After you have concluded a care contract with a child day care person or child day care facility, the amount of your parental contribution is determined by the respective local provider of public youth welfare (counties, independent cities, cities belonging to counties with their own youth welfare office), i.e. the youth welfare offices.

On application, parental contributions can be waived by the local public youth welfare agency (youth welfare office) if the burden is unreasonable for you (§ 90 paragraph 4 SGB VIII).

If you receive unemployment benefit II or social benefit according to SGB II, social assistance according to SGB XII, housing allowance according to the Housing Allowance Act, benefits according to the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act or child supplement according to the Federal Child Benefit Act, you can be exempted from parental contributions for the months of receiving these benefits. This also applies if you receive benefits for your children from the economic educational assistance according to § 27 paragraph 2 SGB VIII.

The contribution is also waived if the burden is unreasonable for you (§ 90 SGB VIII). This is only possible in certain individual cases and by separate application.

The last two years of kindergarten before starting school are usually free of charge (§ 50 paragraph 1 KiBiz). Children who have reached the age of four by September 30 are exempt from paying fees from the start of the kindergarten year beginning in the same calendar year until they start school. The kindergarten year always begins on August 1 of a year.

• Special regulations for early enrollment or children who are deferred from enrollment do not exist.
• In addition to the parental contributions, the sponsor of the daycare facility and the daycare provider may charge an appropriate fee for meals.
• In some municipalities and cities, sibling discounts are applied in the calculation of the parental contribution.
  

In addition to the application, you will need income documents (e.g. tax statements and salary statements, alimony, BAföG, sick pay, ...) and proof of receipt of a social benefit.

To be exempt from parental contributions must meet the economic requirements. These are to be proven in an appropriate manner. If social benefits are received, proof of receipt of the benefit is also required.

In addition to your proof of income, a completed care contract with a day care center or a child day care person is to be submitted.

The processing time depends on the time of the complete presence of the required documents.

Please observe the submission deadlines of the local youth welfare office.