Social benefits
Support for everyday life
Social benefits are designed to ensure that everyone can lead a decent life - even in the event of illness, unemployment or financial hardship. You may be wondering whether you can apply for citizen's allowance, housing benefit or child supplement. The good news is that you don't have to find out on your own. Advice centers will support you with your application and help you assert your rights.
What you can do in advance
- Collect documents: Gather important documents such as proof of income, rental agreements and bank statements.
- Submit applications: Submit applications in good time and pay attention to deadlines. Advice centers will help you to submit your application correctly.
Finding support: Where can I get help?
If you want to apply for social benefits, there are many rules and deadlines to follow. But there is support available to help you avoid mistakes and assert your claims. These offices can help you:
- Social advice centers: They provide advice on all social benefits - from citizen's allowance to child supplement. They help you to make the right applications and provide support with appeals.
- Job centers and employment agencies: The job center provides support with applications for citizens' benefits and integration measures, while the employment agency helps with unemployment benefits and further training.
- Consumer advice centers: Consumer advice centers offer advice on topics such as housing benefit, electricity costs and support with household costs.
- Debtor advice centres: If debts result in social benefits not being sufficient, debtor advice centres provide support with financial stabilization.
- Family advice centres: They advise families on child benefit, child supplement and education and participation benefits (BuT).
Frequently asked questions about social benefits
Depending on your living situation, you can apply for citizen's allowance, housing benefit, child supplement or social assistance. Advice centers will help you to find out which benefits are possible in your situation.
If an application is rejected, you can lodge an appeal. An advice center or social counseling service will help you to formulate the appeal and assert your claims.
Social advice centers offer direct support in filling out applications. They clarify which documents are required and help with the formulation of applications.
Advice centers for social law and citizens' bureaus support you in communicating with authorities, meeting deadlines and, if necessary, achieving faster processing of your request.
Let us advise you now!
You are entitled to social benefits - make use of your rights. Advice centers, social services and consumer advice centers will help you to submit applications correctly and receive benefits. Get the support you need.