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Employment for single mothers in the community
Available benefits — and how they are actually set
Daycare and after-school subsidy — the most significant benefit here. The grade is set by per-capita family income and by the parent's working or study hours (at least 32 a week), on a 15-grade scale. For a single parent, income is calculated as 50% of gross divided by the number of family members plus one — a calculation that favours single-parent families.
Important: this subsidy has no origin criterion of any kind. This page previously said "daycare subsidy — up to 80% of cost for community members", framing it as an ethnic entitlement. It is not; it is income-based — which is why it is worth rechecking your grade every year, even if you did not qualify last year.
Absorption basket for a single parent — the single-parent rate is higher (₪35,071 against ₪21,694 for a single person). That is a higher rate, not a separate grant.
Child allowance — set solely by the number of children. It carries no single-parent supplement.
Income support and the study grant — for those eligible: higher income-support rates for a single parent, and an annual study grant per child each August.
What was removed from this page
- "Extended parental leave — 28 weeks (2 weeks longer than standard)". No such thing exists. Statutory leave is 26 weeks (15 paid by National Insurance), and there is no 28-week variant, for single parents or for community members.
- "JDC-Ashalim Strong Families" and its centres in Netanya, Rehovot, Beersheba and Haifa. No programme by that name appears at JDC. Its work with Ethiopian-Israeli families runs through PACT, which is transitioning to "A Good Start".