• Pregnancy
  for pregnant women from the 13th week of pregnancy (17 percent of the standard requirement)
• Single parenting
  for single parenting of children (36 percent for one child under seven or two children under 16. For more than three children, the supplement is increased to up to 60 percent)
• Disability / social benefit
  - for people with disabilities if they are taking part in retraining or further training as part of integration assistance (35% of the standard requirement)
  - for non-working relatives from the age of 15 if they have a severely disabled person's pass with the G mark (17% of the standard requirement)
• Expensive food
  for people who require a cost-intensive diet for medical reasons (assessed on the basis of a medical assessment)
• Special needs
  in the case of unavoidable, ongoing, non-recurring special needs (e.g. costs of exercising rights of access to the child)
• Hot water
  for decentralized hot water production (hot water preparation via boiler or instantaneous water heater in the home instead of central heating)

In addition to the standard requirements, we can grant you one-off benefits for the following requirements:

• initial furnishings for your home including household appliances
• initial equipment for clothing and initial equipment for pregnancy and childbirth
• the purchase and repair of orthopaedic shoes, repairs to therapeutic appliances and equipment and the hire of therapeutic appliances

In exceptional situations that are unforeseeable and cause a particular emergency (e.g. a faulty washing machine and/or stove, arrears in rent payments or electricity/gas, broken furniture that is urgently needed), we can grant you an interest-free loan under certain conditions.

It is important here that you do not have any assets at your disposal that you can use as a priority.

If you receive benefits under SGB II, you are generally required to have statutory health and long-term care insurance. We pay your monthly premium.

This does not apply if you receive benefits under SGB II only once, as a loan, or pursuant to § 27 SGB II.

Were you covered by private health insurance before receiving benefits under SGB II?

In this case, you are not eligible to switch to statutory health insurance while receiving the citizen’s income. We can provide a subsidy under Section 26 of SGB II toward your private insurance premiums. Similarly, we can grant a subsidy under Section 26 of SGB II toward private or voluntary statutory premiums if the benefits are provided exclusively as a loan or as Bürgergeld for beneficiaries who are unable to work. These amounts increase the loan amount.

In the special cases listed above (one-time or loan-based benefit payments, private insurance), we would be happy to provide you with individualized advice in person. Periods during which citizen’s income is received are counted as qualifying periods in the pension insurance record, provided there are no grounds for exemption from the reporting requirement. No pension insurance contributions are paid.