Daily Parental Attendance Allowance (DPA)
Verified 01 April 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
The Parental Attendance Allowance (PDA) can be paid if you are caring for your critically ill, injured or disabled child. You receive a daily allowance for each day or half day spent with your child (up to a maximum of 22 days per month). The AJPP can be granted to you over a period of 3 years. We present you the information to know.
What applies to you ?
The Daily Parental Attendance Allowance (DPA) is a financial aid. It is given to you under conditions to allow you to temporarily stop your activity to take care of your child.
You must temporarily stop your activity to take care of your child.
Your child must be less than 20 years old, be at your expense and need a sustained presence and compelling care as a result of a disease or disability or an accident of particular severity.
Cessation of professional activity
The main people eligible for AJPP are:
- Private sector employee on parental leave
- Public sector employee on parental leave
- Voyageur agent (VRP)
- Home-based employee employed by an individual employer (e.g. home care)
- Self-employed person
- Person in paid vocational training
- Jobseeker compensated by France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi).
FYI
The residence requirement for receiving family benefits is subject toa specific regulation.
Medical situation of the child
A medical certificate must attest to the particular severity of the child's illness, disability or accident.
It must be established by the doctor who follows the child for illness, disability or accident.
The certificate shall specify:
- The nature of compelling care
- The modalities of your presence alongside the child
- The expected duration of treatment of the child.
The certificate must be sent in a closed envelope with your request to your Caf: titleContent or MSA: titleContent.
The organization will refer the child to the medical control department of the health insurance fund to which the child is affiliated as aright holder.
The doctor of the medical control department of the health insurance fund must give a favorable opinion.
Pending such notice, the AJPP may be advanced.
FYI
You will be asked for proof of your situation.
Example: if you are an employee, a certificate from your employer stating that you are on parental leave.
The approach differs depending on whether you depend on the Caf: titleContent (general regime) or MSA: titleContent (agricultural scheme):
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General case (Caf)
With the doctor who follows the child, you must fill in cerfa form n°12666:
Application for parental presence allowance (AJPP) CAF
The form must be accompanied by the medical certificate issued by the doctor (in confidential cover) and sent to your Caf: titleContent.
FYI
Your request is considered by the Caf: titleContent, which checks whether you are eligible.
Agricultural Scheme (MSA)
Parental Attendance Allowance (PDA) Application - MSA
With the doctor who follows the child, you must fill in the cerfa form n°12666:
The form must be accompanied by the medical certificate issued by the doctor (in confidential cover) and sent to your MSA: titleContent.
FYI
Your request is considered by the MSA: titleContent, which checks whether you are eligible.
Supporting documents and date of payment
The payment of the AJPP shall be made after examination by the Caf: titleContent or the MSA: titleContent from the monthly AJPP certificate. It specifies the number of days of absence during the month. For employees, this certificate is completed by the employer.
In order to receive the supplement for expenses, a sworn statement indicating the amount of the expenses incurred must be presented.
The AJPP is due from 1er day of calendar month in the course of which your application is filed, provided that the conditions for entitlement are met by that date.
It is paid in arrears (January paid in early February, etc.).
The allowance shall cease to be due from 1er day of the calendar month following the calendar month in which the conditions are no longer met.
Sharing between parents
The right to AJPP may be opened simultaneously or successively to the 2 members of the couple for a calendar month.
Several situations are possible:
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The 2 parents stop simultaneously for a full month
They will receive only 22 PJIAs even if they have stopped a total of 44 days or more.
The 2 parents stop simultaneously for 11 days
They will receive 22 AJPPs for 22 days off.
The 2 parents stop alternately 11 days each
They will receive 22 AJPP days for a total of 22 days off.
The situation varies in particular if you are undergoing training or seeking a job with compensation:
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General case
The amount of AJPP per day is €66.64.
The amount of AJPP per half day is €33.32.
Please note
À Mayotte, the amount of the AJPP per day shall be €58.31 and per half-day of €29.20.
You are in paid vocational training
You perceive a monthly lump sum allowance equivalent to 22 days of AJPP as soon as you stop your training.
You are a job seeker compensated by France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi)
The AJPP is taken per day and not for half a day.
You must inform France Travail monthly of the number of AJPP days taken per month. Your compensation will then be recalculated.
Opening the right to AJPP
The right is open on calendar month during which 3 conditions are met:
- Submission of the application accompanied by the medical certificate
- Certification of honor for professional activity
- Need for parental presence and compelling care.
Duration of the right to AJPP
The right to AJPP is open for a maximum period of 3 years.
During this period, the parent is entitled to a maximum of 310 days of daily allowancetherefore, 310 days of absence to be taken according to the needs of presence with the child.
The maximum number of daily allowances per month is 22 days.
The right is granted for a period equal to the foreseeable duration of treatment, as determined by the doctor following the child.
FYI
You can take half days.
Renewal
The situation varies depending on the expected duration of treatment:
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Expected duration of treatment may be less than 6 months
The right to PJIA ends at the end of the treatment.
In case of relapse, the right can be reopened. The duration of the entitlement period and the maximum number of daily allowances that may be paid shall be calculated from the initial date of entitlement.
Please note
In case of new pathology (not relapse), a new right can be opened.
Expected duration of treatment greater than 6 months
When the doctor expects it, the expected duration of treatment is reviewed at the time he has set: between 6 months and 1 year.
When the foreseeable duration is greater than 1 year, it is subject to a new review at that time.
The right to AJPP is open in periods of 6 to 12 months.
In case of renewal, you must reapply to the Caf: titleContent or MSA: titleContent at the end of that period.
The right to the AJPP ends:
- At the end of the treatment
- At the end of 3 years
- At the end of the 310 days.
In case of relapse, the right can be reopened. The duration of the entitlement period and the maximum number of daily allowances that may be paid shall be calculated from the initial date of entitlement.
FYI
In case of new pathology, a new right can be opened before the end of 3 years.
Beyond 3 years
The right to the allowance may be reopened for 310 days and for a new period of 3 years in 2 cases:
- Relapse or recurrence of the pathology
- A presence always requiring a sustained presence and restrictive care.
Renewal during the 3-year period
In case of new pathology, the right to AJPP can be opened for a new period of 3 years and for 310 days.
In addition, when the maximum number of daily allowances (310) is reached, the 3-year period may be renewed before the end of the term:
- For the same disease
- For the same disability
- As a result of the accident of which the child was victim.
FYI
The recipient sends the new medical certificate to the Caf: titleContent or to the MSA: titleContent (for the attention of the medical control department).
This certificate attests to the indispensable nature of the continuation of binding care and a sustained presence.
Thus, under certain conditions, a parent who has used the 310 days of AJPP can benefit uninterrupted twice as many days of JPY (i.e. 620 days).
A monthly supplement can be awarded if the following 3 conditions are met:
- Monthly expenses required by the child's state of health (not reimbursed by the Social Security or by the mutual insurance) are incurred by the family
- These expenditures exceed €129.36 per month
- The household's resources do not exceed a certain ceiling.
Resource cap
Your resources must not have exceeded an amount determined according to your situation. It's the categorical net income from 2024 that is taken into account for 2026.
The amount of resources varies depending on whether you live as a couple or alone:
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You live as a couple
The resource cap varies depending on the number of your children:
1 child
Couple with one income | Couple with 2 incomes |
|---|---|
€31,066 | €41,055 |
There are 2 revenues in the couple when each of the 2 receives professional income for an amount at least equal to €6,306.
2 children
Couple with one income | Couple with 2 incomes |
|---|---|
€37,279 | €47,268 |
There are 2 revenues in the couple when each of the 2 receives professional income for an amount at least equal to €6,306.
3 children
Couple with one income | Couple with 2 incomes |
|---|---|
€44,735 | €54,724 |
There are 2 revenues in the couple when each of the 2 receives professional income for an amount at least equal to €6,306.
4 or more children
Couple with one income | Couple with 2 incomes |
|---|---|
€52,191 | €62,180 |
You must add to this amount per additional child:
Couple with one income | Couple with 2 incomes |
|---|---|
€7,456 | €7,456 |
There are 2 revenues in the couple when each of the 2 receives professional income for an amount at least equal to €6,306.
You live alone
The resource cap varies depending on the number of your children:
1 child
Your resources must not have exceeded €41,055.
2 children
Your resources must not have exceeded €47,268.
3 children
Your resources must not have exceeded €54,724.
4 or more children
Your resources must not have exceeded €62,180.
You must add to this amount €7,456 per additional child.
Amount
The amount of the monthly supplement is €129.36.
THE AJPP is not cumulative, for the same beneficiary, with the following benefits:
- Compensation for maternity, paternity or adoption leave
- Lump-sum maternity rest allowance or maternity replacement allowance (allowances that can be paid to the self-employed by their health insurance scheme)
- Compensation for sick leave or
- Retirement or invalidity pension,
- Shared child-rearing benefit (PreParE)
- Supplement and increase of thechild-rearing allowance for disabled children (AEEH) collected for the same child
- Disabled Adult Allowance (AAH)
- Disability Compensation Benefit (DCP) related to a need for human assistance
- Unemployment benefits.
AJPP cannot be combined with unemployment benefits.
The recipient of the AJPP therefore sees the payment, by France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi), of his unemployment benefits suspended during the period of receipt of the AJPP.
Once the JPY entitlements are exhausted, the payment of unemployment benefits resumes and continues until their end.
You have to differentiate according to whether you depend on the Caf: titleContent or MSA: titleContent :
Caf
Several changes may occur.
Change in family situation
Quickly report any changes in your family situation (examples: birth of a child, marriage, separation, unemployment).
Family Allowances and Benefits - Statement of Situation (Caf)
Change of domicile
You can report your change of address using the online change of address service:
MSA
Change in family situation
Quickly report any changes in your family situation (examples: birth of a child, marriage, separation, unemployment).
Example :
Being in a relationship can give you new rights. Ask your MSA: titleContent.
You can also go there or send the form cerfa no. 11423 by mail.
Family Allowances and Benefits - Statement of Situation (MSA)
Change of domicile
You can report your change of address using the online change of address service:
Please note
If you change department, the MSA of your home of departure will automatically take care of the transfer of the file to your new caisse. This transfer will take place as soon as you register your new address.
Who can help me?
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If you depend on the general plan
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Agricultural Social Mutuality (MSA)
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National Family Allowance Fund (Cnaf)