Regionale Offene Behindertenarbeit; Beantragung einer Förderung

The services of the regional Open Work for the Disabled (OBA) represent an important building block in the overall care of people with disabilities.

Together with the Bavarian districts and the Bavarian State Ministry for Family, Labor and Social Affairs, the services pursue the principle of supporting people in leading as independent and autonomous a life as possible and relieving the burden on families with disabled relatives. The regional OBA services create participation structures for people with disabilities in the services.

Purpose

The purpose of the funding is to offer low-threshold outpatient care and ensure the participation of physically and mentally disabled, sensory impaired or chronically ill people who belong to the group of people covered by Section 99 SGB IX through providers and their efficient services, to support them in leading as independent a life as possible and to relieve the burden on families with disabled relatives. Funding is provided with the aim of providing advice and support throughout Bavaria.

Recipients of funding

The recipients of funding from the Free State of Bavaria are the central associations of independent welfare organizations (central associations) as well as the other legally capable and non-profit associations operating at state level in Bavaria and the associations affiliated to these associations that represent people with disabilities and their interests (state associations).

The recipients of the funding from the districts are the individual sponsors of the aforementioned associations and organizations.

Eligible costs

Eligible expenses are

• Personnel expenses for eligible technical, executive and administrative staff,
• Material expenditure,
• expenditure on initial equipment.

Type and amount

The grant is awarded as fixed-amount funding (flat-rate funding) by way of project funding. The annual lump-sum grant from the Free State of Bavaria amounts to up to EUR 24,300 for specialist staff and up to EUR 18,200 for other specialist staff.

• Financing plan for the period of eligibility requested
• Overviews of eligible forces
• in the case of initial applications: a concept and a technical opinion from the umbrella organisation or national association

Funding for regional open disability work services should be based on an appropriately selected ratio of the population of the district or independent city to the number of specialist and administrative staff. This is at least

• 1 : 50,000 for OBA specialists, including specialists in family support services (FED) and for leisure, education and encounter measures;
• 0.33 per full-time specialist for administrative staff in OBA, including administrative staff in family support services (FED) and for leisure, education and encounter measures;
• 1 : 50,000 for staff implementing family support services (FED) and leisure, education and encounter measures.

Agreement must be reached between the provider, its umbrella organization or state association, the respective district and the Free State of Bavaria on the professional, personnel and organizational concept as well as the financing of the service.

A formal application must be submitted to the Zentrum Bayern Familie und Soziales (ZBFS) as the state approval body and the responsible district.

The applications must be accompanied by a financing plan for the funding period applied for, overviews of the forces eligible for funding and, in the case of first-time applications, a concept and a professional statement from the umbrella organization or state association.

The approval period is the calendar year.

The district in whose area the service carries out its activities is responsible for funding.

Forms are available from the respective umbrella organization or state association.

In the case of services already receiving funding, applications and attachments must be submitted to the district and the Bavarian Center for Family and Social Affairs (ZBFS) via the umbrella organization or state association by 15 November of the previous year at the latest. The umbrella organizations and state associations collect the applications from the individual services and check them beforehand.

In the case of initial applications and applications for job expansions, the funding recipients submit their applications to the district and the Bavarian State Ministry for Family, Labor and Social Affairs via the central association or state association by March 31 of the previous year at the latest.

The responsible district and the Bavarian Center for Family and Social Affairs (ZBFS) must be notified in advance of any changes in personnel, at the latest from the month of employment.

The Free State of Bavaria and the responsible district each decide on the funding applications in close coordination and under their own responsibility. The Free State of Bavaria sends the decision to the relevant umbrella organization or state association and a copy to the district. The district sends the notification to the provider of the service and a copy to the responsible umbrella organization or state association and to the Bavarian Family and Social Affairs Center (ZBFS).

The grant can be paid out in appropriate installments as an advance payment in the current financial year. Payments from the Free State of Bavaria may only be requested to the extent that they are required for payments due within two months of disbursement and no earlier. The final payment shall be made by the end of the current year.