Disabled Adult Allowance (DAA)

Verified 01 April 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

AAH joint, professional activity and pension rights

Published on 31 January 2023

Article 254 of the Finance Law for 2024 allows beneficiaries of the Disabled Adult Allowance (DAA) to continue to receive this allowance if they decide to continue their professional activity after their age of entitlement to retreat.

This measure comes into force on a date fixed by order of the Governor in Council, and no later than 1^erdecember 2024.

In addition, section 255 of the same act provides for holding of cumulation of the supplement for independent living and the additional resources for people losing the benefit of AAH because of the increase in the amount of their pensions as a result of the pension reform.

This measure provides for the issuance of an order in council.

Our page will be updated as soon as the texts are published.

In the meantime, the information presented on this page remains valid.

You're in have a disability and have limited resources? The Disabled Adult Allowance (DAA) may guarantee you one minimum income to meet daily expenses. We'll tell you what the conditions and the gait to follow in order to benefit from it.

What applies to you ?

You can use a simulator to find out if you are entitled to the AAH:

Know what social benefits you may be entitled to

You have to meet certain criteria incapacitation, of age, of residence and resources to collect the AAH.

Disability rate

You must have a certain disability rate determined by the CDAPH: titleContent . This rate shall be fixed on the basis of guide-scale for the assessment of disabilities and disabilities of persons with disabilities.

This rate must be at least 80%. However, it may be 50% to 79% if you have a substantial restriction and sustainable access to employment.

The restriction is substantial if you have significant difficulties in accessing a job that cannot be compensated by specific accommodation measures such as a suitable job.

The restriction is long-lasting as long as it is foreseeable for at least 1 year from the filing of the AAH application.

Age

You must have at least 20 years.

However, you may have at least 16 years if you are no longer considered for family benefits payable by your parents. This is the case, for example, if you have left the family home.

Residence

You're French

You can get the AAH if you reside in Metropolitan France or in the departments or authorities following:

Guadeloupe
Guiana
Martinique
Mayotte
Reunion
Saint Barthelemy
Saint Martin's Day
Saint Pierre and Miquelon

You're European

You can receive the AAH if you live in France for more than 3 months. Compliance with this period is not not required if you exercise professional activity.

You are of another nationality

You can receive the AAH if you live in France for at least 3 months. Compliance with this period is not not required if you exercise professional activity.

You must also to be in regular status, that is, to have a residence permit in validity course or a renewal application receipt a residence permit.

Resources

AAH is assigned means-tested.

The resources taken into account are those listed on the line Categorical net income your 2022 Notice of Assessment (for a 2024 application for an AAH).

Some income is partially taken into account for the calculation of resources. These revenues are as follows:

Income from commercial, craft, liberal or agricultural activities
Salaries and wages, pensions, life annuities free of charge and remuneration of managers and members of certain businesses
Guaranteed remuneration paid in the event of work in an establishment or work-related support service (State)

However, property income, i.e. the rents levied for a rental unit, are taken into account in full for the calculation of resources.

Since 1^er october 2023, the way in which the AAH is calculated has changed. It depends on your family situation from that date.

It is your Cof or MSA that automatically evaluates and applies the most advantageous calculation method for you. You don't have to do anything about it.

You're single

Alone your resources are considered in the calculation of your AAH.

Tableau - Maximum annual resources not to be exceeded if you are single
Number of dependent children within the meaning of family benefits	Your resources
0	€12,193
1	€18,289
2	€24,385
3	€30,481
4	€36,578

You are a couple and already benefit from the AAH

Since 1^er october 2023, the calculation of your AAH is deconjugalized. This means that the resources of the person with whom you live as a couple no longer taken into account in calculating your AAH.

However, if deconjugalization is less financially advantageous for you, the taking into account resources of the person you live with as a couple is held in calculating your AAH (this is called conjugalization).

FYI

As soon as the conjugalized calculation no longer benefits you, your AAH is calculated in a de-conjugalized manner and this, in a manner that automatic and definitive.

Tableau - Maximum annual resources not to be exceeded if you live as a couple and already a beneficiary of the AAH
Number of dependent children within the meaning of family benefits	Your resources	You live as a couple
0	€12,193	€22,069
1	€18,289	€28,165
2	€24,385	€34,261
3	€30,481	€40,358
4	€36,578	€46,454

You are a couple and become a beneficiary of the AAH

Since 1^er october 2023, the calculation of your AAH is obligatorily deconjugalized (sending your file to your departmental home of disabled people from the 1^er September). This means that the person's resources with which you live as a couple shall not be taken into account in the calculation of your AAH: only your resources are retained.

Tableau - Maximum annual resources not to be exceeded if you are a couple and ask for the AAH
Number of dependent children within the meaning of family benefits	Your resources
0	€12,193
1	€18,289
2	€24,385
3	€30,481
4	€36,578

The request can be made online through an online service, if the MDPH: titleContent of your place of residence offers it:

Application for MDPH benefits (AAH, PCH, ...) and renewal

You can also apply by post through a form:

Application or renewal of disability benefits (AAH, PCH, CMI, Accommodation, ...)

You must contact supporting documents mentioned in connection with your online application or on the form.

Documents must be sent to the MDPH: titleContent where you live (or scanned if you apply online).

Who shall I contact

Departmental House for People with Disabilities (MDPH)

Please note

one procedure for recognition of the status of disabled worker (RQTH) is routinely engaged in the course of the examination of an AAH application.

Once you have made your AAH request, you will receive an acknowledgement of receipt from the MDPH (called notification), by mail with your file number.

The MDPH assesses your AAH application on the basis of your needs, the information you have provided in your file. It may take up to 4 months.

The MDPH then organizes the CDAPH, which makes the decision whether or not to grant you the AAH.

The MDPH will send you the decision by mail within 4 weeks after CDAPH.

The MDPH sends a copy of the decision to your CAF or MSA in charge of the AAH payment.

The FCA or MSA calculates your entitlement to the AAH and pays you the AAH after verifying administrative conditions (age, resources, residence and nationality).

The upright of the AAH depends of your resources.

You can use a simulator to make a estimate of your rights :

Know what social benefits you may be entitled to

You have no resources

If you have no resources, you will receive the maximum amount of the AAH which is €1,016.05 (whether you have a disability rate of between 50% and 79% or more).

Accident at work You are receiving a pension (disability, retirement,

If you are receiving a pension, you will receive the difference between amount of your pension or annuity and maximum amount of the AAH (which is €1,016.05).

You're working

The location varies depending on whether you work in establishment and labor support service (Ésat) or ordinary environment.

In State

The upright of the AAH is calculated based on your business income.

Your resources are evaluated based on the data from the penultimate year that are transmitted by the tax department. However, the calculation of your entitlements can be quarterly if you start in Ésat after having had a professional activity in an ordinary environment.

Ordinary environment

The upright of the AAH is calculated based on your business income.

You must report your resources to the FCA or MSA on a quarterly basis by completing a form:

Quarterly AAH reporting to the Cfa or MSA

Who shall I contact

Family Allowance Fund (Caf)

Mutual Social Agricultural Organization (MSA)

You are hospitalized or accommodated in a specialized reception house (Mas)

You are hospitalized or accommodated in Mas less than 60 days

You keep touching the maximum amount of the AAH, either €1,016.05 per month.

You are hospitalized or accommodated in Mas for more than 60 days

The upright of the AAH is reduced to 30%, or €305 per month.

However, this reduction does not apply if you are in one of the following situations:

You pay a daily fee, either €20 per day
You have at least 1 dependent child within the meaning of family benefits
You have 1 ascendant dependant in the tax sense (you pay support to him)
The person you live with as a couple does not work for a reason recognized by the CDAPH

At the end of your hospitalization or lodging, you again receive the maximum amount of the AAH, either €1,016.05.

You're incarcerated

You're incarcerated for less than 60 days

You keep touching the maximum amount of the AAH, either €1,016.05 per month.

You're incarcerated for more than 60 days

The amount of the AAH shall be reduced to 30%, or €305 per month.

However, this reduction does not apply if you are in one of the following situations:

You have at least 1 dependent child within the meaning of family benefits
You have 1 ascendant dependant in the tax sense (you pay support to him)
The person you live with as a couple does not work for a reason recognized by the CDAPH

At the end of your incarceration, you again receive the maximum amount of the AAH, i.e. €1,016.05.

All depends of your disability rate.

Your rate is at least 80%

The AAH shall be granted for a period of 1 to 10 years or for life if your disability cannot develop favorably.

When the AAH is not assigned for life, you can reapply for the AAH before the end of the award period by following the same procedure as for the initial application (same form to be completed and attachments).

50-79%

The AAH shall be granted for a period of 1-2 years or 1 to 5 years if your disability cannot develop favorably during this period.

Before the end of the award period, you can reapply for an AAH using the same procedure as for the initial application (same form to be completed and attachments).

All depends of your disability rate.

Disability rate of at least 80%

You can accumulate your retirement pension and the AAH if the amount of your pension is less than the maximum amount of the AAH (€1,016.05). You will then receive the difference between amount of your pension and the maximum amount of the AAH.

50% to 79%

The payment of the AAH ends from the statutory retirement age (currently 64 years for persons born from 1^er January 1968).

FYI

if you have never contributed to old-age insurance or do not receive any benefits, the AAH is replaced by Solidarity allowance for the elderly (Aspa).

Any change in your situation (moving, bank details, family life...) must be declared to the CAF or the MSA because it can have an impact on your AAH. This statement can be made online or directly on site with your Cof or MSA.

Online

You need to sign in to your account with your Allocator Number and PIN:

Family Allowance Fund (Caf) online

You must scan the documents justifying your change of situation (e.g. notice of decision from France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi)).

On the spot

You must complete a change of situation report form available from your CFOC.

Who shall I contact

Family Allowance Fund (Caf)

You will need to attach to your application the documents justifying your change of situation (e.g. France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi)).

Online

You need to sign in to your account with your Allocator Number and PIN:

MSA - Special spaces

You must scan the documents justifying your change of situation (e.g. notice of decision from France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi)).

On the spot

You must complete a change of situation report form available from the AMM.

Who shall I contact

Mutual Social Agricultural Organization (MSA)

You will need to attach to your application the documents justifying your change of situation (e.g. France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi)).

AAH may be cumulative with the benefits following:

Activity bonus

Surcharge for independent living or the additional resources. This add-in is deleted since december 2019. However, if you received this aid until that date, you will continue to receive it if you meet the conditions for the award, for a maximum period of 10 years.

Telephone social reduction

If you touch other allowances (for example: invalidity pension, RSA), you have an AAH small.

He's not possible to accumulate the AAH and the specific solidarity allowance (SSA). However, if you received these 2 aids on 31 december 2016, you may continue to receive them as long as you meet the conditions, for a maximum period of 10 years.

The heirs must inform the Caf or the MSA by all means in case of death of the beneficiary of the AAH.