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Do you have a disability or are you at risk of a disability? Or do you look after a child or a person with a disability? The wide range of integration assistance services are designed to help you participate in all areas of social life.
Integration assistance benefits are intended to enable people with significant disabilities to participate fully in all areas of social life.
Integration assistance benefits are divided into 4 benefit groups:
Among other things, the benefits can help you to cope with the tasks of daily life. This may include the following integration assistance services, for example:
The services are individually tailored.
You will receive integration assistance services if you do not receive the required services from other social benefits or rehabilitation providers, for example the health insurance fund, pension insurance provider, employment agency or accident insurance provider.
The costs for the services are borne by the responsible integration assistance provider. The federal states determine who is responsible for integration assistance.
For integration assistance benefits, you must always pay a contribution from your income and from your assets if they exceed a set limit. The income and assets of the person with disabilities receiving benefits and, in the case of minors entitled to benefits, of their parents, are relevant. Some benefits are exempt from contributions, for example curative education benefits, assistance with school education and benefits for social participation for beneficiaries who have not yet started school.
You can receive integration assistance benefits if
You can also apply for integration assistance for people who represent you in the context of legal care, guardianship or as authorized representatives or custodians.
You can apply for integration assistance from the institution responsible for you. If you are not sure who is responsible for you, you can submit an application to any institution. This institution is obliged to forward the application to the responsible institution.
There are no costs.
If the authority was unable to provide a service that could not be postponed on time and you incurred costs for a service that you procured yourself as a result, the authority must reimburse you for these costs if the service was necessary. The same applies if the authority has wrongly refused a benefit.
The processing time for your application depends on various factors. Please contact your responsible integration assistance provider, who will be able to give you more detailed information on the duration of the procedure.
However, the authority to which you have submitted your application must determine whether it is responsible for your application within 2 weeks of receiving it. If the authority is not responsible, it will forward your application to the competent authority without delay. You will be informed of the forwarding.
If the authority does not forward your application, it must determine and provide your need for support as quickly as possible.
If an expert opinion is required to determine your needs, the authority must make a decision within 2 weeks of receiving the expert opinion.
If the authority is not required to obtain an expert opinion, it must make a decision within 3 weeks of receiving your application.
There are no indications or special features.