Eingliederungshilfe für Erwachsene mit Behinderungen beantragen

Do you have a disability or are you at risk of a disability? Or do you look after a person with a disability? The wide range of integration assistance services are designed to help enable participation in all areas of social life.

Integration assistance benefits are intended to enable and promote the comprehensive participation of people with disabilities in all areas of social life.

Integration assistance benefits are divided into four benefit groups:

• Benefits for medical rehabilitation,
• Benefits for participation in working life,
• benefits for participation in education and
• benefits for social participation.

Among other things, the benefits can help you to cope with the tasks of daily life. This includes the following areas, for example:

• Housing
• finances
• Household management
• Leisure activities
• Promotion of private contacts and hobbies
• Visits to public authorities (preparation and support), if not the task of a legal guardian
• Mobility
• Parenthood
• Support at school, university or for further training at work
• Support at the daycare center
• Aids
• Promoting understanding
• Work

The benefits are individually tailored, i.e. they are based on the personal needs of the person entitled to benefits. They are subordinate to the benefits provided by other social benefit and rehabilitation providers (e.g. health insurance, pension insurance providers, the Federal Employment Agency, accident insurance providers).

At the request of those entitled to benefits, integration assistance benefits are also provided in the form of a personal budget, just like other social benefits. An inter-agency personal budget is also conceivable.

The costs for the services are borne by the responsible integration assistance provider. Your income or assets may be taken into account.

• You must submit an application to the local integration assistance provider responsible for you.
• Please contact the integration assistance department of the social welfare office or social services department of the district or city responsible for you to find out which additional documents you need to submit. The authority may ask you to use forms.

You can receive integration assistance benefits if

• you have a disability or
• you are threatened by a disability and
• you are significantly restricted in your daily life or equal participation in society as a result.

You can also apply for integration assistance for persons who represent you in the context of legal care, guardianship or as authorized representatives or custodians.

The application is free of charge for you.

The costs for the integration assistance services are borne by the responsible integration assistance provider. However, your income and assets may be taken into account or deducted.

You can apply for integration assistance from the integration assistance provider responsible for you (district or city).

• You contact the integration assistance provider responsible for you.
• They will advise you or you can submit an application straight away.
• The responsible authority may ask you to complete forms and submit further documents.
• The authority will carry out a participation or overall plan procedure to determine your individual need for integration assistance services and possible further participation services (needs assessment). If you have a legal guardian working for you in this area, this person must be involved. You can also request that a person you trust be involved in the process.
• Once all the documents have been submitted, the competent body will check whether and which benefits you will receive on the basis of the information you provide and the assessment of your needs. This also includes checking whether and to what extent your income and assets are taken into account and whether you may have to make a financial contribution to certain integration assistance services.
• Once your application has been reviewed, you will receive a decision.

The processing time for your application depends on various factors. Please contact your responsible integration assistance provider, who will be able to give you more detailed information on the duration of the procedure.

The authority to which you have submitted your application must determine whether it is responsible for your application within two weeks of receiving it. If the authority is not responsible, it will forward your application to the competent authority without delay. You will be informed of the forwarding.

If the authority does not forward your application, it must determine and provide your need for support as quickly as possible.

If an expert opinion is required to determine your needs, the authority must make a decision within two weeks of receiving the expert opinion.

If the authority is not required to obtain an expert opinion, it must make a decision within three weeks of receiving your application.

If the authority was unable to provide a service that could not be postponed on time and you incurred costs for a service that you procured yourself as a result, the authority must reimburse you for these costs if the service was necessary. The same applies if the authority has wrongly refused a benefit.

• Appeal within one month of notification of the administrative decision
• Action before the social court within one month of notification of the objection notice

• People with disabilities or people at risk of disability can receive support through integration assistance services in accordance with Part 2 of the Ninth Book of the German Social Code (SGB IX)
• Integration assistance benefits are provided to persons entitled to benefits in order to promote their self-determination and their full, effective and equal participation in society.
• Integration assistance benefits are divided into four groups:
  • Benefits for medical rehabilitation,
  • Services for participation in working life,
  • benefits for participation in education and
  • services for social participation.
• The benefits are determined by the individual needs of the person entitled to benefits.
• The integration assistance providers and the counseling services of the Supplementary Independent Participation Counseling (EUTB ®) offer counseling options.
• Responsible authorities: Districts and independent cities as providers of integration assistance.
• In order to receive integration assistance benefits, an application must be submitted.

Information can be obtained from the locally responsible integration assistance provider. Please contact the integration assistance department of the social welfare office or social services department of the district or city responsible for you.

You can obtain any necessary forms from your responsible integration assistance provider.