Personal budget (pgb)

A personal budget is money (a budget) that people use to arrange and pay for support and guidance themselves. This can be for youth care or for help from the Social Support Act (Wmo). 

How does it work?

You can apply for a personal care budget (pgb) through your municipality, your health insurer, or the care administration office in your region. Where you apply for a pgb depends on the Health you need. It is important that you first determine whether a pgb is right for you.

You can apply to the municipality for pgb for:

  • Health a teenager or child up to age 18
  • For adults who need assistance at home. Denk housekeeping, daytime activities, or home modifications.

Would you like to apply for a personal care budget (pgb) for something else? For example, for long-term nursing care or ongoing daily Health a chronic illness or disability? Visit Rijksoverheid.nl to find out where you can apply for a pgb.

Do you want to apply for pgb?

Please contact the Area Team. They will then review your request for assistance and determine whether you Requirements the Requirements .

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Declare

Check the SVB website for more information on claiming.

Want to know more?

Read more about the personal budget at Regelhulp.nl and at svb.nl/pgb

Report about pgb or care providers

As a resident of the municipality, you can voice your concerns about healthcare providers and the use of the pgb.

Report

With respect to the use of pgb, it may include, for example:

  • A suspicion that the pgb was wrongly applied for;
  • a suspicion that a pgb is not being used properly.

With respect to raising concerns about health care providers, these may include, for example

  • the treatment of clients
  • on inadequate supervision
  • about client safety.

You can also report other suspicions or concerns about the quality of health care providers.

By discussing this issue with PGB recipients and healthcare providers, we can address and prevent abuses. In this way, we are working to improve the quality of Health ensure the proper use of the PGB.

Are you still leaving money lying around? 

Many people are missing out on money. This is because they do not know what benefits and regulations are available to them. Or because their energy contract or health insurance does not fit their situation. Are you still leaving money lying around? Find out via the online checks of De VoorzieningenWijzer. 

Go to DeVoorzieningenWijzer.nl