Hilfe zur Überwindung besonderer sozialer Schwierigkeiten Bewilligung

If, for example, as a result of homelessness or a criminal offense, you find yourself in a situation that affects your ability to participate in life in the community and which you cannot overcome without the support of experts, you are entitled to "help to overcome particular social difficulties" under certain conditions.

The "Help to overcome particular social difficulties" includes the following measures:

• Counseling for those seeking help and their relatives
• Outpatient or inpatient care
• Help with obtaining and maintaining a home
• Measures to obtain a job
• Assistance in establishing and maintaining social relationships and organizing everyday life

The benefit is provided without consideration of income and assets, insofar as services are required in individual cases.

If the respective need can be covered by other provisions of Social Codes VIII and XII, these take precedence.

• Fully completed application
• Valid identity card

  or proof of residence status

• If available:
  • Severely disabled person's pass
  • Care degree classification
• When applying for inpatient care:
  • Income documents (e.g. wage statement, combined pension statement, citizen's benefit statement)
• Complete bank statements for the last 3 months

  (Please note that you may black out account statements to be submitted if the booking text allows conclusions to be drawn about "racial and ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership or sex life". The booking amount may not be blacked out).

• Assets (savings account, fixed-term deposit, car)

Anyone who has found themselves in particularly difficult living conditions and is unable to overcome them on their own is entitled to help to overcome particular social difficulties. The particularly difficult living conditions or social difficulties must be clearly distinguishable from general life crises such as unemployment, illness, partnership problems and the like by their particular degree of severity. Difficult living conditions can be, for example

• An unsecured economic livelihood
• Non-existent housing or inadequate living conditions
• Living conditions characterized by violence
• Release from a closed institution
• Comparable disadvantageous living conditions

• You must apply for "help to overcome particular social difficulties".
• In order to receive advice on assistance to overcome particular social social difficulties, a corresponding application must be submitted. corresponding contact nquiry must be made.
• The specific support options can be discussed during the options can be discussed.
• Possible priority benefits benefits can also be discussed here. be discussed.
• Possible aids are among others assistance with health, assistance with care or assistance in other life situations
• Whether the requirements for assistance to overcome particular social social difficulties are fulfilled can be nd can be discussed in the discussed during the consultation.