{"id":11686,"date":"2025-07-24T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/famiris.brussels\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=11686"},"modified":"2025-07-29T12:34:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:34:40","slug":"local-maternity-allowance","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/famiris.brussels\/en\/faq\/maternity-allowance-and-adoption\/local-maternity-allowance\/","title":{"rendered":"Does my municipality also offer a maternity allowance for the birth of my child?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\"><div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<p>In the Brussels-Capital Region, you receive a <a href=\"https:\/\/famiris.brussels\/en\/calculate-your-maternity-allowance\/\">maternity allowance<\/a> at the birth of your child, followed by the monthly Brussels <a href=\"https:\/\/famiris.brussels\/en\/calculate-child-allowances\/\">child benefits<\/a>. Famiris, as the Brussels child benefits fund, pays family allowances and child benefit.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<p>Some Brussels municipalities also provide a <strong>local birth or maternity allowance<\/strong> to further support young families in their municipality. The local maternity allowances are <strong>paid by the municipalities<\/strong> themselves and not by your child benefits fund. The conditions and amounts vary depending on the municipality.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<p>The <strong>application<\/strong> for a local birth allowance is done <strong>through the municipality<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.auderghem.be\/allocation-de-naissance-reglement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Auderghem<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/berchem.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/prime-naissance-fr-ok.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Berchem-Sainte-Agathe<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruxelles.be\/prime-langes-lavables\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bruxelles<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/etterbeek.brussels\/fr\/demarches\/primes-et-subsides\/prime-de-naissance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Etterbeek<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ganshoren.be\/famille\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ganshoren<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ixelles.be\/site\/295-Allocation-prime-de-naissance?langue=fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ixelles<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.koekelberg.be\/w\/index.php?lgn=1&amp;cont=3177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Koekelberg<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sjtn.brussels\/fr\/la-commune\/demarches-administratives\/etat-civil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saint-Josse-ten-Noode<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.woluwe1150.be\/services-communaux\/affaires-sociales\/prime-naissance-adoption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Woluwe-Saint-Pierre<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<p>Even when you adopt a child, you are often entitled to this allowance. 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