Apply for transitional allowance for people with disabilities

If you would like to apply for the transitional allowance in connection with a vocational integration measure, proceed as follows:

• Make an appointment for a consultation at your employment agency.
• In a personal meeting, you will discuss the possibilities for your professional integration with your advisor. Your advisor will review your prerequisites with you and determine the necessary measures and benefits.
• Your counselor will also discuss with you the forms and supporting documents that you will need to complete and submit. You can also fill out the documents and upload any required evidence online.
• You will then receive a decision.

You can find the office of the Federal Employment Agency responsible for you using the office finder.

• Kontaktformular auf der Internetseite der Bundesagentur für Arbeit 
• Servicetelefon für Hörgeschädigte über die Internetseite der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (gebührenfrei)

You can find the office of the Federal Employment Agency responsible for you using the office finder.

As a rule, you are entitled to transitional benefits if the following conditions apply to you:

• You have a disability and therefore require special support in integrating into working life. The Federal Employment Agency is your responsible rehabilitation agency.
• They will participate in one of the following measures:
  • Vocational training,
  • Vocational preparation including a required basic training,
  • individual in-company qualification within the framework of "Supported Employment",
  • measures in the entry procedure or vocational training area of a workshop for disabled people or at another service provider, or
  • further vocational training.
• For the period of the last 3 years (pre-employment period), one of the following conditions applies to you:
  • You have been covered by social insurance for at least 12 months.
  • You are entitled to unemployment benefits in accordance with SGB III and have currently applied for these benefits.
  • You are entitled to unemployment benefits according to the Soldiers' Pensions Act (SVG).

There are the following exceptions:

• If you are a vocational returnee or a vocational returnee with disabilities, the limitation of the pre-employment period to 3 years does not apply to you.

• The conditions of the pre-employment period may be waived altogether if, within the last year before the start of the measure, you have
  • have obtained a training qualification at a vocational school or other vocational training institution and this training corresponds to vocational training in a recognized training occupation, or
  • have obtained an examination certificate that has been equated with the final certificate of vocational training in a recognized training occupation.

When contacting your advisor, please ask what documentation you will need in addition to the Transitional Allowance and Cost of Attendance Questionnaire.

None

• §§ 66 bis 72 Sozialgesetzbuch Neuntes Buch (SGB IX)
• §§ 118 bis 121 Sozialgesetzbuch Drittes Buch (SGB III)

Appeal to the employment agency that issued the decision. Further information on how to file an appeal can be found in the respective notice.

Forms available: No
Written form required: Yes
Informal application possible: No
Personal appearance required: No
Online services available: Yes

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.