For children born after 01.07.2007 the new parental allowance is available. This parental allowance can be claimed by parents, who:
The parental allowance must be applied for in written form. Entitled to claim it are: employees, public servants, self-employed or unemployed parents, studying parents or parents in job training. The application forms are handed out to parents after birth by the hospital staff and are available at the parenting allowance offices in the local community administrations. Everyone with a child fulfilling the above mentioned criteria has a claim receive parental allowance, their work or social situation are irrelevant.
Benefits:
Parental allowance plus
Parents, who’s child was born after or on the 01.07.2015, and who want to work part time after the child’s birth, will receive parental allowance for a longer period and can make better use of their parental allowance budget. The parental allowance plus, just like the regular parental allowance, is making up for 65% to 100% of the missing income. The maximum amount of the parental allowance plus is half the regular monthly parental allowance which parents would receive without part time work. This leaves more flexibility to fathers and mothers even after the first 14 months of the child’s life.
The parental allowance plus is designed for parents who wish to return to their jobs soon after the baby’s birth. Should mother and father both decide to switch to part time work – parallel for four months, between 25 and 30 working hours per week, they each receive four additional months of parental allowance plus. Single parents can also claim additional months of parental allowance plus to extend the support period.
The parental allowance plus needs to be applied for in written form at your local parental allowance administration office, just like for the regular parental allowance. You can chose between regular parental allowance or parental allowance plus or you can combine both.
Applications must be applied for at
The federal ministry of family, senior citizens, women, and youth offers a parental allowance calculator on its website.
Youth welfare service Trier
City hall
Office for Parental Allowance
Am Augustinerhof
Verwaltungsgebäude II
54290 Trier
Phone: 0651-718-0
Fax:0651-718-1508
Local Authorities Birkenfeld
Office for Parental Allowance
Ann Kristin Knapp
Schneewiesenstraße 25
55765 Birkenfeld
Phone: 06782-15210
Fax: 06782-1555210
Mail: a.knapp(at)landkreis-birkenfeld.de
Youth welfare service Idar-Oberstein
Alexandra Schilling
Auf der Idar 17
55743 Idar-Oberstein
Phone: 06781-6453-7
Fax: 06781-6444-5
Mail: alexandra.schilling(at)idar-oberstein.de
www.bmfsfj.de/Politikbereiche/familie
You can use the calculator for rewards by the Ministry for Families, Elderly People, Women and Youth as well.
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