Monthly lump sums for ongoing benefits for the maintenance of minors and young adults placed in foster families Determination

In the case of full-time care services, the necessary maintenance of minors and young adults is ensured through ongoing services. The necessary maintenance includes the costs for material expenses and for care and upbringing.

To ensure the necessary maintenance of foster children, ongoing benefits are granted in the form of lump sums for the costs of material expenses and for care and education.

To ensure the necessary maintenance of foster children, ongoing benefits are granted in the form of lump sums for the costs of material expenses and for care and education.

The care allowance is divided into three levels depending on the age of the foster child. The first level covers the age from 0 to under 6 years, the second from 6 to under 12 years and the third from 12 to 18 years. The lump sum is made up of the amount for the child's living expenses and the amount for the costs of raising the child. The costs of upbringing are a recognition amount for the foster parents for their special upbringing work. The foster care allowance is paid to the foster parents monthly by the youth welfare office. Additional benefits can be agreed with the youth welfare office in individual cases for particularly difficult, impaired or behavioral children.

The care allowance is a regular monthly lump sum. In addition, one-off allowances and grants can be awarded, in particular for the initial outfitting of a foster child, for important personal occasions such as a communion or confirmation and for vacation and vacation trips for the foster child.

The local foster care service at the youth welfare office is responsible.

The foster care allowance is paid by the youth welfare department of the responsible youth welfare office.

You can also contact your responsible specialist in the foster care service to find out about options for one-off financial support.

The foster care allowance is paid by the Youth Welfare Department of the responsible youth welfare office and is paid without an additional application.

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No separate applications are required. Applications for grants and subsidies are submitted informally to the responsible specialist in the foster children's service.

You are a recognized caregiver in the context of full-time care in accordance with §§ 27, 33 SGB VIII and have taken in a foster child in your household.

When the youth welfare office places a child with foster parents, it grants a lump sum, the so-called foster allowance.

The foster care allowance is divided into three levels depending on the age of the foster child. The first level covers the age from 0 to under 6 years, the second from 6 to under 12 years and the third from 12 to 18 years. The lump sum is made up of the amount for the child's living expenses and the amount for the costs of raising the child. The costs of upbringing are a recognition amount for the foster parents for their special upbringing work. The foster care allowance is paid to the foster parents monthly by the youth welfare office. Additional benefits can be agreed with the youth welfare office in individual cases for particularly difficult, impaired or behavioral children.

The care allowance is a regular monthly lump sum. In addition, in accordance with § 39 Para. 3 SGB VIII, one-off allowances and grants can be awarded, in particular for the initial outfitting of a foster child, for important personal occasions such as a communion or confirmation and for vacation and vacation trips for the foster child.

The processing time for the assessment and payment of the care allowance can be obtained from the locally responsible foster children's service and the economic youth welfare service.

No fees are charged.