You submit an application to the Integration Office and submit the necessary documents. A prerequisite for all types of benefits is the existence of a severe disability or equal status, which must be proven. Documents relating to employment are also required. In individual cases, proof of financial circumstances may also be required.

The documents will be checked and, if necessary, further documents will be requested to clarify the facts of the case. Once the check has been completed, a company visit or a visit to the applicant will usually take place. You will then receive either a decision on the benefit applied for or a rejection notice. Each procedure is individual, depending on the benefit/support applied for.

Providers of specialist integration services: The Integration Office concludes contractual agreements on the commissioning of specialist integration services. These include all aspects of the areas of responsibility, staffing and facilities, quality control and financing of the services. Refinancing vis-à-vis the provider is based entirely on this contractual agreement. There is no application process in this respect.

Inclusion projects: The actual volume of new applications for services to providers of inclusion projects does not justify the administrative, professional and technical effort involved in developing a specified application process.

Implementation of information, education and training measures: The Integration Office develops a training program with training and education measures per calendar year, which is primarily aimed at company representatives and functionaries. Interested functionaries register directly for the training courses in writing in consultation with their employers. There is no application process.

Budget for work and budget for training: The services are not provided to severely disabled people, but as a reimbursement of costs to the local authorities, which approve and pay out the budget benefits of the budget for work/the budget for training. An overview of the approvals made is sent to the Integration Office in a bundle for the accounting period of a calendar year. Reimbursement is not made on a case-by-case basis, but in total to the respective local authority. There is no actual application process.