Apply for funding from the ESF Plus program "Akti(F) Plus - Active for families and their children"

Source: BUS Rheinland-Pfalz

The Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS) supports organizations that help families and their children at risk of poverty and social exclusion. The "Akti(F) Plus - Active for Families and Children" program exists for this purpose. The aim of the Akti(F) Plus program is to improve the living situation and social participation of families.

The target group includes:

Families with children who receive benefits in accordance with the German Social Code (SGB) II (citizen's allowance, basic income support for jobseekers) or SGB XII (social welfare)
Families who receive or are entitled to child benefit supplement
Families - and, if necessary, adult household members - who are at risk of social exclusion and poverty

Funding is provided for activities that support parents in improving their family life situation.

This includes

Counseling and coaching services, family coaches (pilots / navigators / mentors), which are tailored to individual needs and are additionally provided in differentiation to the benefits under SGB III and SGB II. The focus of the holistic advice is on individual and/or family and social problems that prevent social participation and, in the long term, employment (e.g. limited mobility, lack of childcare, lack of everyday structure, problems dealing with/accessing authorities, debt or addiction problems).
Personal help and support with personal and/or family stabilization
Help with applying for benefits to which the family is entitled.
The aim of the advice and coaching services is to enable working parents to maintain their employment and/or expand their employment to cover their needs.
Supporting parents with disabilities, in particular in the needs-based use of benefits for participation in working life or accompanying assistance in working life in accordance with the German Social Code (SGB) IX (rehabilitation and participation of people with disabilities).

The program also aims to improve cooperation between the relevant authorities. It is therefore aimed at the participating job centers, employment agencies, local authorities, social welfare agencies and independent and public youth welfare organizations, among others. Funding is provided for the establishment and expansion of cooperation structures to provide better support for families.

Type and scope:

The funding is granted in the form of pro rata financing with grants. The funding rates amount to up to 90 percent of the total expenditure.

Applications are approved by the Deutsche Rentenversicherung Knappschaft-Bahn-See (DRV KBS). The DRV KBS has the following tasks

informing the applicants and advising them on funding,
examine applications,
approve and pay out grants and
review projects.

The duration of an individual project is usually up to 4 years. The standard term of 4 years may not be exceeded when submitting an application and receiving initial approval.

The funding procedure is a two-stage process. In the 1st step, you submit an expression of interest. In the 2nd step, the selected project sponsors are invited to submit an application.

Expression of interest:

You submit expressions of interest electronically via the Z-EU-S funding portal online service by 14:00 on 31.03.2023.
An external expert institute will evaluate the submitted expressions of interest. The selection is based on selection criteria and weightings defined by the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, including the quality of the project concept, the quality of the involvement of cooperation partners, aspects of suitability and financing as well as potential for continuation.

Application:

If your project is positively assessed, you must submit a formal, written application for funding to the DRV KBS via the Z-EU-S funding portal.

If the project is approved, the usual regulations for grants apply, supplemented by special regulations for federal funding from the European Social Fund 2021-2027.

Applications can be submitted by

legal entities under private and public law
partnerships with legal capacity, for example local authorities (cities, districts and municipalities)
Non-profit welfare organizations and other non-profit organizations, educational institutions, research institutes, associations
other companies

Natural persons cannot apply for grants.

They must fulfill the following requirements:

They must apply in a cooperation network with municipalities (cities, districts, municipalities), job centers or employment agencies and optionally companies.
Your project must focus on both individual objectives 1 and 2:
- Individual objective 1: Supplementary support for parents and single parents in accessing assistance and social benefits, improving social and economic participation and, in the long term, taking up and/or expanding employment.
- Individual objective 2: Establishment and expansion of cooperation structures for better support for families
You must develop and test the measures in both individual objectives on the basis of specific regional needs.
When planning, you must take into account the cross-sectoral principles (formerly cross-cutting objectives) of gender equality, anti-discrimination and the ecological dimension of sustainability.
In order to avoid double funding, your project can only be funded in the following federal states: Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

in the expression of interest:

a signed letter of intent from the municipality and the participating job center(s)/employment agency,

when submitting the application:

a legally binding, signed cooperation agreement with the cooperation partners involved, setting out the structure of the cooperation and a clear allocation of the respective tasks
Project concept as well as work plan and timetable (to be uploaded to the Z-EU-S funding portal)

In the Z-EU-S IT system you will find all the necessary information on the ESF Plus 2021-2027 federal program.

You can replace the written form with the electronic form of the qualified electronic signature (qeS) or electronic proof of identity (eID) approved in the Z-EU-S funding portal.

Please give priority to the electronic form.

Only in exceptional cases can you apply to the granting authority to submit the signature by post.

In such exceptional cases, you must download the forms entered electronically and submitted in Z-EU-S after electronic submission, sign them by hand and also submit them by post. Please note the deadlines indicated.

Apply for funding from the ESF Plus program "Akti(F) Plus - Active for families and their children"

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