Integration assistance (Eingliederungshilfe) for children and young people with mental disabilities
Eingliederungshilfe für seelisch behinderte Kinder und Jugendliche
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
Children and young people who are mentally disabled or at risk of such a disability have their own entitlement to Eingliederungshilfe (integration assistance) under the Kinder- und Jugendhilfegesetz (Child and Youth Welfare Act).
This entitlement exists when participation in social, school or professional life is impaired due to psychological stresses and particular characteristics such as severe anxiety, eating disorders or partial performance disorders.
Integration assistance is intended to take place within the child's or young person's normal everyday life and to prevent otherwise impending exclusion.
The assistance is provided in a wide variety of forms:
• outpatient (often therapeutic) assistance,
• part-time day facilities for children and young people,
• suitable foster carers,
• residential facilities providing care day and night,
• personal budget.
Book an appointment
Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)
Requirements
• Determination that the deviation in mental health will most likely persist for longer
• Decision by the Jugendamt (youth welfare office) on the impairment of participation in society.
Documents you need
• Application to the locally responsible Jugendamt (youth welfare office)
Fees
none
Legal basis
• § 35a Sozialgesetzbuch Achtes Buch SGB VIII [Social Code Book Eight] (integration assistance for children and young people with mental disabilities)
Who is responsible
Local responsibility (Zuständigkeit) lies with the Jugendamt (youth welfare office) in whose district the child/young person lives with the parent who holds custody.
Responsible for you
Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.
- Bezirksamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
- Bezirksamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
- Bezirksamt Lichtenberg
- Jugendamt – Regionale Dienste
- Bezirksamt Marzahn-Hellersdorf
- Jugendamt - Teilhabefachdienst
- Jugendamt Marzahn-Hellersdorf
- Bezirksamt Mitte
- Bezirksamt Neukölln
- Bezirksamt Pankow
- Bezirksamt Reinickendorf
- Bezirksamt Spandau
- Bezirksamt Steglitz-Zehlendorf
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Sozialer Dienst Nord
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Sozialer Dienst Südost
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Sozialer Dienst Südwest
- Bezirksamt Tempelhof-Schöneberg
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Sozialdienst Marienfelde/Lichtenrade (u.a. Hilfen zur Erziehung)
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Sozialdienst Schöneberg Nord / Süd / Friedenau (u.a. Hilfen zur Erziehung)
- Jugendamt - Regionaler Sozialdienst Tempelhof / Mariendorf (u.a. Hilfen zur Erziehung)
- Bezirksamt Treptow-Köpenick
Original
Service number 328100 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/328100/