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Training allowances for people with disabilities and severely disabled persons or persons with an equivalent disability.

As a rule, they receive the training allowance continuously for the entire duration of the training or further education.

The amount of the subsidy is determined individually and depends on the type and severity of the disabilities as well as the effect of the disabilities on the training or further education.

The allowance is paid monthly and amounts to up to 60 percent, and in the case of severely disabled persons or persons with equivalent disabilities up to 80 percent, of the monthly training allowance for the last year of training or continuing education, in each case including the employer's flat-rate share of the overall social security contribution. In justified exceptional cases, subsidies can be provided up to the amount of the training remuneration for the last year of training or further training.

All company measures that involve and focus on the vocational training or qualification of people with disabilities or severely disabled people are eligible for funding. This also includes, for example, dual courses of study if they include a vocational qualification in accordance with the Vocational Training Act.

Your job center decides whether you can receive the subsidy for training allowance. There is no legal entitlement to a subsidy.

Integration allowance following initial or further training

If you employ a severely disabled person after a training or further training program that has been funded and completed with a training subsidy, the job center can pay you an integration subsidy.

The integration subsidy amounts to up to 70 percent of the wage and can be paid for 1 year.

However, the specific amount is at the discretion of the job center.

The job center responsible is the one in whose district the person eligible for benefits has his or her habitual residence. The job center is also responsible for existing employment relationships if supplementary benefits are granted under Book II of the Social Code.

The prerequisite for the subsidy of the training allowance is,

• that training or further training cannot be achieved without this subsidy,
• that there is a suitability for the desired training or further training occupation,
• that there is a signed training or further training contract with the company,
• that training allowance, wage or salary is paid,
• in the case of people with disabilities, the Federal Employment Agency is the responsible rehabilitation agency.

The prerequisite for the integration allowance is,

• that there is an employment contract following successfully completed in-company training or further training, and
• that this training or further training was supported by a training grant for severely disabled persons.

• Signed training or continuing education contract (in the case of training allowance subsidy)
• Signed employment contract (in case of integration subsidy)
• Entry in the register of apprenticeships (in the case of training)
• If applicable, severely disabled person's ID card
• If applicable, notice of degree of disability and/or equal opportunity notice
• Proof of completed training or further training (in the case of integration subsidy)

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You can apply for both the training allowance and the integration allowance following training or continuing education in writing, in person or by telephone:

• Get in touch with your contact person at the Job Center. There you will receive the forms to fill out and instructions on the application procedure.
• Complete the application in full and submit it to the job center with all the necessary documents.
• You can also fill out the documents online.
• The Jobcenter will review your application.
• You will then receive a decision as to whether your application has been approved or rejected.

You can also apply for the integration subsidy online:

• Go to the "eServices" portal on the Federal Employment Agency's website.
• Log in with your user ID and call up the application.
• Fill out the application, upload the required documents and submit the application.
• Your job center will review your application and documents. You will receive a notification of the decision on your application.

You must apply for the training grant before you have concluded the training or further education contract.

You must apply for the integration grant before the person you will employ starts work.

You can find the office of the Federal Employment Agency responsible for you using the office finder.

You can find the office of the Federal Employment Agency responsible for you using the office finder.

• § Section 73 of the Third Book of the German Social Code (SGB III)
• § Section 16 of the Second Book of the German Social Code (SGB II)

• Information for employers on the promotion of people with disabilities on the website of the Federal Employment Agency
• Severely disabled people in the workplace, a guide from the Employment Agency
• Technical directives of the Federal Employment Agency on § 73 SGB III
• Technical directives of the Federal Employment Agency on § 16 SGB II

Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS)