Funding of Family Counseling Centers
Grant for family counseling centers in North Rhine-Westphalia to support professional and secretarial staff. Applications possible until 01.11 for the following year; in case of new establishment, no later than 3 months before the planned start of funding.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Support for family counseling centers in employing specialists and secretarial staff to ensure multiprofessional, free, and preventive counseling for children, adolescents, and parents.
Eligible expenses
- Personnel costs
- Fee costs
Eligible to apply
- Public Institutions
- Interest Groups and Other Associations
Funding requirements
- Consulting work must be provided free of charge
- Confirmation from the youth welfare office regarding coordination within the municipal youth welfare system
- Binding networking agreements with at least 3 institutions from at least 2 sectors
- Offer of preventive measures to strengthen parenting and relationship skills as well as early detection of social problems
- Concept for cooperation with self-help groups, associations, and volunteer structures
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Documents required for application
- Funding Principles for Family Counseling in NRW
- Rules of Professional Competence for Family Counseling Centers
- Decree on Subject-Related Flat Rate 2025
- Legally Binding Confirmation 2024 (Independent Providers)
- Legally Binding Confirmation 2024 (Public Providers)
- Appendix to the Legally Binding Confirmation
- Appendix 1 Calculation Sheet 2024
- Appendix 2 Proof of Cooperation Services
- Notification on the Funding of Family Counseling Centers for Cooperations
Description
Funding of Family Counseling Centers in North Rhine-Westphalia
The state of North Rhine-Westphalia grants subsidies to public institutions, interest groups, and associations for the employment of professional and secretarial staff in family counseling facilities. The goal is the long-term assurance of multiprofessional, free, and preventive counseling for children, adolescents, and parents. Funding is provided, among others, for parenting counseling centers under independent and municipal sponsorship, marriage and life counseling centers, integrated counseling centers, specialized contact points for abuse, neglect, or sexualized violence, as well as facilities with thematic focuses. The funds are available as a subject-related lump sum for personnel and fee costs and contribute to strengthening parenting and relationship skills as well as the early detection of social problems.
Prerequisites for funding include, among others, a written confirmation from the youth welfare office regarding integration into the municipal youth welfare planning, as well as binding networking agreements with at least three partners from two different sectors. Furthermore, preventive services, a cooperation concept with self-help groups and voluntary structures, as well as a counseling offer for parents before, during, or after separation/divorce or for single parents (at least 25% of cases involving complex parenting problems) must be demonstrated. Applications must be submitted to the Landschaftsverband Rheinland by November 1st for the following calendar year, or in the case of new establishments, at least three months before the start of funding. Eligible expenses include personnel costs and fees. For the application, the funding principles for family counseling, rules of professional competence, the 2025 lump sum decree, as well as additional confirmation and calculation forms are required. Interested providers can find detailed information in the respective requirement sheet of the Ministry for Children, Youth, Family, Equality, Refugees, and Integration of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.