Support for outpatient assistance in the field of community-based psychiatry, participation, and trialogue
Grants for associations in Lower Saxony to support mentally ill individuals and their relatives through community-based psychiatry measures, participation, and trialogue. Applications until March 31 of each year.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Improvement of outpatient support in the field of community-based psychiatry, promotion of participation and trialogue for the reintegration and inclusion of people with mental illnesses, psychological disabilities, and central nervous system disorders, as well as their relatives.
Eligible expenses
- Initial equipment for counseling centers (furniture, technical devices)
- Training and further education events for relatives and affected persons (fees, travel expenses)
- Therapeutic group offerings, leisure activities, and low-threshold counseling services
- Events in the trialogue with recovery companions
Non-eligible expenses
- Measures that began before approval
- Expenditure shares for participants in inpatient facilities
- Forwarding of the grant to third parties
Eligible to apply
- Interest Groups and Other Associations
- Non-profit Organizations
Funding requirements
- Recognized as a non-profit or charitable association, federation of independent welfare organizations, or non-profit sponsor with a focus in Lower Saxony
- Member initiative only with joint and several liability (at least two legally capable members)
- The project must not have commenced prior to approval
- No simultaneous utilization of other state funds
- Declaration of financial aid under the NWohlfFöG at the time of application
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Documents required for application
- Application form
- Subproject sheet
- Financing plan
- Proof of non-profit or charitable status (exemption notice)
- Proof of authorization to represent
- Proof of joint and several liability (initiatives without legal form)
- Cost estimates
Evaluation criteria
- Order of application receipt (first-come, first-served principle)
Description
In the federal state of Lower Saxony, the Lower Saxony Ministry of Social Affairs, Labour, Health and Equality supports non-profit associations and organizations that implement committed services in the field of community-based psychiatry, participation, and trialogue. Eligible to apply are associations, initiatives, and clubs recognized as charitable or non-profit with a focus on Lower Saxony; for initiatives without legal form, at least two legally capable members with joint and several liability are required. The aim is the outpatient empowerment of affected individuals, relatives, and children with autism spectrum disorder, as well as the promotion of participation, reintegration, and low-threshold counseling. This explicitly includes persons with mental illnesses, psychological disabilities, diseases of the central nervous system, and migrants.
Up to 50% of eligible expenses are funded, with a maximum of €15,000 per project over a period of 12 months. Eligible budget items include, among others, the initial equipment of counseling centers (furniture, technical equipment), training and further education for relatives and affected persons (fees, travel expenses), therapeutic group offerings, leisure activities, low-threshold counseling, as well as trialogue events in cooperation with recovery companions. An early start is prohibited, and multiple funding from state funds is excluded. Applications must be submitted in full—including application form, subproject sheet, financing plan, proof of non-profit or charitable status, authorization to represent, joint and several liability, and cost estimates—no later than March 31 of a given year to the Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family.
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