The Universal Child Allowance (Asignación Universal por Hijo (AUH)) for Social Protection was adopted by Decree 1602/09. It is a monthly non-contributory allowance, payable for each child under age 18 (no age limit in the case of a disabled child), up to five children.
Beneficiaries are those family groups that, besides not receiving any other benefit, are unemployed or workers registered as single tax payers/microentrepeneurs ("monotributistas"), or working in the informal labour market or in domestic service, and who earn less than the minimum wage.
According to the first results, the implementation of the program has been successful in reducing poverty. Similarly, positive impacts in terms of health and education have been corroborated.
Finally, since the AUH seeks to promote the registration of births, the allowance requires that each eligible child has its national identity card.