Kids & Family

All children from birth up to the age of 18 years are entitled to receiving child benefit. Additional, the state supports low income families with child supplement.

Numerous counselling centres in Hamburg offer parents and children broad support with problems in child-rearing and in the family.

Hamburg is a family-friendly city. Find out what your options are, how to get a place at a daycare facility and apply for a daycare voucher.

In Germany, a marriage is only legally valid if both fiancées have registered and performed it at the registry office.

Parental allowance (Elterngeld) is a state benefit that financially supports parents who take on primary care for their child after birth.

Learn more about your rights as an employee before and after the birth of your child.

The 17 counseling centers of the Migration Counseling for Adults Immigrants (MBE) in Hamburg accompany people with migration and flight histories aged 27 and older in the first three years after their immigration. 

The Jugendmigrationsdienste (JMD) assist young people with a migration background aged between 12 and 27 with their integration process in Germany. The focuses are on linguistic, educational, professional and social integration.