Benefi ts offered by the „Educational and Participation Package“ To improve the opportunities for education and social inclusion for children, adolescents and young adults! Please make use of these offers for your child!

What is the Educational and Participation Learning support/tutoring can be fi nanced but requires Package and who is eligible? justifi cation by the responsible teacher. Families with low or no income may receive subsidies to Please contact the responsible teacher to fi nd out if your improve their children’s educational opportunities and to child can be supported and apply for the benefi t together support their involvement in sports and leisure activities. with the teacher. Costs for excursions and school trips are borne. Among others, families receiving benefi ts from one of the As soon as you are in possession of all the information following agencies are eligible: (date, duration, costs), you can fi le the application for pay- • from the Jobcenter (Arbeitslosengeld II/Sozialgeld) ment of the costs. [unemployment benefi ts class II/social security in- The costs for public transportation of students can be come] borne with the exception of a co-payment in the amount of • from the district’s Social Welfare Offi ce (Sozialhilfe [so- 5 Euros per month. An application is required for this. cial welfare benefi ts] or benefi ts for asylum seekers) • from the Housing Benefi ts Offi ce (Wohngeld [housing benefi ts] or Federal Kinderzuschlag [child benefi t Where can you apply for subsidies? allowance]). If you receive benefi ts paid by the Jobcenter (Arbeits- Families whose income is just above the threshold of the losengeld II/Sozialgeld [unemployment benefi ts class II/ standard rate according to SGB [social security code] II are social security income]), your application must be fi led eligible as well. with the Jobcenter. The addresses in the district are listed below: Young adults attending a school providing general or voca- tional education who have not reached the age of 25 and Kommunales Jobcenter Kreis Groß-Gerau (AöR) do not receive any apprenticeship pay are also eligible. Servicebüro Biebesheim (for Biebesheim, Please verify whether you are in receipt of benefi ts and Gernsheim, Riedstadt, Stockstadt) thus are eligible! Brunnenweg 1 To fi nd out where to apply for these subsidies, please see 64584 Biebesheim the end of this fl yer. Servicebüro Mörfelden-Walldorf In case of questions you may contact the school, the social (for Mörfelden-Walldorf) workers in school or the day-care facility. You city council or Farmstrasse 17 municipal administration will be happy to help as well. 64546 Mörfelden-Walldorf Servicebüro Rüsselsheim (for Bischofsheim, For which offers can I get subsidies? Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, Kelsterbach, Raunheim and Rüsselsheim) or participation in sports, cultural and leisure activi- F Eisenstrasse 40 ties you can get 10 Euros per month and child to fi nance 65428 Rüsselsheim membership fees for a club, attendance of music classes or participation in leisure activities. Servicebüro Groß-Gerau Costs for required sports shoes, for example, can be borne (for Büttelborn, Groß-Gerau, as well. Nauheim, Trebur), Wilhelm-Seipp-Straße 15 Choose a suitable leisure activity together with your child! 64521 Groß-Gerau Costs for lunch in day-care facilities, schools, school If you receive benefi ts in accordance with SGB [social children care centres and after-school care facilities security code] XII or benefi ts in accordance with the are borne! Asylum Seekers Benefi ts Act (AsylbLG), your appli- You only have to make a co-payment in the amount of cation must be fi led with the district’s Social Welfare 1 Euro per meal for your child to get a regular hot lunch. Offi ce. Please contact the responsible employees of the day-care District committee of the district of Gross-Gerau facility, the school, the school children care centre or the Fachdienst Allgemeine Soziale Hilfen [special service after-school care facility. for general social assistance] Wilhelm-Seipp-Strasse 4 A lump-sum in the amount of 100 Euros is provided for 64521 Gross-Gerau learning materials. Phone: 06152 989-364 At the start of each school year, the class teacher will let you know what your child needs. If you receive Kinderzuschlag [child benefi t allowance] The payments for learning materials will be automatically according to the German Federal Child Benefi ts Act [housing benefi ts] made into your account in two instalments (70 Euros and (BKGG) or Wohngeld according to 30 Euros). the Law on Housing Benefi ts (WoGG), your applica- tion must be fi led with the district’s Housing Benefi ts Those receiving Wohngeld [housing benefi ts] or Kinder- Offi ce. zuschlag [child benefi t allowance] will be contacted au- District committee of the district of Gross-Gerau tomatically in writing to apply for the subsidy for learning Wohngeldbehörde [housing benefi ts offi ce], materials. Sachgebiet Bildung und Teilhabe [education and parti- cipation section] Heimstrasse 7(please ring the doorbell) 64521 Gross-Gerau Phone: 06152 989-554 www.kreisgg.de www.jobcenter-kreis-gross-gerau.de