Assistance, benefit

Requirements

You can apply for benefits if you meet the following Requirements:

• You (and your partner) do not have enough money to live on. Your income and assets are below the social assistance level. Note that a car or a house also count as equity.
• You are 18 years of age or older.
  You live in the Netherlands.
• You cannot get another benefit.
• You may apply for a Social assistance benefit . For example, you are not a prisoner or a foreigner who is not allowed to be in the Netherlands.
• The municipality decides whether you are entitled to benefits and how high your benefits will be.
  You must apply for a job to find work as soon as possible. 

How does it work?

• You apply for assistance through the UWV Employment Agency website .
• The UWV WERKbedrijf first registers you as a job seeker and immediately checks to see if there is work for you.
• If you cannot get started right away, follow all the steps and complete your information.
  The municipality will decide within 8 weeks of receiving your application. The municipality may extend this deadline once.
• You can object to the municipality's decision. Do this within 6 weeks. Do you then disagree with the decision on the objection? Then appeal to the court. 

Need help arranging or apply something from the digital government? Then contact the Digital Government Information Point. 

Job search waiver

If you really cannot work, you can request a waiver from the municipality. You will then not have to look for work temporarily. The municipality decides whether you will get dispensation.
Are you a single parent of young children (under 5 years old)? Then you can get dispensation. Instead of looking for work, you might take a course. For more information, please contact your customer manager.