Applying for special benefits in individual cases to support training as part of social compensation

If, in the case of injured parties and orphans, funding for education under the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG) is provided in the form of a loan as a result of the injury, the social compensation provider can take over the repayment of the loan on application.

In the case of orphans, it is assumed that the need is damage-related if

1. the death of a parent occurs during education or
2. the education begins within five years of the death of one of the parents.

If the death of one or both parents occurs during the course of education, the loan received up to that point is not considered to be due to loss. The loan payments are deemed to be loss-related from the time of the death of one or both parents. In such a case, the social compensation provider will only take over the repayment of the loan from this point in time.

Please note that your social compensation provider will decide whether and to what extent you will receive support.

Requirements

Injured parties:

• You have suffered a health impairment in Germany or, under certain conditions, abroad (§ 15 SGB XIV) due to a damaging event.
• They receive funding under BAföG as a loan due to the damage.

Orphans:

• You are an orphan and one of your parents or your parents have died as a result of a damaging event.
• You receive funding under the BAföG as a loan as a result of a damaging event.

What documents do I need?

• Proof of the harmful event
  

  (Recognition decision on the consequences of injury)

• Proof of BAföG funding as a loan