Apply for funding for the education and participation of children and young adults if you are currently receiving child allowance (BKGG)
You can receive financial support for various activities through the education and participation package. The support is aimed at children, young people and young adults.
The benefits from the education and participation package are granted as part of certain social benefits. The child supplement is one of these social benefits. If you are entitled to the child supplement, you can apply for financial support from the education and participation package.
The support applies to the following areas:
Up to a maximum of 18 years of age:
- Participation in social and cultural life, for example in a sports club or music school, is supported with up to EUR 15.00 per month.
Up to a maximum of 25 years of age:
- For one-day excursions from schools, day care centers and in child day care, the actual costs are covered.
- The actual costs of excursions lasting several days organized by day-care centres and childminders as well as school trips within the framework of school regulations are covered.
- The provision of personal school supplies is funded annually with two lump sums at the start of each school year. The amount differs between the first and second half of the school year.
- The necessary actual expenses for transportation to the nearest school of the chosen course of education (monthly school tickets) are covered.
- The costs of additional appropriate learning support are covered insofar as they are necessary to achieve the learning objectives defined in accordance with school regulations.
- Expenses for communal lunchtime meals for pupils (if the school is responsible for them) and for children in daycare centers and childminders are paid.
- You or the children, adolescents or young adults concerned:
- receive the child supplement
- attend a general or vocational school, a day care facility or day care for children
- Upper age limit for participation benefits for participation in culture, sport and leisure in the community: 18 years
- Upper age limit for educational benefits: 25 years
- Excursions:
- Excursions lasting several days must be within the scope of school regulations.
- Personal school supplies
- Depending on the age of the child, a school certificate may be required.
- School transportation
- The costs are not covered in full by third parties, for example the school authority. If only part of the travel costs are covered by third parties, only the personal contribution can be reimbursed.
- The distance between your place of residence and your school or institution is greater than the minimum distance stipulated by law.
- Under certain circumstances, the nearest institution may also have a special focus, for example a sports or language profile, or it may be a Waldorf school.
- Extracurricular learning support
- The school must confirm that you need additional learning support. If there are school offers, you must use them as a priority. It does not matter whether your promotion is at risk.
- The learning support is offered by a suitable provider or a suitable private person.
- Communal lunchtime meals
- You or your child attend a school, a daycare center, a daycare facility or an after-school care center.
- Lunch is provided by the facility or is agreed in a cooperation agreement with the facility (e.g. between the school and after-school care center).
- The food is served and eaten communally.
Emission: free of chargeThere are no costs.
Processing Time: 0 - 3 Months
Consultation Period: 0 - 12 Months
- Appeal, action for annulment
- Further information on how to lodge an appeal can be found in the notification of your application.
Forms available: Yes
Written form required: No
Informal application possible: Yes
Personal appearance necessary: No
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Lower Saxony Ministry for Social Affairs, Labor, Health and Equality
To the local social welfare office
