Assistance, benefit

How does it work?

• You are 18 years of age or older.
• You have no or insufficient income of your own.
• You live or reside in the municipality of Nuenen.
• You do not receive AOW benefit. Is your AOW benefit incomplete and lower than the social assistance minimum? If so, you may be able to apply for a supplement (AIO) from the Social Insurance Bank (SVB).
• You are Dutch or you are from an EU country, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland or Switzerland or you have a valid residence permit.
• You have no assets or assets below the maximum amount.
• You cannot get another benefit. For example, unemployment benefits or disability benefits.
• You are not excluded from eligibility for Social assistance benefit benefits. This is true, for example, if you are in prison.
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Younger than 27 years of age

Are you younger than 27? Then first register as a job seeker and then submit your application to the municipality using the digital application form. After registering, you must first spend four weeks looking for work or training. There may be reasons why this four-week search period does not apply to you. If you have any questions, please contact the Employment Consultant at the Services Department.

Equity

Your equity includes your savings, your car and your own home. Your equity should not exceed a certain amount:

• Are you single? Then you may not have more than €8,000.00 in personal assets.
• Are you a single parent, married, or do you have a cohabitation agreement? Then you may not have more than €16,000.00.
• Do you have more than €67,500.00 in equity in your home? Then you can Social assistance benefit the Social assistance benefit as a loan.

How long does it take?

We will make a decision on your application within 8 weeks.

Advance

• You will receive an advance payment within four weeks at the latest. The advance payment will be at least 95% of the Social assistance benefit. You will continue to receive the advance payment every four weeks until we have made a decision.
• If you receive the Social assistance benefit , we will offset the advance against your benefit.
• If you do not receive the Social assistance benefit benefit, you must repay the advance.

You will not receive an advance if:

• it is already clear at the time of application that you are not entitled to Social assistance benefit;
• you do not provide sufficient evidence and you are to blame;
• you provide the supporting documents late and that you are to blame;
• You are not cooperating sufficiently in the processing of your application;
• we have made a decision on your application.

Rights and duties

With benefits come rights and obligations. Some of these rights and obligations are listed for you below. Would you like to know more about the rights and obligations? Please contact the Services Department or visit the Rijksoverheid website for more information.

What rights do you have with a Social assistance benefit?

• You should expect your benefit to be paid on time. Payment is made on the 5th of the month following the month to which the payment relates.
• You have the right to know why a particular decision was made. The decision you receive always contains the motivation for how we arrived at a particular decision.
• You have the right to lodge an objection against a decision made by the municipality. The letter containing the decision on your application explains how you can do this.
• You can assume that you will be treated correctly by municipal employees. If you believe that this has not been the case, you can submit a complaint to the mayor and aldermen.
• You have the right to see your file and to have data that is incorrect changed. However, you must be able to prove that the data in the file is incorrect.
• You may be entitled to additional schemes, such as special assistance, individual income supplement and group health insurance, among others. You can apply for these. We will then check whether you meet the Requirements.
• You are entitled to go abroad - with benefits - for 4 weeks a year.
• You have the right to have your information kept confidential.

What obligations do you have with a Social assistance benefit?

Duty to inform

You report information that could affect the amount of your benefits directly to the municipality. This could be information about income, employment, a loan or gift, cohabitation, moving or any other change in your living situation. You ensure that we receive requested information on time. Failure to do so may affect the timing of your benefit payment. Think of pay stubs when you have part-time income. You report changes in writing. You can do this by sending the change forms and/or supporting documents to the municipality.

Notification of stay abroad

Anyone under the state pension age may stay abroad for a maximum of 4 weeks per year. This can be for vacation, family visits or any other reason. You must report your stay abroad to the municipality at least 2 weeks in advance.

Employment and reintegration obligation

Social assistance is intended as a temporary safety net until someone is able to generate their own income again. That is why everyone who receives social assistance must find, accept, and retain work as quickly as possible. If you are unable to do so independently, you must cooperate in a program aimed at helping you find work. You are required to register as a job seeker with the UWV. You must do everything you can to find work and accept any job that is offered to you. Work that requires you to travel up to 3 hours each day (1.5 hours there and 1.5 hours back) is considered suitable.

You will behave appropriately toward employees of the municipality and employees assigned by the municipality to guide your pathway.

You keep the agreements you made with the municipality about your reintegration.

Participating in a support offered by the municipality, is mandatory. You are on time for appointments with the municipality, WSD or other reintegration parties. You are also obliged to cooperate in an investigation following your benefit or reintegration. This may include an occupational survey.

Objecting

If you disagree with our decision, you can object within 6 weeks.

Independent client support

Do you need help applying for benefits or talking to the consultant? Then you can make use of an independent client support worker free of charge.

Would you like to make use of this service? If so, please indicate this on the application form or when making an appointment for an interview. You can also report this to the CMD.

LEVgroep and Nuenen Helps

Want to know more about the WerkCaféNuenen for people with Social assistance benefit and other job seekers in Nuenen? Then check out LEVgroep's website . Do you have a Social assistance benefit or a minimal income? Nuenen Helpt can guide you with questions about the Participation Act, income supplement and other income improvement schemes. You can find more information about Health, income and parenting on the Nuenen Helpt website .