To ensure the necessary maintenance of foster children, ongoing benefits are granted in the form of lump sums for the costs of material expenses and for care and education.

In order to ensure the necessary maintenance of foster children, ongoing benefits are granted in the form of lump sums for the costs of material expenses and for care and upbringing.

The care allowance is divided into three levels depending on the age of the foster child. The first level covers the age from 0 to under 6 years, the second from 6 to under 12 years and the third from 12 to 18 years. The lump sum is made up of the amount for the child's living expenses and the amount for the costs of raising the child. The costs of upbringing are a recognition amount for the foster parents for their special upbringing work. The foster care allowance is paid to the foster parents monthly by the youth welfare office. Additional benefits can be agreed with the Youth Welfare Office in individual cases for particularly difficult, impaired or behavioral children.

The care allowance is a regular monthly lump sum. In addition, one-off allowances and grants can be awarded, in particular for the initial equipment of a foster child, for important personal occasions such as a communion or confirmation, as well as for vacation and vacation trips for the foster child.