Apply for funding for the education and participation of children and young adults if you are currently receiving child allowance (BKGG)

    If you receive the child supplement, you or your child can receive benefits from the education and participation package. This includes support for participation in school, daycare, child daycare and leisure activities as well as tutoring, meals and transportation.

    Information for Lower Saxony: Leistungen für Bildung und Teilhabe bei Kindern, Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen Bewilligung bei laufendem Leistungsbezug von Kinderzuschlag

    If you need financial support for participation in school, daycare, daycare and leisure activities as well as tutoring, meals and transport, you can receive benefits for education and participation under certain conditions.

    Description

    You can receive financial support for various activities through the education and participation package. The support is aimed at children, young people and young adults.

    The benefits from the education and participation package are granted as part of certain social benefits. The child supplement is one of these social benefits. If you are entitled to the child supplement, you can apply for financial support from the education and participation package.

    The support applies to the following areas:

    Up to a maximum of 18 years of age:

    • Participation in social and cultural life, for example in a sports club or music school, is supported with up to EUR 15.00 per month.

    Up to a maximum of 25 years of age:

    • For one-day excursions from schools, day care centers and in child day care, the actual costs are covered.
    • The actual costs of excursions lasting several days organized by day-care centres and childminders as well as school trips within the framework of school regulations are covered.
    • The provision of personal school supplies is funded annually with two lump sums at the start of each school year. The amount differs between the first and second half of the school year.
    • The necessary actual expenses for transportation to the nearest school of the chosen course of education (monthly school tickets) are covered.
    • The costs of additional appropriate learning support are covered insofar as they are necessary to achieve the learning objectives defined in accordance with school regulations.
    • Expenses for communal lunchtime meals for pupils (if the school is responsible for them) and for children in daycare centers and childminders are paid.

    Online services

    There is currently no online service available for this location.

    Competent office

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    Contact point

    To the local social welfare office

    Contact person

    Unfortunately, no contact persons were found for District Wesermarsch (Lower Saxony). Please check the service description above for information on how to find the responsible contact person.

    Required documents

    Information for Lower Saxony: Leistungen für Bildung und Teilhabe bei Kindern, Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen Bewilligung bei laufendem Leistungsbezug von Kinderzuschlag

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    Forms

    Forms available: Yes

    Written form required: No

    Informal application possible: Yes

    Personal appearance necessary: No

    Prerequisites

    • You or the children, adolescents or young adults concerned
      • receive the child supplement
      • attend a general or vocational school, a day care facility or day care for children
    • Upper age limit for participation benefits for participation in culture, sport and leisure activities in the community: 18 years of age
    • Upper age limit for educational benefits: 25 years
    • Excursions:
      • Excursions lasting several days must be within the scope of school regulations.
    • Personal school supplies
      • Depending on the age of the child, a school certificate may be required.
    • School transportation
      • The costs are not covered in full by third parties, such as the school authority. If only part of the travel costs are covered by third parties, only the personal contribution can be reimbursed.
      • The distance between your place of residence and your school or institution is greater than the minimum distance stipulated by law.
      • Under certain circumstances, the nearest institution may also have a special focus, for example a sports or language profile, or it may be a Waldorf school.
    • Extracurricular learning support
      • The school must confirm that you need additional learning support. If there are school offers, you must use these as a priority. It does not matter whether your promotion is at risk.
      • The learning support is offered by a suitable provider or a suitable private person.
    • Communal lunchtime meals
      • You or your child attend a school, a daycare center, a daycare facility or an after-school care center.
      • Lunch is provided by the institution or is agreed in a cooperation agreement with the institution (e.g. between the school and the after-school care center).
      • The food is served and eaten communally.
    • Appeal, action for annulment
    • Further information on how to lodge an appeal can be found in the notification of your application.

    Procedure

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    Information for Lower Saxony: Leistungen für Bildung und Teilhabe bei Kindern, Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen Bewilligung bei laufendem Leistungsbezug von Kinderzuschlag

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    Deadlines

    Consultation period: 0 to 12 months

    Processing time

    0 to 3 months

    Costs

    Es fallen keine Kosten an.: Fee free of charge

    Notes (specifics)

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    Information for Lower Saxony: Leistungen für Bildung und Teilhabe bei Kindern, Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen Bewilligung bei laufendem Leistungsbezug von Kinderzuschlag

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    Unterstützende Institutionen

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    Area of validity

    Lower Saxony

    Official approval

    Officially approved by Lower Saxony Ministry for Social Affairs, Labor, Health and Equality

    Version

    Technisch erstellt on 18.04.2024
    Technisch geändert on 27.03.2026

    Keywords

    Culture, Tutoring, Low earners, Sports club, KITA

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de
    Technisch erstellt on 07.06.2017
    Technisch geändert on 14.05.2025

    Englisch

    Sprache: en
    Sprachbezeichnung nativ: English
    Technisch erstellt on 22.10.2025
    Technisch geändert on 23.10.2024