Children or young people in foster families or in residential child and youth welfare facilities are entitled to medical assistance. Parents in shared accommodation for parents and children may also be entitled to medical assistance.
Do you have or are you going to have a child and the child's father does not want to acknowledge his paternity or is unknown? Then you can get advice and support.
Are you a single parent and are you not getting enough money or no money from the other parent for your child? Then you can get advice and support from the youth welfare office.
If you, as the mother of a child, require a certificate regarding the extent of your custody rights, you can request information from the custody register.
If the other parent lives abroad and does not pay maintenance to you, you can assert your maintenance claim abroad. You can get support in enforcing your maintenance claim.
If you have problems or conflicts in the exercise of parental responsibility or visitation rights, parenting and family counseling centers offer you support and advice.
A parenting assistant or childcare assistant can help your child in everyday life, in dealing with parents and with social problems. Possible help is: Conversations about problems, fears and behavior Help in processing stressful experiences ...
If you want to look after a child or several children outside the household of the legal guardian on a regular basis and for payment, you usually have to apply for a permit.
If you have your child looked after in a daycare facility, you will have to pay part of the care costs yourself once a certain level of care is reached.
The fees for child day care are also called the family contribution or participation fee. They depend on the net family income and the size of the family as well as the benefit used. The fee tables, the Kita fee calculator and the application to ...
If several of your children attend a daycare facility or are looked after in child day care at the same time, you can apply for a reduction in the parental contribution.
Do you want to register your child with a childminder? There is a legal right to so-called early childhood education when the child is 1 year old. Places for early childhood education include crèches, kindergartens, after-school care centers and ...
Children who are disabled or at risk of becoming disabled can take advantage of integration places. Initial and follow-up applications can also be submitted online
If your child is cared for in a daycare facility and there are changes in the type and extent of care or your income, you must report this to the responsible authority.
All families can experience difficult situations in their lives together or for each individual. If you need support or advice, you can contact parenting and family counseling centers.
The Coordination Office for Child Protection offers you anonymous advice and specialist advice on assessing child welfare risks, informs you about child protection and offers training on this topic.
Are you a full-time carer for a foster child who requires special education? Then you will receive professional support and advice from the foster care service.
Are you a carer for a young person in full-time care? Then you can receive professional support and advice from the foster care service or the local youth welfare office.
One-off grants or subsidies for the purchase of certain items or participation in certain measures for the foster child may be granted, provided they are not already covered by the current lump sums.
If it is important for the development of the foster child, young adults can continue to receive educational support as part of full-time care even after their 18th birthday.
The foster care service can support foster parents if a child is to live permanently in the foster family because the conditions in the original family do not improve in the long term.
