Disabled Adult Allowance (AAH)
Verified 01 April 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
You are in disabled and have low resources? The Disabled Adult Allowance (DAA) can guarantee you one minimum income to meet daily expenses. We tell you what are the conditions and the gait to make the request.
What applies to you ?
Warning
Some specific rules apply to Mayotte.
You can use a simulator to find out if you are entitled to the AAH:
Estimate your entitlement to the Disabled Adult Allowance (DAA)
You have to meet certain criteria of incapacity, of age, residence and resources to collect the AAH.
Disability rate
You must have a certain disability rate determined by the Disability Rights Commission (CDAPH). This rate is set according to a scale guide for the assessment of disabilities and disabilities of persons with disabilities.
This rate must be at least 80%. However, it may be 50% à 79% if you have a substantial restriction and sustainable access to employment.
The restriction is substantial when you encounter significant difficulties in accessing a job that cannot be compensated by specific accommodation measures such as an adapted job.
The restriction shall be of a lasting nature provided that it is of a foreseeable duration of at least 1 year from the date of submission 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 to responsibility of your parents for the allocation of family benefits. This is the case, for example, if you have left the family home.
Residence
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You are French
You can perceive the AAH if you reside in Metropolitan France or in the departments or local authorities following:
- Guadeloupe
- French Guiana
- Martinique
- Mayotte
- The Meeting
- Saint Bartholomew's
- Saint Martin
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
You are European
You can collect the AAH if you live in France for more than 3 months. Compliance with this duration is not not required if you exercise a professional activity.
You are of another nationality
You can collect the AAH if you live in France for at least 3 months. Compliance with this duration is not not required if you exercise a professional activity.
You must also be in regular situation, i.e. have a residence permit in course of validity or a renewal application receipt a residence permit.
Resources
The AAH is assigned under resource condition.
The resources taken into account are those shown in the line Categorical net income your 2024 tax assessment (for a 2026 HAA application).
Some income is partially taken into account for the calculation of resources. These are the following revenues:
- Income from commercial, craft, liberal or agricultural activities
- Salaries and wages, pensions, life annuities free of charge and remuneration of managers and partners of certain businesses
- Guaranteed remuneration paid in the event of work in an establishment or work assistance service (Ésat).
On the other hand, land income, that is to say, the rents levied for a dwelling put up for rent, are taken into account in full for the calculation of resources.
Since the 1er October 2023, the amount of the AAH is no longer calculated from your cumulative resources with those of the person with whom you live as a couple. The amount of the AAH is calculated solely from your resources (we are talking about deconjugalization).
HoweverHowever, this change in calculation method is only made if it is more advantageous for you. If not, the combination of your resources and those of the person with whom you live as a couple continues to apply (this is called conjugalization).
It is your Caf or MSA that automatically evaluates and applies the most advantageous calculation method for you. You don't have to do that.
FYI
As soon as the conjugated calculation no longer benefits you, your AAH is calculated in a deconjugalized way. This calculation is automatic and definitive.
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You're single
Your resources must not exceed certain limits.
Number of dependent children within the meaning of family benefits | Your resources |
|---|---|
0 | €12,499 |
1 | €18,749 |
2 | €24,998 |
3 | €31,248 |
4 | €37,497 |
You're in a relationship
Your resources and those of the person with whom you live as a couple should not exceed certain limits.
Number of dependent children within the meaning of family benefits | Your resources | You live as a couple |
|---|---|---|
0 | €12,499 | €22,623 |
1 | €18,749 | €28,873 |
2 | €24,998 | €35,122 |
3 | €31,248 | €41,372 |
4 | €37,497 | €47,621 |
The request can be made online through an online service, if the MDPH of your residence offers it:
MDPH (AAH, PCH, admission to Ésat, accommodation...) and renewal
You can also make your request by post through a form:
Application or renewal of disability benefits (AAH, PCH, CMI, accommodation...)
You must reach supporting documents mentioned during your online application or on the form.
The documents must be sent (or scanned if you apply online) to the MDPH of your place of residence.
Please note
One procedure for the recognition of the status of disabled worker (RQTH) is systematically engaged when examining an AAH application.
The MDPH's Commission on the Rights and Autonomy of Persons with Disabilities (CDAPH) is examining the application.
His response comes in a delay of 4 months.
The absence of response of CDAPH for more than 4 months is implied rejection decision.
Yes, the decision of the CDAPH to refuse may be the subject of a compulsory prior administrative appeal (Rapo) with the MDPH. This remedy must be exercised before any appeal to the court.
The RAPO must be filed within 2 months from the receipt of the contested decision. This decision must be attached to your appeal.
The absence of a response from the CDAPH for more than 2 months constitutes an implicit rejection decision.
Based on that decision, explicit or implicit, you have 2 months to appeal to the court of law the location of your residence.
The amount of the AAH depends of your resources.
You can use a simulator to make a estimation of your rights :
Estimate your entitlement to the Disabled Adult Allowance (DAA)
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You have no resources
You receive the maximum amount of the AAH which is of €1,041.59 (whether you have a disability rate between 50% and 79% or more).
You receive a pension (disability, retirement,
You receive the difference between the amount of your pension or annuity and maximum amount of the AAH (which is from €1,041.59).
You work
The situation varies depending on whether you work in an establishment and service d'accompagnement par le travail (Ésat) or in a company of ordinary working environment.
Esat
The amount of the AAH is calculated based on your business income.
Your resources are evaluated on the basis of the data from the penultimate year that is transmitted by the tax department. However, the calculation of your rights can be quarterly if you start in Ésat after having had a professional activity in an ordinary environment.
Ordinary medium
The amount of the AAH is calculated based on your business income.
You must file a quarterly declaration of your resources with the Caf or the MSA by filling out a form:
AAH quarterly declaration to the Caf or MSA
The form must be sent by post to your Caf or MSA:
You are hospitalized or housed in a specialized care home (Mas)
You are hospitalized or hosted in Mas less than 60 days
You continue to perceive the maximum amount of the AAH, either €1,041.59 per month.
You are hospitalized or hosted in Mas more than 60 days
The amount AAH is reduced to 30%, or €312 per month.
However, this reduction does not apply if you are in one of the following situations:
- You pay a daily fee, either €23 per day
- You have at least 1 dependent child within the meaning of family benefits
- You have 1 ascending dependant for tax purposes (you pay child support)
- The person with whom you live as a couple does not work for a reason recognized by the CDAPH.
At the end of your hospitalization or accommodation, you will again receive the maximum amount of the AAH, i.e €1,041.59.
You're incarcerated
You are incarcerated for less than 60 days
You continue to perceive the maximum amount of the AAH, either €1,041.59 per month.
You are incarcerated for more than 60 days
The amount of the AAH shall be reduced to 30%, or €312 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 ascending dependant for tax purposes (you pay child support)
- The person with whom you live as a couple does not work for a reason recognized by the CDAPH.
At the end of your incarceration, you will again receive the maximum amount of the AAH, which is €1,041.59.
Everything depends of your disability rate.
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Your rate is at least 80%
The AAH is granted for a period of 1 to 10 years or for life if your disability cannot develop favorably.
When the AAH is not awarded for life, you can reapply for AAH before the end of the award period using the same process as for the initial application (same form to fill out and attachments).
50-79%
The AAH is granted for a period of 1 to 2 years or 1 to 5 years if your disability cannot develop favorably during this period.
Before the end of the allocation period, you can reapply for an AAH by following the same procedure as for the initial application (same form to fill out and attachments).
Everything depends of your disability rate.
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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 (€1,041.59). You then receive the difference between the amount of your pension and the maximum amount of the AAH.
Please note
If you have lost your entitlement to the AAH due to the increase in your pension linked to the pension reform, you can still receive the AAH supplements, namely the Independent Living (ILW) surcharge and the resource add-in (if you were still entitled to it).
From 50% to 79%
The payment of the AAH ends from the legal retirement age.
If you have never contributed to old-age insurance or if you do not receive any benefits, the AAH is replaced by the Solidarity Allowance for the Elderly (Aspa).
Please note
If you have lost your entitlement to the AAH due to the increase in your pension linked to the pension reform, you can still receive the AAH supplements, namely the Independent Living (ILW) surcharge and the resource add-in (if you were still entitled to it).
Any change in your situation (moving, bank details, family life...) must be declared to the Caf: titleContent or to the MSA: titleContent, because it can impact your AAH. This declaration can be made online or directly on site with your Caf or MSA.
Caf
Online
You must log in to your account with your beneficiary number and PIN:
Family Allowance Fund (Caf) online
You must scan the documents justifying your change of situation (for example, notice of decision from France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi)).
On site
You must fill out a change of situation declaration form available from your Caf.
You will need to attach to your form the documents justifying your change of situation (for example, notice of decision France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi)).
MSA
Online
You must log in to your account with your beneficiary number and PIN:
You must scan the documents justifying your change of situation (for example, notice of decision from France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi)).
On site
You must complete a Change of Circumstance Notification Form available from the MSA.
You will need to attach to your form the documents justifying your change of situation (for example, notice of decision France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi)).
Yes, the AAH may accumulate with the benefits following:
- Activity bonus
- Surcharge for independent living or the resource add-in. 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 perceive other allowances (for example: invalidity pension, RSA), you receive an AAH reduced.
He is not not possible accumulate the AAH and the specific solidarity allowance (SSA). However, if you received these 2 aids at 31 december 2016However, you can continue to collect 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 any means in the event of the death of the holder of the AAH.
The heirs do not have reimburse the amounts paid to the holder of the AAH.
AAH articulation, professional activity and pension rights
Article 254 of the Finance Law for 2024 allows persons who receive 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 retirement. This measure will come into force on a date to be fixed by order in council.
Our page will be updated as soon as this text is published.
In the meantime, the information presented on this page remains valid.
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