Bildungs- und Teilhabepaket

Does your child want to play sports in a club or take part in a vacation camp? Does your child need learning support or financial help to finance the upcoming class trip?

If you personally are not in a position to make these things possible for your child, you can apply for benefits from the education and participation package.

The legal entitlement to benefits includes the following benefits in detail:

• Sports, culture and leisure: To enable children to take part in sports, games and cultural activities, 15 euros per month are available per child for contributions, fees and, if necessary, equipment.
• Lunch at daycare center and school. Participation in a child's lunch is free of charge.
• School supplies: For school materials such as satchels, pens and exercise books, 130 euros are granted for the first half of the school year and 65 euros for the second half of the school year.
• Learning support: If a child is not keeping up in class and is at risk of failing, they are entitled to appropriate learning support. The prerequisite is that the school confirms the need and that there are no comparable offers.
• Day trips and school trips: The costs for day trips from daycare or school are covered. Excursions/class trips lasting several days are also paid for. These services are invoiced directly by the respective school or day care center.
• School transport: From 01.01.2022, children and young people up to the age of 18 can use local public transport within Bremen free of charge, so that no further school transport is provided. Pupils aged 18 and over will have their travel costs to school covered, provided the school is a reasonable distance from their place of residence and the costs are not covered elsewhere. Applications are available from the schools.

Receipt of benefits according to:

• Social Security Code Book Two (Citizen's Allowance)
• Book Twelfth of the Social Code (social assistance/security for old age and reduced earning capacity)
• Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act
• Housing Allowance Act (rent subsidy/burden subsidy)
• Federal Child Benefit Act (child supplement)

The application for benefits of citizen's income according to the Social Code II. book at the Jobcenter Bremen as well as for social assistance and basic security in case of reduced earning capacity according to the Social Code XII. Book II and benefits under the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act at the Social Services Office also includes benefits for education and participation for children, adolescents and young adults. Adolescents and young adults aged 16 and over must provide proof of school attendance for this purpose.

Families who receive housing allowance or child supplement must submit appropriate proof to the Social Services Office in order to claim this benefit.

In order to claim the benefits for education and participation, the entitled person will be issued a "Bremen-Pass". As a rule, the Bremen Pass is handed over directly in person when the application is made. If a written application is made by mail, the Bremen Pass is sent.

With this, the benefits are generally approved.

Attention: The validity of the Bremen Pass is limited in time. After the eligibility period has expired, a new application for these benefits must be submitted.