Detailed description
Social assistance is available to those who cannot or cannot sufficiently cover their basic living expenses from their own efforts and resources, i.e. neither income nor assets are sufficient for this. The prerequisite is a temporary, at least 6-month, but not permanent incapacity to work in the general labor market, i.e. the applicant can work less than 3 hours a day. An entitlement could also exist if an early retirement pension is received.
They live in a special form of integration assistance housing and this facility assumes overall responsibility for their daily living and integration.
You will usually receive social assistance to help you live on if you are in need of help and:
- neither basic security for job seekers,
- still receive basic security in old age and in the event of incapacity for work.
- Children under 15 years of age receive social assistance if they only:
- live with people who receive assistance to support their living expenses (usually their parents) and
- cannot ensure their livelihood despite maintenance claims.
The benefits of subsistence assistance include:
- the standard flat rate to ensure a living, for example for food, clothing or personal care. A separate standard rate is set for each family member.
- Educational and participation services for children and young people, for example for:
- school trips,
- personal school supplies,
- student tickets,
- supplementary learning support,
- Lunch in schools or
- Club contributions, music lessons and the like.
- needs for accommodation and heating.
In exceptional cases, assumption of debts for:
- to remedy a comparable emergency situation, for example debts to the energy supplier.
- Requirements for contributions to your health and nursing care insurance and, under certain conditions, for your retirement provision.
In addition to your standard rate, you can receive benefits for additional needs from
You can apply for these additional needs if you:
- who meet the requirements for a severely disabled person's ID card with the symbol "G" and are not able to work according to pension law,
- expectant mother from the 13th week of pregnancy,
- are single parents, have reached the age of 15, are disabled and receive assistance for appropriate schooling or training within the framework of integration assistance,
- are dependent on a special diet due to a medical illness, which leads to higher costs than a "normal" diet,
- generate hot water not through a central heating system, but decentrally (e.g. boiler) or
- You are a student and, due to the respective school regulations or school requirements, have expenses for the purchase or borrowing of school books or equivalent workbooks.
If you do not live alone, the social welfare office receives the entire family income
to determine your need for assistance. The income of all persons in a
Family members living together in the same apartment are taken into account, for example:
- earned income,
- maintenance payments and
- pension income.
Child benefit paid for minors and any maintenance payments for
a child are allocated to this child in order to meet his or her needs.
Certain assets are considered non-considered protected assets,
for example:
- an appropriate house plot.
Except in a few exceptional cases, you will not receive any benefits for past periods.