Students at the University of Tolbiac in Paris (illustration). – TRISTAN REYNAUD / SIPA
The government wants to make it easier for young people to anticipate their budget. An “aid simulator”, intended to calculate the aid to which each young person is entitled according to his situation, is to be launched this Tuesday by the government on the site
# 1young1solution, said Matignon.
The announcement must be made during a trip this Tuesday afternoon to Angers by Prime Minister Jean Castex who had announced the principle in mid-February. The head of government will be accompanied by the Minister of Labor, Elisabeth Borne, and the Secretary of State for Youth, Sarah El Haïry.
“Simplify the system”
The simulator will allow “to have an estimate of the aid to which young people can claim”, explained Matignon, in particular university grants or housing aid. Called “the compass”, “it should help reverse the reflex: now the young person tells us who he is and we tell him how we can help him”, explained Sarah El Haïry. “To fight against the non-recourse to aid and not to let chance rule, our objective is to simplify the system”, she continued, specifying that the simulator project had started in September.
The 1jeune1solution plan, launched in July 2020 for those under 26 (and up to 30 for people with disabilities) as part of the recovery plan, intends to provide a response to “each young person according to their particular situation and their needs. ‘special support,’ recalls Matignon. It is aimed at “students, young people looking for work or those who are more distant from professional activity” and offers job and work-study offers as well as internships.