Eingliederungshilfe für psychisch Kranke

Do you have a mental illness or live with a person with a mental illness? The wide range of assistance is designed to help you participate in social life again.

The aim of integration assistance is to prevent a threatening mental disability or to eliminate or mitigate the consequences of a disability. Your participation in life in the community is to be maintained or restored after a longer stay in hospital or longer isolation.
You will find support in coping with daily life. This includes in particular

• housing
• finances
• household management
• the organization of leisure time
• the promotion of private contacts and hobbies
• visits to public offices (preparation and support), if not the task of a legal guardian
• Parenthood

The period of care is usually for a longer period of time and is individually designed.

The costs for the services are covered by the responsible institution for integration assistance if an individual need for support is determined. If necessary, income and assets will be taken into account.

An informal application to the competent authority is sufficient. They will ask you to use a form and to submit further documents.

• the existence of an actual or threatened mental disability

as well as

• a restriction of participation.

The individual need for support is determined within the framework of a participation and overall plan procedure by the responsible institution for integration assistance.

• You contact the institution responsible for your integration assistance. There you can ask for advice and support or submit an informal application straight away.
• The competent authority will ask you to fill out a form and submit further documents.
• The authority will conduct a participation and/or overall plan procedure to determine your individual needs for integration assistance services.
• When all the documents have been submitted, the competent authority will check whether or to what extent you will receive integration assistance on the basis of the information you have provided.
• After your application has been reviewed, you will receive a decision of approval or rejection.

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The authority to which the application is submitted must determine within two weeks of receipt of the application whether it is responsible for the application. If the authority is not competent, it shall forward the application without delay.

Many health insurance companies provide very detailed information about mental health. In most cases, you will find contacts and applications on the websites that will help you.

The providers of integration assistance are responsible.