Providing educational assistance in full-time care

The parents with custody submit an application to the locally responsible youth welfare office for help with education. The Youth Welfare Office then checks whether full-time care is the appropriate help.

The parents with custody can express wishes when selecting the foster family, for example on their general life situation or religious orientation. You can also suggest a foster family yourself (e.B relatives). However, the Youth Welfare Office must determine their suitability as a caregiver.

The design of the care relationship is agreed by the Youth Welfare Office, the authorized person and the caregiver with the participation of the child (depending on age) or adolescents together in a help plan.

During the duration of the care relationship, both the parents and the caregivers are cared for and supported by the Youth Welfare Office.

If you are interested in taking in a foreign child in your family, please contact the youth welfare office of the district or city responsible for your place of residence.

The responsibility lies with the Youth Welfare Office.

• Certificate of good conduct
• medical certificate or health certificate
• Information about the income situation

There are no fees.

There are no deadlines to be observed.

• § 27 Social Code Eighth Book (SGB VIII)
• § 33 Social Code Eighth Book (SGB VIII)
• § 37 Social Code Eighth Book (SGB VIII)
• § 39 Social Code Eighth Book (SGB VIII)

Care allowance:

If the Youth Welfare Office places a child with caregivers, it undertakes to ensure the necessary maintenance of the child through care allowance.

The care allowance is staggered according to the age of the foster child and consists of the amount for the child's subsistence and the costs of education. The care allowance is intended for expenses that are to be paid directly for the foster child, i.e. for food, clothing, rent, electricity, heating, school materials, pocket money, toys, contributions for sports clubs, etc. The cost of education is a contribution in recognition of the special educational achievements of the caregivers.

The care allowance is paid by the Youth Welfare Office.

11.09.2020