Youth social work at schools; application for funding

Purpose

With this funding program, the Free State of Bavaria supports districts and independent cities in youth social work (JaS) in order to offer socially disadvantaged or individually impaired young people socio-educational help in everyday school life. The aim is to promote personal development, social integration and equitable participation in education.

Object

Funding is provided for youth social work measures at the following types of school:

• Elementary school, secondary schools
• Special educational support centers (learning, language, emotional/social development)
• Business schools, secondary schools, secondary schools for special educational support
• Grammar schools, vocational secondary schools (technical secondary schools/vocational secondary schools), technical secondary schools for special educational support
• Vocational schools, vocational colleges and vocational schools for special educational support (learning, emotional/social development).

Eligible costs

State funding is provided for the personnel costs of the JaS specialist.

Type and amount

The funding is granted as a subsidy.
The type of funding is project funding.

The flat-rate grant for a full-time position amounts to EUR 16,360. Further details can be found in the funding guidelines.

The Erlangen Youth Welfare Office offers youth social work in schools at the following schools:

Elementary school:
Michael Poeschke Primary School
Elementary school at the Brucker Lache
Pestalozzi elementary school
Max and Justine Elsner Primary School
Büchenbach Primary School
Hermann Hedenus Primary School
Mönau elementary school
Friedrich Rückert Primary School
Otfried-Preußler elementary school

Middle schools:
Eichendorff School
Ernst Penzoldt Middle School
Hermann-Hedenus Middle School
Werner-von Siemens secondary school

State vocational school

Further information can be found at www.jas-erlangen.de

The need for the scope of youth social work at the respective location must be determined by the local youth welfare office as part of youth welfare planning and confirmed by the youth welfare committee. Further details are set out in the funding guidelines.

Local public youth welfare organizations (districts and independent cities) and recognized independent youth welfare organizations that carry out youth social work on behalf of the youth welfare office and are not also school authorities are eligible to apply.

Exclusion criteria:

• Integration assistance in accordance with SGB XII is not eligible.
• Existing comparable socio-educational services without state funding are excluded from funding (No. 4.3 JaS-RL).
• Double or multiple funding by other programs of the Free State of Bavaria, the federal government or the EU is excluded (No. 4.4 JaS-RL).

If a recognized independent youth welfare organization has been commissioned by the youth welfare office to carry out a JaS measure, it must submit the complete application with the required documents in written form and signed to the youth welfare office. The funding platform (FMP) must be used once it goes live, see No. 5.2.1 of the JaS funding guidelines dated September 26, 2024. The requirements of the funding guidelines must be observed when submitting applications.

The youth welfare office submits its own applications to the responsible government or forwards applications from recognized independent youth welfare organizations with a statement on financial participation.

The government submits applications that comply with the guidelines to the Bavarian State Ministry for Family, Labor and Social Affairs.

Early start of measures: possible after approval

The application period is 3 month(s). The initial application must be submitted to the government three months before the planned start of the measure. Subsequent applications must be submitted by December 31 of the previous year.

• Required document/s
  
  • Decision of the Youth Welfare Committee
  • Concept with needs analysis
  • Cooperation agreement
  • Expenditure and financing plan

There are no costs.