Nearly a million children stopped receiving the Family Allowance for Children: the reasons behind the cutback

From November 2023 until March 2025, the parents of 994,817 children stopped receiving the Family Allowance per Son (AFH). The figure was confirmed by the Chief of Staff, Guillermo Francos, in an official response to the Chamber of Deputies. In December 2023, the AFH reached 5,520,650 minors, while in March 2025 the amount fell to 4,525,833. The main reason for this loss is due to the reduction of the family income cap that enables access to the…