What is meant by Elterngeld Plus?

The parents money plus is a possibility for families, which would like to rise again early into the occupation to unite occupation and family better. With the parents money plus parents have the possibility of receiving parents money twice as long. The parents money for the double period amounts to then maximally half height of the amount for twelve months parents money.

That means that one can make two parents money plus months from a parents money month as it were. Parents, who would like to divide together in partnership the care time and decide as it were for an individual time arrangement, receive four additional parents money plus months, if both partners work in this period between 25 and 30 hours per week. Single parents are also entitled to the four-month bonus ElterngeldPlus. The ElterngeldPlus is very popular and promotes the sharing of the child’s care between the parents on a partnership basis and especially encourages the care provided by the fathers. It is a good way of enabling parents to return to part-time work earlier and supporting the care provided.

How and where can I find my parental allowance?

Since every federal state has its own parental money offices, you have to check which parental money office is responsible for you. The Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth provides information about family benefits such as parental allowance and provides online a search function of the nearest competent authority. You can also obtain information by telephone or, if you know where the offices are located, you can appear in person during office hours and ask for information.

How do I get a parental benefit consultation and what is advised there?

With the parents money it concerns a complicated topic, which costs much time and nerves to the one or other. A parents money consultation can help to get as much parents money as possible punctually to save time and nerves and to promote a fast treatment of the parents money request.One applies for the parents money with the parents money places, which belong to the respective offices for supply and social welfare. Depending on how revised the responsible parents money places are, the assistance and consultation of the parents money places can fail more or less sufficiently.

In principle, it is the parental benefit offices that provide help with the application process. Advice from the responsible authorities is free of charge. One should inquire beforehand (by telephone), which documents are needed and ask for an appointment under the service telephone of the respective parents’ allowance office.

The Elterngelddstelle advises on how to fill out the application and what possibilities there are regarding partnership bonus or ElterngeldPlus. The service telephone of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth can be used for any information and is manned from Monday to Thursday from 09:00 to 18:00 on 030-20179130. Beyond that there are in the Internet numerous more or few respectable Websites and Hotlines, which offer a parents money consultation at a value of up to more than two hundred euro other Websites supply free Tipps for parents money application. We recommend to ask for advice at the responsible parental allowance office and, if necessary, to ask the service telephone number of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth for support.