The benefits paid by the Family Allowance Fund were revalued by 0.8% on April 1, 2026within the framework of legal indexation to inflation. This increase, lower than that of 2025 (+1.7%), will only appear concretely on bank statements at the time of transfer of the May 5, 2026carried out as always in arrears for the rights for the month of April.
This revaluation concerns the Active solidarity income (RSA)THE family allowancesthere activity bonusL’allowance for disabled adults (AAH)but also theback-to-school allowance (ARS) and several family supplements. The amounts earned range from a few cents to a dozen euros per month depending on the assistance. According to Ouest-France, the Social Security Accounts Commission anticipated 0.9%, before the final calculation on prices excluding tobacco reduced the increase to 0.8%. Hence the impression of a fairly limited boost.
CIF transfer of May 5, 2026: what exactly to expect
CAF pays its services “in arrears”: the sum paid on the 5th of each month corresponds to the rights of the previous month. THE
May 5, 2026or the nearest working day if the date falls on a weekend or public holiday, so you will see the increase applied to your April entitlements for the first time. This applies to family allowances, AAH, most supplements and, later in the year, to ARS.
For the RSA and the activity bonusthe mechanism is a little longer. Ouest-France indicates that, even if the scales are raised on April 1, the revaluation only becomes fully visible after five to six months in many files, due to the quarterly declaration of resources. Clearly, your amount may remain stable for a few months before reflecting the new scale.
RSA, family allowances, AAH: how much more in your account
Nearly 1.79 million households currently receive the
RSA. A single person without children sees their monthly amount increase from €646.52 to €651.69, or €5 more. A couple without children increases to €977.54, with a gain of €8. With one child, the amount reaches €977.54, then €1,173.05 for two children, i.e. an increase of €8 to €10, and an additional €260.68 per additional child, with an increase of €2 on this supplement.
THE family allowances evolve more at the margins. For two children, a family with resources less than or equal to €79,980 receives €152.26 per month, compared to €151.05 previously. With three children and income below €86,644, the new amount reaches €347.32. In the most favorable configurations, the gain remains around €3 to €4 per month. Since March 1, 2026, the increase is no longer paid from the age of 14 but from the age of 18 for children born on or after March 1, 2012, which pushes back this small supplement. According to the government website Mon Parcours Handicap, the ceiling ofAAH increases from €1,033.32 to €1,041.59, or €8.27 more for around 1.35 million people.
Activity bonus and other CAF aid: small increases, sometimes targeted
There activity bonuspaid to 4.52 million beneficiaries and 8.76 million people in 2025, sees its lump sum amount for a single person without children increase from €633.21 to around €638.28, or almost €5 more, according to RMC Conso. The same source specifies that the current reform gradually increases the bonus for incomes between the minimum wage (€1,442.40) and 1.15 times the minimum wage (€1,658.76), by around €50 on average per month, while raising the resource ceiling to open the right to new households.
Several family benefits complete this table: the family supplement reaches €198.16 or €297.26 depending on the quotient, the shared child education benefit (PreParE) can go up to €459.69, the free choice of childcare supplement rises to €992.13, the basic allowance stands at €198.16, the family support allowance at €200.78 for a single parent or €267.63 in the case of child care, and the education allowance for a disabled child varies between €114.76 and €1,298.44. All are revalued by 0.8%, a rate set by law based on the last twelve price indices excluding tobacco.