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Parent and family education at the weekend; application for a grant

If you would like to attend a weekend seminar with your children, you can apply for a state grant under certain conditions.

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95447 Bayreuth

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The weekend parent and family education programs are aimed at all parents. They offer preventative support in various phases of partnership, marriage and family. They are designed to help improve relationships and communication between couples and parents and their children.

Under certain conditions, a state grant can be awarded for weekend parent and family education programs that are held as weekend seminars (Friday, Saturday, Sunday).

Funding for participation in weekend seminars is income-dependent. The family's annual net income must be below the following income limits:

  • EUR 31,000 for a single parent (with one child),
  • for both parents (with one child) EUR 34,000,
  • EUR 4,800 for each additional child.

An income check is not required if the family or the head of the household receives welfare assistance or unemployment benefit II.

The state subsidy amounts to up to EUR 27.00 per day of the event for each eligible child and up to EUR 30.50 for each eligible adult.

The umbrella organizations of the independent welfare services in Bavaria are responsible for implementing the offers. The Zentrum Bayern Familie und Soziales is responsible for processing applications and paying out the state grant.

  • The family's main place of residence is in Bavaria.
  • It is a weekend seminar for parents, foster parents or parents with at least one child for whom child benefit is received, or for expectant mothers or expectant fathers.
    Weekend seminars without the participation of children are therefore only eligible for expectant parents.
  • A separated parent who would like to attend a weekend seminar with their children, but for whom the other parent receives child benefit, can in principle also receive the allowance for themselves and the children. The same applies to so-called patchwork families.
  • The educational weekends are organized by the independent welfare associations and their affiliated organizations. The content of the seminar must focus on supporting families in special family phases, especially before and after the birth of a child and in the event of parenting problems, and must be conducted by appropriate specialists (social education workers, qualified psychologists and other specifically trained, qualified specialists). The time frame must comprise at least 13 teaching units and take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday weekends.
  • The income limits and income calculations correspond to those for the promotion of family recreation in family holiday centers.

  • Program booklet of the event (e.g. flyer of the organizer)
    • Flyer of the organizer
  • Copy of a current bank statement (with the name of the account holder) or a salary statement as proof of receipt of child benefit (always required)

    Only the name of the account holder, the posting date of the child allowance, the child allowance amount and the child allowance as the purpose of use must be visible on the account statement. All other data on the account statement may be blacked out.

  • If applicable, complete income tax assessment for the previous year (a wage tax certificate alone is not sufficient)
    • an income tax certificate alone is not sufficient
  • if you are not assessed for income tax or a corresponding income tax assessment has not yet been issued: completed income questionnaire
    • if you are not assessed for income tax or a corresponding income tax assessment has not yet been issued: completed income questionnaire
  • if you receive child allowance and/or housing benefit: current notification
    • if you receive child allowance and/or housing allowance : current notice of assessment

  • Send the application to the Zentrum Bayern Familie und Soziales.
  • Once the application and the relevant documents have been received, the basic entitlement will be checked and you will receive notification of whether a grant will be awarded and, if so, the maximum amount.
  • You will also receive a confirmation form, which must be completed by the organizer at the end of the seminar.
    Please return this confirmation to the Zentrum Bayern Familie und Soziales immediately after the weekend seminar.
  • Once this confirmation has been received, the details will be checked, the final amount of funding will be determined and the amount due will be paid out to you.

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The application should be submitted at least three weeks before the start of the weekend seminar.

The grant can only be paid out if the confirmation is submitted within 3 months of the end of the approved seminar.

A binding booking may now be made after confirmation of receipt of the application by the Zentrum Bayern Familie und Soziales (ZBFS), without this being detrimental to the funding. It is no longer necessary to wait for receipt of the grant notification.
However, confirmation of receipt of the application does not constitute a funding commitment; this is only provided with the grant notification after completion of the required measures.

The grant will be paid out after the training measure. Advance payment or assignment of the grant is not possible, not even to the organizer or another person.

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Status: 01.07.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Familie, Arbeit und Soziales
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