Social assistance benefit
You can receive Social assistance benefit the municipality if you have no income or insufficient income and do not have significant assets. You will then receive money from the municipality every month to help cover your living expenses.
You can find information about the Participation Act on the Rijksoverheid’s website at .
How does it work?
- You Social assistance benefit through werk.nl. Log in with your DigiD;
- Your application goes to the municipality. Then you will automatically receive notification of whether you will receive the benefit.
Requirements
You can Social assistance benefit a Social assistance benefit if you meet certain Requirements:
- you are over 18 years of age;
- you have insufficient income or assets to pay your ordinary living expenses. See the Assistance Standards page for more information.
What amount can you get?
- How much money you can get depends on your age and whether you live alone or together. This is called the assistance standard.
- There are also rules for how much equity you may have in order to receive assistance.
- See the Assistance Standards page for amounts and more information.
Labor Duty
If you Social assistance benefit , you—and your partner, if you have one—are subject to the work requirement. The work requirement entails the following:
- You seek employment and accept an offer of employment;
- you use a provision of the municipality that can get you working or otherwise active;
- You are cooperating in an investigation of your employment opportunities.
If you do not comply with this, the municipality may temporarily reduce your benefit entitlement. You will then receive less benefit.
Duty to inquire
Within the Participation Act, you - and your partner, if any - are subject to the obligation to provide information. This includes the following:
- You must, upon request or on your own initiative as soon as possible, report anything that could affect your eligibility for Social assistance benefit employment placement.
If you do not or not sufficiently comply with the obligation to provide information, the municipality must review or withdraw the right to the benefit. This may mean that the municipality will reclaim assistance. In addition, the municipality determines whether a fine must be imposed.