Source: BUS Sachsen-Anhalt (Linie6PLus)

Apply for integration assistance for people with disabilities

Description

The benefits of integration assistance are intended to enable the full participation of people with disabilities in all areas of social life.

The benefits of integration assistance are divided into 4 benefit groups:

Medical rehabilitation services
Benefits for participation in education
Benefits for participation in working life
Benefits for social participation

Among other things, the services can help you to cope with the tasks of daily life. These include, for example:

Dwell
Finances
Homemaking
Leisure activities
Promotion of private contacts and hobbies
Administrative procedures (preparation and support), unless the task of a legal guardian
Mobility
Parenthood
Support at school, university or for further training at work
Support in the daycare center
Aid
Promoting understanding
Work

The services are individually designed. They are subordinate to the benefits of other social benefit and rehabilitation providers (e.g. health insurance fund, pension insurance institution, employment agency, accident insurance institution).

The costs of the benefits are borne by the competent institution of integration assistance. Your income or assets can be taken into account.

Requirements

You can receive integration assistance benefits if:

you have a disability or
you are at risk of disability and
As a result, they are significantly restricted in their daily lives.

You can also apply for integration assistance for persons who represent you within the framework of legal care, guardianship, or as authorised representatives or custodians.

Which documents are required?

You must submit an application to the competent authority. This can be informal.
Please contact the office responsible for you to find out which additional documents you need to submit. It may be that the authority asks you to use a form.

What are the fees?

free

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

If the authority was unable to provide a service that could not be postponed on time and you have incurred costs for a self-procured service as a result, the authority must reimburse you for these costs if the service was necessary. The same applies if the authority has wrongly rejected a benefit.

Processing duration

The processing time of your application depends on various factors. Please contact your responsible institution of integration assistance, which can provide you with more detailed information on the duration of the procedure.

However, the authority to which you have submitted your application must determine within 2 weeks of receipt of the application whether it is responsible for your application. If the authority is not competent, it shall forward your application to the competent authority without delay. You will be informed about the forwarding.

If the authority does not forward your application, it must identify and provide your need for assistance as soon as possible.

If an expert opinion is necessary to determine your needs, the authority must decide within 2 weeks as soon as the expert opinion is available to the authority.

If the authority does not need to obtain an expert opinion, it will decide within 3 weeks after your application has been received.

Who should I contact?

An application for integration assistance must be submitted to the district or the independent city.

However, you can also submit the application to your municipality or a social service provider. They are obliged to forward the application to the competent authority.

Process flow

You can apply for integration assistance from the institution responsible for you.

You should contact the institution responsible for integration assistance.
There you will be advised or you can submit an informal application right away.
The competent authority may ask you to fill out a form and submit further documents.
The authority carries out a participation procedure, an overall plan procedure or both procedures in order to determine your individual need for integration assistance and possible further participation benefits. You can request that a person you trust be involved in the overall planning process.
Once all documents have been submitted, the competent authority will check whether and which benefits you will receive on the basis of your information and the needs assessment. This also includes checking whether and to what extent your income and assets are taken into account.
After your application has been reviewed, you will receive a decision.