Detailed description
You can receive financial support through the benefits of the education and participation package. This will help you to participate in school, daycare, childcare and leisure activities as well as meals and transport. The support is aimed at children, teenagers and young adults.
You can receive funding if you are eligible for
- Have housing benefit or
- You cannot cover the necessary needs from your own income and assets or those of your family.
Funding is possible under certain conditions for the following areas:
- Excursions and one- and multi-day trips from schools and daycare centers
Covering the actual costs for participation in excursions and trips lasting one or more days from schools, day care centers or child day care facilities. School trips must take place within the framework of school law regulations. The costs are covered by personalized vouchers, direct payments to the service provider or cash payments. - Personal school supplies
Funding for the purchase of personal school supplies, such as writing, arithmetic and drawing materials, sports clothing and school bags. The amount of funding differs between the first and second half of the school year and is adjusted annually. If you do not automatically receive funding for personal school supplies, you must apply for it. This can be the case, for example, for children under 7 years of age or over 15 years of age, as a school certificate may be necessary in these cases. The above regulations also apply to the school supplies package.
Exception: Recipients of child benefit and housing benefit must always apply separately for benefits for education and participation in accordance with Section 9 Paragraph 3 BKGG. This also applies to the school supplies package.
- School transport
If you are dependent on school transport, you can get the actual costs of attending the nearest school for the chosen course of study reimbursed. The prerequisite for this is that the transport or the costs are not covered by third parties, such as the school authority. The state or local level regulates which distance between the place of residence or the school or institution is relevant and therefore not eligible for funding, as it does not have to be covered by public transport. Depending on the type of school, there may be differences in the relevant distance (e.g. differences between primary school pupils and secondary school pupils).
- Learning support
Learning support to supplement school lessons in order to achieve learning goals. The prerequisite is that there are no comparable school offers or other support, such as from the youth welfare office. The costs are covered by personalized vouchers, direct payments to the service provider or cash payments.
- Lunch in daycare and school
If lunch is provided by the daycare center or school and consumed communally, the costs can be covered by personalized vouchers, direct payments to the service provider or cash payments. Lunch within the school must be the responsibility of the school.
- Participation in social and cultural life
A monthly grant for participation in the social and cultural life of the community. You can currently receive a grant of EUR 15 per month for actual expenses if you are under 18 years of age. This covers the costs of activities in the areas of sport, games, culture and socializing (e.g. membership fees), lessons in artistic subjects (e.g. music lessons), supervised cultural activities (e.g. museum educational offers) and participation in extracurricular leisure activities (e.g. a holiday camp during the school holidays or baby swimming). The extracurricular leisure activities must be organized and supervised by a provider. It is possible to save the grant within the approval period. The saved amount can be used, for example, for a holiday camp or for equipment. Please seek advice from your responsible authority. The costs are covered by personalized vouchers, direct payments to the service provider or cash benefits.