Grant from Placement Budget

If you are looking for or taking up a new job or training, you can have your expenses (such as travel costs and costs for certificates) reimbursed. This also applies to expenses that you incur within the first 6 months of starting work.
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The search for a new job can involve some costs. Sometimes it is even necessary to relocate in order to find the right job. Financial support from the placement budget is available so that you can concentrate fully on your job search or training.

The most important facts

If you receive Citizen's Benefits, the support from the placement budget is intended to help you find and take up a new job or training. Your local job center can support you financially by covering the following costs, for example

  • Application costs
  • Travel costs to job interviews
  • Costs for required documents (e.g. certified copies, translations)
  • Relocation costs (if you have to move for the new job)

Please note that funding from the placement budget is a discretionary benefit. You have no legal entitlement to funding from the placement budget. Your local Jobcenter will decide whether and to what extent you will receive financial support. 

 

The application is free of charge and can be submitted verbally or in writing. Depending on which support you have applied for, you will need to submit the relevant supporting documents. Your contact person will tell you which documents must be enclosed with the application.
 

Über die Sozialplattform haben Sie nicht nur die Möglichkeit, einen Antrag auf Förderung aus dem Vermittlungsbudget zu stellen. Wenn Sie dies bereits getan haben, können Sie auch ein Online-Formular nutzen, um lediglich Nachweise hochzuladen oder Belege über entstandene Kosten einzureichen.

 

You not only have the option of applying for support from the placement budget via the Sozialplattform. If you have already done so, you can also use an online form to simply upload supporting documents or submit receipts for costs incurred.

You must submit your application for funding from the placement budget before the costs are incurred. 

Who is entitled?

You can receive the grant if you

  • receive or have received basic security (Grundsicherung) benefits, are unemployed or at risk of unemployment 

    and

  • wish to take up employment or training subject to compulsory insurance within the Federal Republic of Germany or
  • take up employment subject to compulsory insurance in a member state of the European Union (EU), a signatory state to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or in Switzerland. This must involve at least 15 hours of work per week.

You cannot receive support from the placement budget if 

  • The employer provides similar benefits for you.
  • Other public bodies are legally obliged to pay similar benefits.
  • You are seeking to take up self-employment, a civil servant position or a mini-job (does not qualify for support)

Facts about the placement budget

Frequently asked questions about the placement budget

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Apply Online

You can apply for funding from the placement budget directly online here.

Social benefits from other subject areas

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Discounted Public Transport Ticket

Do you have a low income? Then under certain conditions you can get a certificate of eligibility for a reduced local transport ticket. This allows you to travel more cheaply on regional buses and (streetcar) trains. You can find out more about this benefit here.

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Benefit to promote integration into the labour market (Einstiegsgeld)

Are you currently receiving unemployment benefit II (ALG II) and would like to start your own business? Or would you like to start a job that is subject to social insurance contributions? If so, you can find out everything you need to know on this page.