This help is for children and young people.
The children should be able to participate well in society.
This help is called integration help.

Children and young people can have a mental disability.
This means that
They have problems with their soul.
Or they have problems with their emotions.

Sometimes there is also a risk of mental disability.
That means:
They may develop a mental disability later on.
Even then, they can get this help.

The Youth Welfare Office helps these children and young people.

There are 4 groups of help:

• Medical rehabilitation is help for sick people.
  These people have had an illness or an accident.
  They need help to get well again.
  Specialists help with medical rehabilitation.
• Partial participation in working life
• education
• Partial social participation

And there are various forms of accommodation.
And there is care.

And there is a new law.
The law is called the Child and Youth Strengthening Act.
The law has been in force since January 1, 2024.
The law is for young people with and without disabilities.

The law says:
There should be procedure pilots.
Procedure pilots are specialists .

These people help young people with various things.
For example:

• for social benefits
• with applications for authorities

The procedure pilots also advise the youth welfare offices.

Some children and young people are unable to participate in public life on an equal footing due to their disability. Integration assistance supports children and young people with disabilities so that they can lead a self-determined life. This integration assistance is aimed at children and young people with a mental disability or the threat of a mental disability.

Integration assistance is divided into 4 groups:

• Services for medical rehabilitation
• Services for participation in working life
• Services for participation in education and
• Services for social participation

Integration assistance can take the form of

• in outpatient form, outside of inpatient facilities, for example school support,
• in day care facilities for children or in other day-care facilities,
• in day and night facilities and other forms of accommodation,
• placement in full-time care (for suitable persons; in accordance with Section 35a Para. 2 No. 3 SGB VIII).

A mental disability can be, for example, an anxiety disorder, depression, psychosis, autism, ADHD or an eating disorder.

In addition to mental disabilities, there are also physical and mental disabilities. Integration assistance may also be available for these. Other agencies may be responsible for this. Ask your youth welfare office which office is responsible for you.