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

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

As an employer, do you need support to maintain the jobs of severely disabled employees or employees with equivalent status or to create new jobs or training positions?

Then you have the following options:

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

You can apply for the following benefits:

• Compensation for extraordinary burdens for employers, for example an 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 is determined on a case-by-case basis.

Approval is granted by the Integration Office of the Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family

Approval is granted by the Integration Office of the Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family

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• 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 or support of severely disabled persons or persons with equivalent status.

The person on whose behalf you are applying for the benefits must be in an employment relationship subject to social security contributions or in a civil service relationship of at least 15 hours/week.

The person for whom you are applying for benefits must be severely disabled or treated as such within the meaning of SGB IX.

• Objection
  • Further information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the notification.

Appeal to the competent administrative court.

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.

• You fill in the application form.
• 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.
• During the examination of your application by the competent body, you may be contacted by various other parties with queries.
• If necessary, the various parties involved will inspect your company or office on site.
• You will be notified of the decision to approve your application in writing by post.

First of all, the application is examined. If necessary, the competent authority will request any missing, necessary documents. As soon as the documents are complete, a company visit usually takes place.

After that, the decision is issued. A call-off period is set for certain types of services. During this time, the implementation of the measure and the submission of the invoice are to take place.

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

There is no legal deadline for processing. After submission of the complete documents, the decision is usually issued after 6-8 weeks at the latest.

There are no costs.

Fee free of charge

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

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