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Savings for Every Child Gets 2025 Boost, Participation Lags

8/12/2026

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The Savings for Every Child program got a 2025 boost yet participation stayed low.
From January 2017 to end-2025 the scheme moved NIS 25.4 billion, 70 % from the National Insurance Institute, and in 2025 deposited NIS 3.56 billion into 363,909 accounts, 94.8 % in provident funds.
A January 2025 amendment stopped bank deposits, added 98,119 provident-fund plans, raised the provident-fund share to 84 % (?3.05 million) and saw parents add the optional NIS 57 extra in 2.18 million plans (63.2 %).

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Story summary

The Savings for Every Child program got a 2025 boost yet participation stayed low.
From January 2017 to end-2025 the scheme moved NIS 25.4 billion, 70 % from the National Insurance Institute, and in 2025 deposited NIS 3.56 billion into 363,909 accounts, 94.8 % in provident funds.
A January 2025 amendment stopped bank deposits, added 98,119 provident-fund plans, raised the provident-fund share to 84 % (?3.05 million) and saw parents add the optional NIS 57 extra in 2.18 million plans (63.2 %).