In-kind assistance: meals, shelter, clothing for persons in need
Pomoc w naturze i schronienie (pomoc społeczna)
Paid by Gmina / powiat (pomoc społeczna) · 🇵🇱 Poland
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 4 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.
1 document you'll need
UnlockExactly what to gather before you start, so nothing sends you back to the beginning.
Where this comes from
Pomoc społeczna obejmuje m.in. pomoc w naturze, posiłek, schronienie osobom tego potrzebującym oraz skierowanie do domu pomocy społecznej.
https://www.gov.pl/web/rodzina/pomoc-spoleczna
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Not yet re-checked against the official page — this record was extracted on 12 August 2026 and may be out of date. Check the source before you rely on it.
Source: www.gov.pl
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Related reading: How to read a grant eligibility rule
Other income support in Poland
16 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- Supporting benefit for adults with disabilities (WZON 70–100 points)
- Nursing (care) allowance for persons with disability and persons 75+
- Nursing supplement to pension (75+ or totally incapable of independent existence)
- Parental complementary benefit for parents who raised 4+ children
- 13th pension (additional annual cash benefit for pensioners)
- 14th pension (second additional annual benefit)
- Annual indexation of pensions (from 1 March)
- Minimum pension guarantee (top-up to the statutory minimum)
- Sickness allowance
- Rehabilitation benefit after exhaustion of sickness allowance
- Survivor's (family) pension
- Permanent allowance (social assistance)
- Periodic allowance (social assistance)
- Targeted (earmarked) grants from social assistance
- Pre-retirement benefit
- Independence assistance for care-leavers (social assistance)
Similar programmes
Supporting benefit for adults with disabilities (WZON 70–100 points)
Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (ZUS)
Independence assistance for care-leavers (social assistance)
Powiat (PCPR) z budżetu państwa
Pre-retirement benefit
Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (FUS)
14th pension (second additional annual benefit)
Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (ZUS) / KRUS
Parental complementary benefit for parents who raised 4+ children
Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (ZUS) / KRUS
Social pension for adults totally incapable of work since childhood/youth
Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (ZUS)