Education allowance for disabled children (AEEH)
Verified 01 November 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
What is the Education Allowance for Disabled Children (AEEH)? This is a financial assistance to compensate for your expenses related to your child's disability under 20 years. The AEEH is paid to parents. It may be supplemented, in certain cases, by other allowances. We present you with the information you need to know.
The Education Allowance for the Disabled Child (AEEH) helps you to pay the disability-related expenditure of your child.
The AEEH may be accompanied by supplements fixed in particular as a function of level of disability of your child. This level of disability is determined by CDAPH: titleContent.
Your child must fill all of the following conditions to collect the EEHA:
- Be under 20
- Reside in France permanently
- Not earning more than 55% the gross monthly minimum, or €990.99
- Have a disability rate equal to or greater than 80% or a rate of incapacity between 50% and less than 80% with support from a medical-social institution or service, an adapted education system related to disability, care and/or rehabilitation related to disability, recommended by the CDAPH.
Your child must not be in boarding school with full coverage of the costs of stay by the health insurance, the State or the department.
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 (or scanned if you apply online) to the MDPH: titleContent of your place of residence.
The CDAPH meets to decide on your request for an AEEH and its supplements.
Its response usually occurs in a four-month period from the date of submission of your application.
If no reply is received after 4 months, the request shall be considered as rejected.
To grant the AEEH supplements, the CDAPH determines your child's level of disability and therefore his disability rate. These add-ins are divided into 6 levels of disability.
The CDAPH takes into account the following elements when allocating supplements:
- Your monthly expenses related to your child's disability (care, education...)
- Need to hire a third party to care for your child
- Need to reduce or stop working to care for your child
Basic AEEH
The amount of the AEEH is €149.26.
AEEH and its supplements
The amount of the AEEH can be supplemented, depending on your child's level of disability, by a AEEH complement.
If you are taking care of your child on your own, the AEEH can also be supplemented with the Single parent specific surcharge once the CDAPH has granted a supplement because of your child's condition, forcing you to give up, cease or engage in part-time professional activity or requiring the use of a paid third person.
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If you have hired a third party
If your child's disability does not allow you to work more than 50% or 80% or forces you to give up a job
If your child's disability involves a certain monthly cost (no hiring of a third person or reduction or cessation of activity)
The duration of the award of the AEEH and its supplements depends on disability rate of your child.
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80% or more
Stable or worsened health
The AEEH is assigned without limitation of duration up to 20 years of your child or until the switch to Disabled Adult Allowance (DAA). Indeed, from the age of 20, your child can benefit from the AAH if he or she meets the required conditions.
Improved health status
The AEEH shall be granted for a period of 3 to 5 years.
Rates between 50% and 80%
The AEEH shall be granted for a period of 2 to 5 years.
The AEEH and its supplements are paid to you every month.
AEEH and its supplements shall be reviewed as far as possible every 2 years when the CDAPH has decided on specific measures of education and care for your child.
Yes, you can choose to accumulate:
- the AEEH in full aid for disability compensation (PCH)
- or the AEEH with the AEEH supplement and PCH assistance for the costs incurred for the fitting-out of your dwelling or vehicle, or additional transport costs
To help you choose, the CDAPH introduces you to the different scenarios and offers you a numerical comparison of the different services. These items are sent to you by registered letter with notice of receipt.
The AEEH shall continue to be paid on 3 months after the death of your child.
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