Blindenhilfe beantragen

If you are blind or have a similarly severe visual impairment, you can receive financial support from the Blindenhilfe under certain conditions.

Assistance for the blind is a social assistance service for blind people. Aid for the blind is intended to compensate for additional financial expenses incurred as a result of blindness.

You are eligible to apply if you are blind or have a similarly severe visual impairment.

Assistance for the blind is only granted if the income and assets available to you are insufficient.

If you are entitled to assistance for the blind, the amount of the benefit depends on whether you are in an inpatient institution (e.g. old people's home or nursing home) or not.

Certain benefits, in particular benefits such as Landesblindengeld/Landespflegegeld für Blinde and benefits for home care from long-term care insurance, are deducted in whole or in part from the Blindenhilfe. In these cases, assistance for the blind would be reduced.

Assistance for the blind is currently paid from the age of 18 (as of 01.07.2022) in the amount of a maximum of 806.40 euros per month (before the age of 18 currently a maximum of 403.89 euros per month). An adjustment is made at the time and to the extent that the current pension value in the statutory pension insurance changes.

- Severely disabled person's pass or assessment notice with mark Bl.

- if applicable, power of attorney or proof of supervision

- if applicable, certificate from the registration authority for legitimate residence, if you do not have German citizenship

Evidence of the information provided in the application: A great deal of information must be provided in the application for assistance for the blind. There must be z.. information is provided about you, the housing situation, the financial situation, health and long-term care insurance or whether a degree of care has been determined. Depending on which information is to be provided by you, you must attach appropriate evidence.

• You must have been marked Bl (blind) by means of a procedure for determining your disability (severely disabled person's pass).
• It is not reasonable for you and, if applicable, certain other persons, such as .dem spouses, to pay the blindness-related additional expenses from your own resources.

• You contact the locally competent authority and apply for the benefit for the blind (social assistance application for assistance in other situations)
• The authority will examine your application and will contact you if you have any questions or missing documents.
• When all documents are available, the authority will examine your entitlement to assistance for the blind.
• After the examination, you will receive a letter of approval or rejection.

A decision on the application will be taken as soon as possible. The processing time depends, among other things, on the completeness of the information and the submission of the supporting documents required for the processing of the application.

There are no deadlines to be observed. It should be noted, however, that assistance for the blind is paid at the earliest from the first of the month in which the application for assistance for the blind is submitted.

Most information about assistance for the blind can be found on the various websites of the authority responsible for you.

You can also find further information at blind associations.

Although an informal application is possible, you will subsequently need the completed application form.

Other benefits for blind persons may be granted within the framework of the regulations of the federal state in which you live.

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• full benefit title: Apply for assistance for the blind
• Blind persons or persons with a similarly severe visual impairment can apply for assistance for the blind.
• Free application
• Established mark BL (severely disabled pass) is a basic requirement
• Only in case of need - Is income- and asset-dependent
• If sufficient income and assets are available and the person can be expected to be able to raise the blindness-related additional expenses from his own resources, there is no entitlement.
• The income of spouses, life partners, partners in a marriage-like union and, if applicable, of children and parents can be decisive in the examination of assistance for the blind.
• The amount of the benefit depends on whether the beneficiary is in an inpatient institution or not and whether benefits are received that have a reducing effect on assistance for the blind (often applicable to state blind allowances and long-term care insurance benefits).
• competent authority: The district or city depending on the place of residence of the applicant.

Districts and district-free cities