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The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Assistance to overcome particular social difficulties

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Special social difficulties arise from the combination of special living conditions with social difficulties that cannot be overcome independently by those affected.

Special living conditions may be (according to § 1 Abs. 2 of the regulation according to § 69 SGB XII):

  • an insecure economic livelihood,
  • non-existent housing or inadequate housing conditions,
  • violent living conditions,
  • discharge from a closed facility,
  • comparable adverse circumstances.

The aim of the aid is to enable affected persons to cope independently in everyday life according to their possibilities and to enable integration into society.

Persons who have found themselves in such difficult living conditions involving particular social difficulties that they are unable to overcome them on their own are entitled to this assistance. The particularly difficult living conditions or social difficulties must be clearly distinguished by a particular degree of severity from the general life crises such as unemployment, illness, marital disagreements and the like.

The benefits of assistance to overcome special social difficulties are subordinate to the benefits of other social service providers / rehabilitation providers as well as other provisions of SGB XII (social assistance), insofar as these fully cover the need.

In the case of assistance to overcome special social difficulties, notwithstanding the principle of the subordination of social assistance, the crediting of income and assets is waived insofar as services are required in individual cases.

Assistance shall include all necessary measures to overcome the particular difficulties which prevent integration into society. These include in particular:

  • Advice and personal support for those seeking help and for their relatives,
  • assistance in finding an apartment,
  • measures to obtain a job, and
  • Assistance in coping with everyday life.

The above services are provided in particular by outpatient assistance, such as

  • Day stays,
  • Outpatient assistance
  • Transitional housing and - insofar as these outpatient measures are not sufficient - through inpatient housing offers.  

Who should I contact?

Applications for assistance to overcome special social difficulties should be submitted to the social welfare office of the district or the independent city in whose district you live and/or are cared for.

Persons who live and/or are cared for in the cities of Celle, Göttingen, Hanover, Hildesheim, Lingen/ Ems, the state capital Hannover or the Hanseatic city of Lüneburg should submit their applications to the social welfare offices of these cities, whose addresses can also be found via the link provided.

If you belong to the group of persons entitled to claim under SGB II, please secure your claims in this regard, which take precedence over social assistance, by applying immediately - in particular for benefits to secure your livelihood.  

Should you require further information or assistance, the receiving institution or service will also be happy to provide you with comprehensive information and assistance.  

Responsible authorities

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Landkreis Emsland - Fachbereich Soziales
Address: Ordeniederung 1 , 49716 Meppen
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Postal address: Post Office Box 15 62 , 49705 Meppen
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Telephone: 05931 44-0
Fax: 05931 44-3621
Email: Get in touch
www: https://www.emsland.de
Transport Connection:
Station Haltestelle Kreishaus
Bus: 993
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible

Contact

Andrea Dankelmann
Telephone: 05931 44-4266
Email: Get in touch
Room:
F 266
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Legal basis

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)

Further Links

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Single points of contact of the state of Lower Saxony, Single points of contact of the countries of Europe, advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families.
Access information on the single point of contact for the state of Lower Saxonyvisit Website Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEsVisit advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families