO)
- Child allowances (cantonal family allowances)
- Education allowances (cantonal family allowances 16-25)
- Family allowances in agriculture
- Cantonal birth and adoption allowances
- Child maintenance advances (cantonal)
- Subsidised childcare vouchers (City of Zurich)
- Subsidised childcare (Canton of Bern)
- Ticino early-childhood allowances (API)
- Ticino supplementary family allowances for low-income workers (AFI)
- Geneva cantonal maternity allowance (16 weeks)
- Zurich city bridging assistance during pending maintenance proceedings
Similar programmes
Education allowances (cantonal family allowances 16-25)
Familienausgleichskassen der Kantone (FamZG)
Child allowances (cantonal family allowances)
Familienausgleichskassen der Kantone (FamZG)
Orphan's and child pensions (AHV/IV)
Ausgleichskassen AHV/IV
Child maintenance advances (cantonal)
Kantonale / kommunale Bevorschussungsstellen
Care leave allowance for parents of seriously ill children (EO)
Ausgleichskassen (Erwerbsersatzordnung EO)
Family allowances in agriculture
Ausgleichskasse Landwirtschaft (AHV-Ausgleichskasse)