Does my municipality also offer a maternity allowance for the birth of my child?

In the Brussels-Capital Region, you receive a maternity allowance at the birth of your child, followed by the monthly Brussels child benefits. Famiris, as the Brussels child benefits fund, pays family allowances and child benefit.

Some Brussels municipalities also provide a local birth or maternity allowance to further support young families in their municipality. The local maternity allowances are paid by the municipalities themselves and not by your child benefits fund. The conditions and amounts vary depending on the municipality.

The application for a local birth allowance is done through the municipality:

• Auderghem
• Berchem-Sainte-Agathe
• Bruxelles
• Etterbeek
• Ganshoren
• Ixelles
• Koekelberg
• Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
• Woluwe-Saint-Pierre

Even when you adopt a child, you are often entitled to this allowance. For more information, you can contact your municipality.