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GESUNDHEIT– ARZT – SPITAL HEALTH – DOCTOR - HOSPITAL SOZIALES – BERATUNG – www.soziales.sg.ch SOCIAL SERVICES – COUNSELLING Registering with the health insurance is compulsory! Information can be obtained at the municipality, at the health The following counselling centres can be availed of for free and under the maintenance of confidentiality: insurance companies directly or under www.comparis.ch Soziale Dienste / Social services Arzt/ Doctor: see telephone directory or www.local.ch: Information in general: „Doctors“

Budget- and debt counselling, Zahnartz / Dentist : see telephone directory or www.local.ch:

Educational- and family guidance, „Dentists“ Separation and divorce counselling Kantonsspital St. Gallen / Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen Collection aid and advance on amount of allowance Rorschacherstr. 95, 9000 St. Gallen, 071 494 11 11 Widnauerstr. 8, 9435 Heerbrugg, 071 726 11 44 www.s-d-m.ch Ostschweizer Kinderspital / Eastern Switzerland Children‘s Hospital Psychiatrie-Zentrum / Psychiatry Centre Claudiusstr. 6, 9000 St. Gallen, 071 243 71 11 Balgacherstr. 202, 9435 Heerbrugg, 058 228 67 00 , www.psych.ch Spital Altstätten/ Hospital Altstätten Stiftung Opferhilfe / Victim Support Foundation F.-Marolanistr. 6, 9450 Altstätten, 071 757 44 11 Counselling offices for violence affected women, men, children and Dear Newcomer teenagers. Spital Grabs / Hospital Grabs Englisch / English Teufenerstr. 11, 9001 St. Gallen, 071 227 11 00 Spitalstr. 44, 9472 Grabs, 081 772 51 11

www.opferhilfe-sg.ch Spitex / Home care

Help and care at home Suchtberatung /Addiction Counselling Senioren- und Spitexzentrum Verahus, Grünensteinstrasse 1, Counselling for affected persons and relatives. 9436 Balgach, 071 777 18 88 , www.balgach.ch Wiesentalstr. 1a, 9450 Altstätten, 071 757 78 60 Welcome to our municipality! Herzlich willkommen in unserer Gemeinde! www.suchtberatung-or.ch Pro Infirmis /Pro Infirmis Guidance and support for people with mental, physical and SOS-important telephone numbers We are pleased that you have decided for St. Gallen’s Rheintal. We hope that you will quickly psychological disabilities and their relatives. Bahnhofstr. 15, 9450 Police 117 feel at home in our region and in our municipality. Altstätten, 058 775 20 50 , www.proinfirmis.ch Police station Widnau 058 229 79 09 Pro Senectute /Pro Senectute You are going to find a variety of chances to participate at sport and game clubs. We are inviting

Counselling and various services for senior citizens. Bahnhofstr. 15, Fire brigade 118 you to take an active part in our country life.

9450 Altstätten, 071 757 89 00 … Ambulance 144 www.sg.pro-senectute.ch It takes only a small first step- try it! Air rescue service 1414

Intoxication emergency call 145 This brochure shall further help you with several questions and problems providing you with addresses, telephone numbers and websites from government offices, advisory offices, clubs Telephone aid for children and teenagers 147 and organisations of our municipality. Of course, we are pleased to answer further questions

Emergency service in Rheintal anytime. Doctors 0900 144 441 Discover our website for more information and services. Dentists 0900 144 002

GEMEINDEVERWALTUNG – www.balgach.ch Strassenverkehrs- und Schifffahrtsamt / Traffic and shipping office MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRA TION Driver and vehicle test, change of registration of foreign driver’s Gemeinde Balgach / Municipality of Balgach licence (within 12 months), moped payment. Turnhallestr. 1, 9436 Balgach, 071 727 14 14 Frongartenstr. 5, 9001 St. Gallen, 058 229 22 22 , www.stva.sg.ch E-Mail: [email protected] ARBEIT UND BILDUNG – www.afa.sg.ch Einwohneramt / Residents‘ registration office First contact point in the municipality. Registration and EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION cancellation within 14 days, foreigner‘s identification card, Anerkennung ausländischer Diplome / residence permit, family reunification, information on entry Recognition of foreign diploma regulations, compulsory health insurance, residential certificate, www.bbt.admin.ch oder www.crus.ch etc. Sprachschule Susanne Büchler – Zentrum für Bildung, Kultur und Berufs- und Laufbahnberatung / AHV-Zweigstelle / AHV-branch office Integration / Language school Susanne Büchler – Centre for Profession and career counselling Information and forms to pension- and survivors‘ insurance education, culture and integration Personal guidance for youngsters and adults. Information on (AHV), invalidity insurance (IV), supplementary benefits, premium BBahnhofstr. 9, 9435 Heerbrugg, 071 722 20 38 apprenticeship fair and bridging offers for youngsters, KULTUR, SPORT UND FREIZEIT reduction, child benefit, etc. www.sp rachschule -sb.ch Marktgasse 27, Altstätten 058 229 90 70 CULTURE, SPORT AND LEISURE www.balgach.ch – Steueramt / Tax and revenue office BERATUNGS- UND ÜBERSETZUNGSDIENSTE www.berufsberatung.sg.ch www.rheintal.com Responsible for tax declarations/- assessments, time limit COUNSELLING- AND TRANSLATION SERVICES Varied offers in the field of leisure and culture as well as the list extensions, reminder- and fine penalty, tax counselling. RAV Regionales Arbeitsvermittlungszentrum / Interkulturelles Übersetzen / Intercultural translation - Verdi of leisure- and sport clubs are visible at the municipal website RAV Regional employment placement centre Weitere Abteilungen im Gemeindehaus / Rorschacherstr. 1, St. Gallen, 0848 28 33 90 www.verdi-ost.ch under the column „Freizeit / Kultur / Tourismus“ (“leisure / Support in search for employment, course and educational offers, Further departments in the municipal hall culture / tourism“) or „Aktuelles / Anlässe“ (“news / events“) as clarification on unemployment benefits and unemployment Übersetzungsdienst / Translation service Social Security Office, Collection Office, Chancellery, Treasurer’s well as on the website of the Rheintal region. insurance. Translations, also for official notarization, St. Gallen School of Office, Building Authorities, Land Registry Office, Burial Services. Berneckerstr. 12, Heerbrugg, 058 229 97 77 , www.awa.sg.ch Interpreting and Commerce, Hodlerstr. 2, St. Gallen, 071 245 30 FAMILIE – KINDER – JUGENDLICHE 35 or Telephone directory: „Translations“. www.hds.ch Volkshochschule / Adult education centre FAMILY – CHILDREN – YOUNGSTERS VER- UND ENTSORGUNG Kostenlose Rechtsberatung / Free legal counselling Variety of course programmes: www.vhs-rheintal.ch Kostenlose Mütter- und Väterberatung / SUPPLY AND DISPOSAL Every first Thursday of the month. 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Rathausplatz th Free mother and father counselling SCHULE / SCHOOL 2, Conference room Nr.505 in the 5 floor, Technische Betriebe / Technical utilities Counselling by telephone: Monday to Friday from 8:00 – 9:00 9450 Altstätten, www.anwaltsverbandsg.ch Electricity, water: Sewage Turnhallestr. 1, Balgach, 071 727 14 14 Schulsekretariat / School secretariat a.m. Social services Mittelrheintal, Widnauerstr. 8, Abfallentsorgung / Garbage disposal Kindergarten and School registration Schlichtungsstelle für Mietverhältnisse / 9435 Heerbrugg, 071 727 13 02 , www.s-d-m.ch Balgach Primary School: Turnhallestr. 1, Balgach, Mediation office for tenancies Garbage will be collected once a week. The garbage collection Ehe- und Familienberatung / schedule is sent every year by mail. Official garbage bags of the 071 722 85 09 , www.psbalgach.ch Free counselling for tenant and landlord, Rathausplatz 2, Rheintal region are available in every larger shop. An overall view Mittelrheintal High School: Karl-Völker-Str. 7, 9435 Heerbrugg, Altstätten, 071 757 77 90 Marriage- and family counselling Bahnhofstr. 14, 9450 Altstätten, 071 755 46 44 to the garbage disposal points is available at www.balgach.ch 071 726 76 76 , www.omr.ch Schlichtungsstelle für Arbeitsverhältnisse / www.eheberatung-ostschweiz.ch Mediation office for employment relationships REGIONALE AMTSSTELLEN / REGIONAL OFFICES Schulsozialarbeit /School social work Karl-Völker-Str. 7, 9435 Heerbrugg, 071 726 70 77 Free counselling for employees and employers Kinderkrippe / Nursery Amtsnotariat / Official notary www.s-d-m.ch/de/sozfachstellen/schulsozialarbeitomr Kirlenhof 1, 9450 Altstätten, 071 750 06 33 Eichholzstr. 243, 9435 Heerbrugg, 071 726 11 49 www.s-d-m.ch Official notarization, inheritance certificates, testaments, etc. Musikschule Oberrheintal / Music school Oberrheintal Tagesfamilien / Day care families Bahnhofstr. 2, 9470 Buchs, 058 229 76 91 INTEGRATION – INTEGRATION Registration and counselling for music class for children and adults, Family supplementary child care, Zivilstandsamt / Civil registry office Engelgasse 2, Heerbrugg, 071 722 39 39, www.msur.ch www.rheintal-integration.com Alexandra Kotarelas, 079 109 53 30 Registration of birth, marriage or death. www.infomehrsprachig.sg.ch www.tagesfamilien-mittelrheintal.ch DEUTSCH – www.deutschkurse.sg.ch Rathausplatz 2, 9450 Altstätten, 071 757 77 30 Fachstelle Integration / Integration office Spielgruppe für Kinder ab 3 Jahren bis zum Kindergarten / Kindes- und Erwachsenenschutzbehörde (KESB) / Children and GERMAN Information and counselling on specific integration topics , Play group for children at the age of 3 years up to adult protection authority BILANG Deutsch- und Integrationskurse /BILANG German- and Cooperation with key persons, information about German Kindergarten Rathausplatz 2, 9450 Altstätten, 071 757 72 80 www.kesb.sg.ch integration courses course offers, Immigrants‘ clubs and cultural agents, project Spielgruppe „Zauberstrahl“, Waldspielgruppe „Ameisehuffa“ promotion. www.balgach.ch – Bildung / Spielgruppen Information and registration: Rorschacherstr. 1, 9004 St. Gallen, 071 228 33 99 , www.integration-sg.ch ri.nova Impulszentrum, alte Landstr. 106, 9445 Rebstein, Schülerhort und Mittagstisch / After-school club and lunch 071 722 95 54 , www.rheintal-integration.com www.psbalgach.ch Bibliothek / Library Books in various languages, comics, magazines, CD‘s, cassettes, audio books and DVD’s. Breitestr. 6, Kirchgemeindehaus, 9436 Balgach, 071 722 41 25, www.biblio-balgach.ch Jugendarbeit / Youth welfare Jugendnetzwerk, Widnauerstr. 8, 9435 Heerbrugg, 071 727 13 13, www.s-d-m.ch/de/jugendnetzwerk Städlenstr. 14, www.jugend-altstaetten.ch