Einmalige Bedarfe nach § 31 SGB XII beantragen

Are you unable to cover one-off needs such as initial furnishings for an apartment or for a baby from your own resources? Then you can apply for one-off benefits from your local social welfare office.

If you receive assistance with living expenses or basic income support in old age and in the event of reduced earning capacity, you can receive benefits for certain one-off needs.

The one-off needs include

• Initial furnishings for the home including household appliances, for example
  • when you move into your own home for the first time,
  • after a fire in your home,
  • when renting for the first time after serving a long prison sentence,
  • a move from shared accommodation,
  • when leaving a women's or men's home or
  • after separation and division of household contents
• Initial furnishings for clothing, for example
  • after a house fire or flood
  • during pregnancy and childbirth, this includes
    • initial baby equipment and
    • maternity clothing,
  • in the event of total loss or new requirements due to exceptional circumstances. This also includes significant weight loss.
• Purchase and repair of orthopaedic shoes
• Repair of therapeutic devices and equipment and
• Rental of therapeutic equipment, e.g. subsidizing the personal contribution if the costs are covered by health insurance and, under certain circumstances, even if the costs are not covered by health insurance.

If you do not live alone, the Social Welfare Office will take into account the total income of the members of the household in order to determine your need for assistance. For this purpose, the income of all household members living together in the same home is taken into account, provided they live together. This includes, for example

• earned income
• maintenance payments
• Pension income

Child benefit paid for minors and any maintenance payments for a child are attributed to this child in order to cover their needs.

Certain assets are not considered to be protected assets, for example

• Smaller amounts of cash and financial assets
  • per adult: EUR 10,000,
  • EUR 500 per child or
• an appropriate house property.

These are not taken into account in the calculation of benefits.

The one-off benefit can also be granted without an application if your responsible social welfare office has been informed that you are in need and the requirements for benefits for subsistence are met. If you receive basic income support in old age and in the event of reduced earning capacity, you must submit an application for benefits for one-off needs.

Apart from a few exceptional cases, you will not receive benefits for past periods.

• Valid identity card or passport, confirmation of registration if applicable
• Proof of a temporary or permanent full reduction in earning capacity
• Proof of income, for example:
  • Pension,
  • sickness benefit,
  • child benefit,
  • maintenance payments or
  • advance maintenance payments
• Proof of assets, for example
  • bank statements and
  • savings balances
• Tenancy agreement and subsequent changes, especially with regard to the rent amount
• Proof of expenditure:
  • Rent amount and rent payment
  • Advance payments and statements for service charges and heating costs
  • Documents on insurance premiums
• Proof of health and long-term care insurance, i.e:
  • Details of health insurance company and insurance status or
  • Contract for private health and long-term care insurance

• The scope of the documents required, especially for proof of income and assets, depends on the individual case. Your local social welfare office may request further documents from you, for example
  • current bank statements,
  • divorce decrees,
  • contracts for the transfer of assets or
  • maintenance titles.

• You are in need of assistance, i.e. you cannot fully cover your one-off needs from your own resources and strength.
• You have reached the age limit for the standard old-age pension or are over 18 years old and unable to work because you are temporarily or permanently fully incapacitated for work:
  • You are temporarily fully incapacitated for work if you are unable to work regularly for at least 3 hours a day under the usual conditions of the general labor market for the foreseeable future, i.e. for more than 6 months.
• You are under 15 years old and live
  • together with people who receive social assistance themselves, for example with your parents,
  • in a household with your grandparents or in the care of relatives, without being granted benefits from economic youth welfare.
• You are not a student or trainee.
• You do not receive:
  • Citizen's allowance, i.e. basic income support for jobseekers under Book II of the German Social Code (SGB II) or
  • benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act.

There are no costs.

• The processing time depends on the individual case. The responsible social welfare office will take care of the processing as quickly as possible. You can shorten the processing time if you submit all documents to the social welfare office promptly and in full.

Information on social assistance benefits on the website of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS)

URL: https://www.bmas.de/DE/Soziales/Sozialhilfe/Leistungen-der-Sozialhilfe/leistungen-der-sozialhilfe-art.html

Social assistance and basic income support in old age and in the event of reduced earning capacity

https://www.bmas.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Publikationen/a207-sozialhilfe-und-grundsicherung.html

There are no indications or special features.

• Objection
• Action before the social court

• One-off needs according to § 31 SGB XII Approval
• Persons who are entitled to one-off needs in accordance with Section 31 of the 12th Social Code (SGB XII) are entitled to
  • are currently receiving benefits in accordance with SGB XII, i.e. receive subsistence assistance or basic income support in old age and in the event of reduced earning capacity or
  • are not currently receiving benefits, but still belong to the group of beneficiaries under SGB XII, i.e. are entitled to assistance with living expenses or basic income support in old age and in the event of reduced earning capacity and
  • cannot cover the one-off needs from their own resources and means
• One-off needs include
  • Initial furnishings for the home including household appliances,
  • initial equipment for clothing and for pregnancy and childbirth and
  • Purchase and repair of orthopaedic shoes,
  • Repair of therapeutic devices and equipment
  • equipment and the rental of therapeutic equipment
• Calculation basis:
  • Income of all members of the joint household, i.e. parents and children,
  • Maintenance payments,
  • child benefit,
  • pension income or
  • earned income
• Certain assets are not included in the calculation, for example
  • small amounts of cash (protected assets):
    • per adult: EUR 10,000,
    • EUR 500 per child or
  • an appropriate house property
• Apart from a few exceptions: no benefits for past periods (no retroactive benefits)
• Application: if necessary, in advance during a consultation at the social welfare office or with an informal application
• Responsible: locally responsible social welfare office