This page helps you find out which support may suit you and who grants it. The detailed conditions of each payment are on separate pages.
What support is there, and where do you ask for it?
Úřad práce grants the humanitarian benefit to protection holders who do not have enough money; the employment service pays unemployment benefit to people who worked and lost their job; ČSSZ grants a pension to people of retirement age with Czech insurance periods. The office depends on your situation:
| Situation | Support | Who grants it |
|---|---|---|
| Temporary protection, the family's income is not enough | Humanitarian benefit (humanitární dávka), monthly | Úřad práce |
| You urgently need money for food, clothes, travel, documents or a housing deposit | One-off assistance (mimořádná okamžitá pomoc) | Úřad práce |
| Limited self-sufficiency because of your health | Increased humanitarian benefit | The assessment is made by the Institute for Health Assessment (Institut posuzování zdravotního stavu), the benefit is paid by Úřad práce |
| You have just received protection and have no housing | Free state housing, once and for no more than 90 days | The place is assigned by the Ministry of the Interior, the Fire Rescue Service or the police; the regions provide the housing for this |
| You worked and lost your job | Unemployment benefit (podpora v nezaměstnanosti) | Úřad práce |
| Retirement age, you have Czech insurance periods | Old-age pension (starobní důchod) | Czech Social Security Administration (ČSSZ) |
| You need social services | Free if you cannot pay for them; the state covers the costs | The social service provider |
Úřad práce line in Ukrainian: 950 180 100, email [email protected].
Does temporary protection give you the right to all benefits?
No. In § 8b, Act 66/2022 Sb. (Sb. stands for Sbírka zákonů, the official Collection of Laws of the Czech Republic) explicitly excludes holders of temporary protection and holders of special long-term residence from these payments:
- the new state social benefit (dávka státní sociální pomoci, known as superdávka);
- all state social support benefits: parental allowance (rodičovský příspěvek), the birth grant (porodné), the funeral grant (pohřebné), support for parents who are studying, and earlier also the child benefit and the housing allowance;
- the former benefits in material need (příspěvek na živobytí, doplatek na bydlení);
- benefits for people with disabilities: the mobility allowance, the allowance for special aids, the disability card;
- the care allowance (příspěvek na péči);
- maintenance that the state pays instead of the debtor (náhradní výživné).
Protection holders have been excluded from these payments since 1 July 2023 and holders of special residence since 11 February 2025; both groups have been excluded from the new state social benefit since 1 October 2025. In its explanatory memorandum to the 2026 bill, the government says that excluding protection holders from the general system of social benefits remains justified and systemically correct.
The law makes an exception for people who have the right to equal treatment under EU law, but we did not find an official explanation of who exactly this covers. Úřad práce explicitly advises protection holders not to apply for the care allowance or for the Czech TP, ZTP or ZTP/P cards.
What is superdávka, and why is it not for protection holders?
It is the state social benefit (dávka státní sociální pomoci) introduced by Act 151/2025 Sb. from 1 October 2025. It replaced the child benefit, the housing allowance, the living allowance and the housing supplement; people who received the old benefits moved to the new one from 1 July 2026. It consists of a living part, a housing part, a child bonus and a work bonus.
It is available to people with permanent residence in Czechia and a few other statuses listed in the law; temporary protection is not on that list. In addition, § 8b of Act 66/2022 Sb. separately excludes protection holders from this benefit.
What do unemployment benefit, sickness benefits and a pension depend on?
On your insurance periods: unemployment benefit is granted to people who have at least 12 months of pension insurance in the last 2 years, and a pension is granted on the basis of insurance periods. The social security agreement between Czechia and Ukraine also allows Ukrainian insurance periods to count toward unemployment benefit, if the periods do not overlap. On its frequently asked questions page, Úřad práce writes that a registered job seeker can ask for unemployment benefit under the general conditions of the law. It has not been officially explained whether the agreement’s rule that the benefit is paid by the country of permanent residence applies to protection holders. Details are on the page Unemployment benefit in Czechia.
Sickness and maternity benefits are not on the list of exclusions in § 8b. In 2022 ČSSZ wrote that citizens of Ukraine who work in Czechia can receive sickness benefits in the same way as Czech citizens.
A Czech pension is granted on the basis of Czech insurance periods, and under the agreement between the countries, Ukrainian insurance periods help you reach the required number of years. This is covered on the page Pension in Czechia for Ukrainians.
Will work become a condition for the humanitarian benefit?
Not yet: it is only a bill. On 3 June 2026 the government submitted a bill (sněmovní tisk 213) to the Chamber of Deputies. It proposes:
- to pay the humanitarian benefit to adults only if they work, have business income or are registered as job seekers (this condition does not apply to children and vulnerable people);
- to consider a person to be in Czechia only if they were here for at least 16 days in the month concerned; this condition would apply to everyone, including children and vulnerable people;
- to set the benefit at 0 Kč for 3 months for false information or for not appearing when summoned;
- to add people who cannot work because of illness to the vulnerable group.
The first reading took place on 24 June 2026, the security committee recommended the bill on 2 July 2026, and its further reading has been proposed for the agenda of the session that begins on 13 October 2026. The social part is proposed to take effect from 1 January 2028; one of the amendments proposes 1 July 2027. The same bill also changes the rules of temporary protection; this is covered on the page about temporary protection. At present the only work-related condition concerns housing costs outside registered apartments; we explain it on the page about the humanitarian benefit.