Apply for a placement budget at the job center

Prerequisites

• You are at risk of unemployment or unemployed and want to take up employment that is subject to compulsory insurance.
• You are looking for an in-company or school-based apprenticeship.
• Funding from the placement budget must be applied for before the costs are incurred.

Documents required

Depending on the type of support you have applied for, you will need to provide supporting documents. Your integration specialist will tell you which documents must be attached to the application.

Deadlines

There is no deadline. An application for funding and reimbursement of costs from the placement budget must be submitted before costs are incurred. You or a person authorized by you can submit the objection in writing or for the record to the job center. The objection must be received by the authority no later than one month after receipt of the decision.

Procedure

You can apply for funding from the placement budget at the job center responsible for you.

• Arrange a consultation appointment with your integration specialist at the job center.
• We will then discuss with you whether funding from the placement budget is possible and what support services can be offered.
• You will receive the relevant application documents from your integration specialist.
• Fill out the documents, enclose the necessary evidence or receipts and send the documents back to the job center.
• Note that you must apply for a grant and reimbursement from the referral budget before you incur any costs.

Processing time

The processing of your application usually takes between a few days and 12 weeks, provided that all the necessary documents are complete.

Fees

No

Legal remedies

contradiction

Legal basis

Section 16 paragraphs 1 and 3 of the Second Book of the Social Code (SGB II)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_2/__16.html


Section 44 of the Third Book of the Social Code (SGB III)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_3/__44.html

Funding from the placement budget is intended to support you in looking for and starting a new job or in-company or school-based training. The job center can support you financially, for example by paying for your

• applications,
• driving or traveling to job interviews,
• required documents (e.g. certified copies, translations) or
• Moving expenses (if you need to move for new work)

be taken over.
Your integration specialist will check and decide which costs can be covered at your request / application before the expected costs arise.
You can receive funding if you receive basic security benefits under SGB II and are aiming for either one of the options mentioned above or starting school education.
You can also receive funding if you are aiming for or starting employment subject to compulsory insurance in a member state of the European Union (EU), a state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or in Switzerland. The prerequisite is that you work at least 15 hours a week.
You cannot receive funding from the referral budget if

• the employer provides similar services,
• other public bodies are legally obliged to pay for similar services or
• You cannot send applications yourself.

Please note that you have no legal entitlement to funding from the placement budget. Your job center decides whether and to what extent you receive financial support. You must also provide evidence of your expenses.