Eingliederungshilfe für behinderte Menschen / Bremerhaven

If you have a permanent disability or are at risk of such a disability, you may be able to apply for integration assistance.

• According to Section 90 of the Ninth Book of the Social Code IX (SGB IX), the task of integration assistance is to enable persons entitled to benefits to lead an individual life in accordance with human dignity and to promote full, effective and equal participation in life in society. The benefit is intended to enable them to plan and lead their lives in as self-determined and independent a manner as possible.
• Persons who are substantially limited in their ability to participate in society as a result of a disability within the meaning of Section 2 (1) sentence 1 of Book IX of the Social Code, or who are threatened by such a substantial disability, receive integration assistance if and as long as there is a prospect that the task of integration assistance can be fulfilled.
• Integration assistance includes benefits for medical rehabilitation, for participation in working life, for participation in education and for social participation.
• The benefits of integration assistance are determined by the specifics of the individual case, in particular the nature of the need, the personal circumstances, the social space and their own strength and resources.

The group of persons entitled to benefits includes both disabled persons and persons at risk of disability. Persons who are substantially limited in their ability to participate in society as a result of a disability or who are threatened by such a substantial disability are entitled to benefits from integration assistance (Section 2 (1) sentence 1 of Social Code IX).

Disabled within the meaning of Section 2 (1) sentence 1 of Social Code IX are people whose physical function, mental ability or mental health is expected to deviate from the typical condition for their age for more than six months and whose participation in society is therefore impaired. People are threatened by a disability if the impairment is to be expected (Section 2 (1) of the Social Code IX).

It is also a prerequisite that the impairment is a substantial disability that significantly impairs integration into society.

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Beneficiaries are advised and supported by the social welfare office, also in the presence of a trusted person if desired. The counseling includes in particular the personal situation of the beneficiary, the strengthening of self-help for participation in life in the community, the benefits including access to the benefit system, the administrative procedures, references to service providers and other counseling services.

Support is provided, among other things, in making applications, clarifying responsibilities, fulfilling obligations to cooperate and claiming benefits.

In order to receive integration assistance, an application must be submitted to the social welfare office. The benefit is dependent on income and assets, whereby a contribution from income is only to be made if an income limit is exceeded. For individual integration assistance services (e.g. curative education services, participation in working life or participation in education), a contribution is not required. The applicant and, in the case of minors, the parents living in the household must raise funds from their assets before claiming benefits, whereby asset exemption limits also apply here.

Within the framework of an overall plan procedure, applicants are involved in all steps of the procedure. The beneficiary's wishes regarding the goal and type of services are documented. The individual needs are determined by the health office. With the consent of the beneficiary, an overall plan conference is held in which the beneficiary, the Social Welfare Office, the Health Office and the service providers involved discuss the results of the needs assessment.

After the conclusion of the overall plan conference, the social welfare office determines the benefits and issues a decision on the approved benefits.