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Education and Participation
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Children, adolescents, and young adults up to 25 years old receive benefits for education and participation (BuT). The aim of these additional benefits is to better integrate children and adolescents from low-income families into the community and to establish material equality of opportunity.
Eligible for benefits are children, adolescents, and young adults if they receive basic income support, social assistance, benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act, housing allowance, or child allowance.
If the eligibility requirements are met, costs can be covered for:
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School trips and class trips
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Personal school supplies
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Student transportation costs
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Learning support
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Communal lunch in daycare centers and schools
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Participation in culture, sports, and leisure activities
The Oberbergischer Kreis is the provider of BuT benefits, but the responsibility for processing your application depends on the social benefit you receive:
You receive citizen's benefit? -> The Jobcenter at your place of residence is responsible for you.
You receive social assistance or basic security benefits under SGB XII? -> The social welfare office at your place of residence is responsible for you.
You receive housing benefit? -> The housing benefit office at your place of residence is responsible for you.
You receive child supplement? -> The housing benefit office at your place of residence is responsible for you.
You receive benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act? -> The social welfare office at your place of residence is responsible for you.
Hardship Fund
If you are not entitled to BuT benefits but only have financial resources of a similar amount, you can receive benefits from the hardship fund for your child, e.g., for shared lunch in daycare or school or cost subsidies for class trips.
The social welfare office at your place of residence is responsible for processing hardship benefits.
