Benefits and Social Support

Various benefits and forms of social support are available for people and families in very different situations.

Find out more about:

• Assistance during pregnancy – support for pregnant women or new mothers
• Family allowance – support for bringing up children and young people, for single-parent families and large families
• Support for children and young people – childminders, crèches, youth centres and recreation centres
• Social support for children and young people at risk – family support centres, foster homes, family caregiving and street support teams for children and young people
• Support for parents – allowances for fathers and mothers, adoption allowances
• Support for people with disabilities – allowances for people with disabilities, for parents of children with a disability or chronic illness, special needs education
• Informal carers – recognition of informal caregiver status and main informal caregiver support allowance
• Support for dependency – attendance allowance and dependency supplement
• Social support for the elderly – solidarity supplement for elderly people, home help, residential care homes, community centres / day centres / night reception centres
• Invalidity benefits – invalidity pension and special invalidity protection
• Support in the event of illness and death – sickness benefit, occupational disease allowance, survivor’s pension, child and grandchild care pension, payment due to the death of a family member, widowhood pension, reimbursement of funeral expenses
• Financial hardship support – income support supplement, exemption from paying user charges and legal protection
• Support for losing one’s job – unemployment benefit, unemployment allowance, subsequent benefit after receiving unemployment benefit, partial unemployment benefit