What role does the youth welfare office play in choosing a day care center?

Youth Welfare Office accepts daycare registration

In order to secure your child a place in a municipal daycare center, you must first contact the responsible youth welfare agency. It is best to register for the day-care center with the youth welfare office immediately after the birth of your child. There you will receive a list of the daycare centers in question as well as all application forms. The procedure is as follows:

• After you have informed yourself at the youth welfare office about free day care places, you can have the necessary applications handed over to you.
• In the registration form you enter your working and travel times, the desired duration of care and a “desired day-care center” for your child. You should also list other daycare centers that you consider alternatives. This is particularly important if your “desired day-care center” has no more free places.
• The municipality then decides on the allocation of places. She can allocate your child a place in any facility in your community that is no more than half an hour away from your home address and can be reached by public transport.

Kita costs: Youth Welfare Office calculates the parental contribution

After the allocation of a specific daycare center, the youth welfare office calculates the parental contribution to the daycare costs . This statutory parental contribution is usually graded according to social criteria. It is then paid by the parents to the daycare provider. For the calculation, you must also tell the youth welfare office how high your income is in addition to the number of children living in the parental home. In the case of separated people, only the income of the person with whom the child has its habitual residence is calculated. A new partner’s income is included in the calculation only if he or she adopted the child. The youth welfare office must submit receipts for income from…

• dependent work
• minor employment
• freelancer
• commercial enterprise
• Agriculture and Forestry
• capital assets
• Renting and leasing as well
• other income such as maintenance payments to the child, benefits under SGB III, SGB II, SGB XII and the Employment Promotion Act, housing benefit and benefits under social law such as sick pay, pensions and pension payments.

In principle, you must state and document your gross income for the last calendar year. One-time income such as Christmas and holiday bonuses are added proportionately. If your income for the assessment period is not yet known, a provisional calculation will be made based on the previous year’s income. Note: If the income of both parents has to be taken as a basis, then this should also come from the same calendar year.
Note: If your income, the number of children entitled to child benefit or the desired scope of care changes, you must inform the youth welfare office immediately so that they can recalculate the parental contribution.