Apply for funding for youth hostels

• The application for funding for your youth hostel will be sent to you by the Bochum Employment Agency. Please contact the Operative Service of the Bochum Employment Agency (by telephone or electronically). The Bochum Employment Agency is your competent contact for all questions regarding funding.
• You can submit the application to any other employment agency in Germany within the deadline, even informally. They will then forward your application to your contact person.
• As soon as all the documents have been submitted and a decision has been made on your application, you will receive notification by post that your application has been approved or rejected.

Youth hostel support team at the Operative Service of the Bochum Employment Agency.

Youth hostel support team at the Operative Service of the Bochum Employment Agency.

You can receive funding for a youth hostel from the Federal Employment Agency if you want to build, convert or modernize a hostel for trainees undergoing in-company vocational training. The following conditions apply:

• You must operate the youth hostel yourself.
• You may only operate the facility to cover costs.
• Commercial operation with the aim of making a profit is not permitted.
• You accept trainees from all sectors and from all backgrounds on an equal footing.
• They grant trainees a discount of 10 percent in the hostel if they receive a vocational training allowance.
• You are eligible for funding if you, as the organization responsible for the dormitory
  • a legal entity or
  • an association of independent welfare organizations or
  • a non-profit association.
• Your total costs amount to at least EUR 100,000.
• You must not have started the construction or conversion work yet, unless the Employment Agency has granted an exception in your case.
• There is a long-term need for your youth hostel places for trainees.
• You make an appropriate contribution of your own.
• Your overall financing is secured.
• If you want to offer new equipment, this must be connected to a construction project in order to be eligible for funding.

• Declaration on the application
• Proof of occupancy

Other necessary documents will be agreed individually.

You must have submitted the application for a one-off grant by 30.06.2023.

If you would like to apply for an interest subsidy, you do not need to meet any deadlines.

• § Section 80a of the Third Book of the German Social Code (SGB III)
• § Section 80b of the Third Book of the German Social Code (SGB III)

• Objection
• Action before an administrative court

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

13.03.2023