Apply for free funding SGB II
With the support services of the Social Code Book III (SGB III) and Social Code Book II (SGB II), there are good opportunities for your job centre to support you in your integration into work. In cases where these funding options are not sufficient, the so-called Free Assistance SGB II can provide additional support.
Your responsible integration specialist will decide whether support from the Free Assistance SGB II is necessary and possible in your specific situation and, if so, how it can be organised. In principle, both financial benefits and participation in measures are possible. You have no legal entitlement to support.
Responsible authority
Job centre
Details
Prerequisite
You can receive SGB II benefits if
- You submit an application for this.
- You are an employable person entitled to benefits or an employable person entitled to benefits within the meaning of SGB II.
- the other statutory benefits for integration into employment in accordance with SGB III or SGB II alone are not sufficient to promote the same content in the same way.
- the Free Promotion SGB II does not circumvent or supplement the other statutory benefits for integration into employment.
- no other social benefit provider, for example your local authority or health or pension insurance, is responsible for the support. This is the case, for example, if
- municipal integration services, for example childcare or debt counselling
- Language support from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
- Child and youth welfare services
- Health or pension insurance benefits
Procedure
- Please discuss your support needs with your responsible integration specialist. Make an appointment as early as possible.
- You will discuss with your integration specialist whether support from the Free Support SGB II is necessary and possible for your integration into the labour market or whether other support services can be used first.
- If it is possible to receive a benefit from the SGB II Free Assistance programme, your integration specialist will discuss the further procedure with you and which online options are available for submitting an application.
Deadlines
There is no deadline. Free funding can only be provided for the period after the application has been submitted.
Required documents
Please clarify which specific documents are required with your responsible integration specialist.
Costs
none
Processing time
If all the necessary documents have been submitted, your application will usually be processed within a few days.
Miscellaneous
Further information can be found on the website of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Federal Employment Agency.
Legal basis
Release note
Machine generated, based on the German release by: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS) und Wirtschaftsministerium Baden-Württemberg, 11.08.2025