Basic income support in old age and in the event of reduced earning capacity

Course description

Basic income support in old age and in the event of reduced earning capacity is a special form of social assistance, but the scope of benefits basically corresponds to that of assistance for living expenses and includes in particular

• the relevant standard requirement and reasonable costs for accommodation and heating
• any additional needs supplements for certain circumstances
• additional statutory requirements (e.g. one-off requirements)
• benefits within the framework of education and participation (BuT) for children and young people up to the age of 25 (such as school equipment allowance, costs for communal lunches, costs for school trips lasting several days, participation allowance and more)

Special features

• application-dependent benefit
• as a rule, there is no recourse to maintenance payments from children or parents
• Benefits start from the first of the month in which the application is submitted

Special contact points

• Deaf Munich residents should contact the Social Service for the Deaf.
• Munich residents without their own home should contact the Central Assistance Centre for the Homeless.

Prerequisites

Persons who have permanently withdrawn from working life due to old age or a permanent and total incapacity for work, and who are unable to support themselves from their own income and assets:

• People who have reached the relevant age limit (65 years of age, or the age limit, which is raised in stages for those born from 1947 onwards, up to 67 years of age).
• Persons who have reached the age of 18 and who, irrespective of the prevailing labour market situation, are permanently and fully incapacitated for work within the meaning of the statutory pension insurance scheme.

People who have reached the age of 18 are also entitled to benefits for the period during which they are undergoing the initial assessment and vocational training programme at a workshop for people with disabilities, or are working in the workshop’s employment section.

(Jobseekers, persons capable of work and their family members apply for basic income support under the Social Code – Book II (SGB II))

Required documents

• Identity card or passport
• Proof of
  • Income
  • Assets
  • Accommodation costs

You can download the application forms here as a writable PDF file:

please sign the application forms (basic application part 1 and part 2), as well as the forms "Other persons in my/our home" and "Persons liable for maintenance" and submit them in paper form to your local social welfare centre with the necessary documents

• Basic application part 1 - SGB XII (basic data sheet) (PDF)
• Basic application Part 2 - Chapter 4 SGB XII (PDF)
• Basic application Part 2 SGB XII - Annex Additional persons in my/our home (PDF)
• Basic application Part 2 SGB XII - Annex for dependants (PDF)

Please complete the form/appendix "Other persons in my/our home" if you do not live alone.

Please also complete the form/appendix "Dependants" if you have dependants (i.e. parents, adult children and spouses - including those who are separated or divorced) who do not live with you in your household.

Homeless people in Munich should contact the "Zentrale Wohnungslosenhilfe" (Central Assistance for the Homeless) at the Office for Housing and Migration. It is responsible for the entire city area.

Legal basis

Social Code, Twelfth Book (SGB XII).