Standard requirements
Standard requirements (for those capable of earning and in need of assistance):
The standard needs to ensure subsistence include food, clothing, personal hygiene, household items, everyday necessities and, to a reasonable extent, relationships with the environment and participation in cultural life.
The standard requirement for 2024 is:
- 563.00 euros for single persons, single parents and applicants with a minor partner
- 506.00 euros for (spouses) partners in a joint household
- 451.00 euros for children in a community of need - adults up to the age of 25
- 471.00 euros for children aged 14 to 17 in a benefit community
- 390.00 euros for children aged 6 to 13 in a community of need
- 357.00 euros for children aged 0 to 5 in a community of need
Social benefit (for those not capable of work and in need of assistance):
Beneficiaries who are not capable of work receive social benefit if at least one person capable of work lives in their community of need. However, this only applies if you are not entitled to benefits under the Twelfth Social Code (SGB XII).