The overview provided by the Bremen Central Office for the Realization of Women's Equality (ZGF) offers concrete support to single mothers and fathers in the city of Bremen, helping them to understand all available financial assistance options tailored to their individual situations, to find out where to apply for these benefits, and to make full use of them. Because single-parent families can use all the help they can get.
Contents:
Overview of general benefits for single parents
- Child benefit
- Parental allowance and parental allowance plus
- Child support advance
- Citizen's income
- Child supplement
- Bremen Pass / Education & Participation
- Legal entitlement to childcare 1
- Subsidies for parental contributions for childcare in crèches,
- Parents' associations or in child day care 1
- Housing Benefit Plus
- Exemption from broadcasting fees
Special benefits for single parents in education
- Vocational training assistance (BAB) according to the German Social Code, Book III (SGB III)
- BAföG
- Citizen's income
Special benefits for working single parents with low incomes
- Citizen's income
- Unemployment benefit 18
Special benefits for unemployed single parents
- Citizen's income
- Unemployment benefits
Advice and financial assistance during pregnancy
Further financial aid in the city of Bremen
Advice centers in the city of Bremen
The content of this brochure has been compiled with the greatest possible care. However, no guarantee can be given for the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of the information. The assistance and services listed here provide an initial overview. Please contact the agency responsible for your benefits to clarify what support can be provided in your individual situation. If you have difficulties with the German language, please ask them about an interpreter service.
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