Eingliederungshilfe (integration assistance) for adults with disabilities - apply

• A need for participation (Teilhabebedarf) exists. • A substantial disability that is not merely temporary exists or is imminent. www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_9_2018/__99.html You belong to the group of persons entitled under § 99 SGB IX (Social Code Book IX).

• Application for Eingliederungshilfe (integration assistance) benefits You can submit the application either online or in writing by post. If you do not currently have the required documents and evidence, you can also submit them later. • For online applications: The total size of your files must not exceed 30 MB. A single file may be no larger than 5 MB. Files may be uploaded in the permitted formats JPG, JPEG, PNG and PDF. • Valid personal identification documents for example Personalausweis (identity card), Unionsbürgerkarte (EU citizen's card, eID card), electronic residence permit (eAT) or passport with registration confirmation or Meldebescheinigung (registration certificate) • Proof of health and long-term care insurance • Notices of decision from benefit providers with priority claim for example from the Agentur für Arbeit (employment agency), the Integrationsamt (integration office), pension providers or health insurance funds • In case of severe disability: notice of decision from the Versorgungsamt (welfare office) establishing a degree of disability Schwerbehindertenausweis (severe disability card) • Proof of income income tax assessment or pension adjustment notice from the second-to-last year (if available) • Proof of assets for example for capital-forming insurance policies (life insurance, building society savings insurance, Riester pension contracts, funeral expenses insurance, funeral provision, and similar), savings accounts, land, real estate, valuables, vehicles, etc. • The scope of documents required, in particular proof of income and assets, depends on the particulars of the individual case.

• Antrag auf Leistungen der Eingliederungshilfe (application for integration assistance benefits; not barrier-free) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/soziales/soz/so

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• Sozialgesetzbuch Neuntes Buch (SGB IX, Social Code Book Nine) Sections 90 ff. www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_9_2018/BJNR323410016.html#BJN • Berliner Teilhabegesetz (BlnTG, Berlin Participation Act) gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-SGB9AGBErahmen

• People with disabilities (Senatsverwaltung für Arbeit, Soziales, Gleichstellung, Integration, Vielfalt und Antidiskriminierung [Senate Department for Labour, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination]) www.berlin.de/sen/soziales/besondere-lebenssituationen/mensc • Berlin social law (Senatsverwaltung für Arbeit, Soziales, Gleichstellung, Integration, Vielfalt und Antidiskriminierung) sozialrecht.berlin.de/ • Participation and inclusion (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales [Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs]) www.bmas.de/DE/Soziales/Teilhabe-und-Inklusion/teilhabe-und- • Personal budget (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales) www.bmas.de/DE/Soziales/Teilhabe-und-Inklusion/Rehabilitatio • EUTB counselling services (Fachstelle Ergänzende unabhängige Teilhabeberatung [Specialist Office for Supplementary Independent Participation Counselling] - EUTB) <https://www.teilhabeberatung.de/beratung/beratungsangebote-der-eutb?bundesland=18&bs_kat=All&nid=&distance=50&combine=&a=> • Integration assistance for children and young people with mental disabilities (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/328100/

Amt für Soziales (Social Welfare Office) in your district of residence Landesamt für Gesundheit und Soziales (State Office for Health and Social Affairs) • For persons who have previously lived in Berlin and continue to receive Teilhabeleistungen (participation benefits, Eingliederungshilfe/integration assistance) outside the city of Berlin. • For persons who receive personal assistance benefits (the so-called Leistungskomplex 32 [service package 32] and the Arbeitgebermodell [employer model]).