Family allowance (ANF – assegno al nucleo familiare) is an amount in support of income of family member of pensioners, payable by social security’special fund. The pension rate may be supplemented if the family’s annual income is below than the minimum amount specified under Italian law.
The entitlement and the amount of cheque depends on the number of family members, their respective income and the family composition, based on the schedules published by INPS annually.