Apply for an education package for children in need

Benefits for education and participation are available on application and must be applied for separately - each benefit separately and for each child individually. If possible, find out in advance from the responsible office how you can apply for benefits from the education package most easily.
The staff will also help you with the application on request. Fill in the required forms, sign the application and compile the necessary supporting documents.
Send the complete application documents by post to the relevant office or hand them in personally. You will receive written notification as to whether your child is eligible for the program and, if so, which programs.

If you receive unemployment benefit II or social benefit, you should generally contact the job center.
For families who receive social assistance, housing benefit or the child supplement, the responsible district administration or the administration of the district-free city is the point of contact.

• Employment agencies in Rhineland-Palatinate
• Education package Contact points for applications

Children and young people up to the age of 25 who are unable to cover their education and participation needs from their own income and assets or their family's own income and assets and who are therefore entitled to

• basic security benefits for jobseekers or
• social assistance
• benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act

or whose families

• child supplement or
• housing benefit

receive housing benefit. Upper age limit for benefits for participation in culture, sport and leisure: 18 years.

• If applicable, state the child benefit number
• Proof of need, e.g. in the form of a decision on:
  • Child supplement
  • housing benefit
  • Benefits according to the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act
• Invoices, receipts and other evidence, if applicable
• If necessary, certificates from the school, daycare center, after-school care center

The responsible office will inform you of any other documents that may be required.

None.

Claims to benefits under the education and participation package in accordance with the Federal Child Benefit Act (for families with child supplement or housing benefit) expire 12 months after the end of the calendar month in which they arose.

• § Section 6b of the Federal Child Benefit Act (BKGG)
• §§ 34 f. Social Security Code Twelfth Book (SGB XII)
• §§ Sections 28 f. of the Second Book of the Social Code (SGB II)
• § Section 2 of the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act (AsylbLG)
• § Section 3 of the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act (AsylbLG)

• Information on the education package on the website of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs

If your personal circumstances change, you must inform the responsible office immediately. This applies in particular to

• income (e.g. type and amount)
• marital status
• bank details
• your place of residence.

25.09.2019