Inclusion for children: Department in Brandenburg Closed until July!

Inclusion for children: Department in Brandenburg Closed until July!

in Brandenburg an der Havel is a lot happening in the area of ​​integration assistance for children and adolescents: from 03. July 25, 2025, the responsible department remains closed. The reason for this? A timely examination of the extensions of the services for participation in education, in particular for school accompaniment at the start of the coming school year 2025/2026. Here, one hopes for a timely and careful processing of all ongoing procedures to ensure a seamless start to the new school year. The City of Brandenburg informs that during this time there is only an accessibility by email at eGH-Socialamt@stadt-brandenburg.de, telephone or personal inquiries are not possible.

Integration assistance aims to enable individual lifestyle that corresponds to human dignity. This includes not only promoting equal participation in life in society, but also the ability to self -determined and independent life planning. The services are diverse and range from medical rehabilitation measures to social partial caps, which are also provided in daycare centers, schools and forms of living. According to City of Brandenburg The services aim to reduce barriers and create an equivalent participation for everyone.

versatile services of integration assistance

• services for medical rehabilitation: goal is to reduce or eliminate impairments and thus improve the quality of life.
• services for participation in working life: These should support the admission and securing of suitable employment.
• services for participation in education: This includes school education and vocational training and further education according to individual skills.
• services for social participation: These include living space, assistance and curative education services.

The fact that integration assistance is also extremely important for adults with disabilities is evident in the objective of these services. Whether it is support in everyday life or participation in professional life - there are numerous offers. For example, applications for services for medical rehabilitation and participation in education in priority service providers must be made, as described.

The application for the services is clearly and systematically. First of all, the responsible participation service should be contacted in order to initiate the process of participation planning. The application can be made both online and in writing, whereby the provision of certain documents is required when applying online. The complete documents help to guarantee rapid processing.

It is important to emphasize that closing the integration assistance does not mean the end of the support, but rather represents a phase of optimization. The city of Brandenburg an der Havel is aiming for efficient and responsible processing of all applications so that children and young people can start the new school year with support.