Apply for support for the training and employment of severely disabled people

As a company, you can receive subsidies or advice on how to maintain or create jobs and training positions for severely disabled people.

As a company, do you need support to maintain the jobs of employees with severe disabilities or equivalent status or to create new jobs or training positions?

Then you have the following options:

• You can obtain advice from the responsible office.
• You apply for financial benefits.

You can apply for the following benefits:

• Compensation for extraordinary burdens for companies (employment protection grant)
• Disability-friendly furnishing or equipping of work and training places and the working environment
• Investments to create a new job or training position
• Premiums for the introduction of company integration management (BEM)
• Premiums and subsidies for the costs of vocational training
• Other measures for disability-friendly employment, such as qualification measures

The responsible body determines the scope of support individually and depending on the service required.

The actual amount of funding depends on the circumstances of the individual case.

• LWV Hessen - Integration Office
• Local employment agency

• Copy of a current proof of employment (employment contract)
• Copy of the severely disabled person's ID card or equal opportunities notice

Depending on the nature of your request, further documents may be required. You will be informed accordingly during the application process.

• You employ severely disabled persons or persons with equivalent status.
• You would like to apply for benefits for a severely disabled person or a person with equivalent status or
• You would like to request advice on the employment and/or support of severely disabled persons or persons with equivalent status.

Contradiction

If necessary, the responsible office will contact you in advance to advise you. The responsible office can then support you with the application.

If you already know which specific benefit you would like to apply for, you can submit the application without prior consultation. The application can be made online.

• You fill in the application form or the query mask in the online portal.
• You submit your application together with all the necessary documents to the relevant office.
• The responsible office will check your application and request any missing documents or information from you.
• While your application is being checked by the competent body, various other parties may contact you with queries.
• If necessary, the various parties involved will inspect your company on site.
• You will be notified of the decision to approve your application in writing by post.

You must submit the application in advance. Applications for aids already procured or services already provided cannot generally be recognized.

approx. 6 - 12 weeks
In individual cases, processing may take shorter or longer.

There are no costs.

If you do not have the severely disabled person's ID card or the equal opportunities notification, your employee for whom you want to apply for the benefit can also send the document to the relevant office.