Community work in neighborhoods/districts with special social and integration policy challenges
Municipalities in Hesse receive grants for community and neighborhood work in districts with special social and integration policy challenges. Applications can be submitted annually until October 31.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
The funding program supports municipalities in Hesse with community and neighborhood work measures that contribute to overcoming social problems and addressing special social and integration policy challenges in districts and neighborhoods.
Non-eligible expenses
- Investment projects
- Construction measures
Eligible to apply
- Public Institutions
Funding requirements
- Eligible to apply are districts, independent cities, and special status cities in Hesse.
- Selection and verification of funding areas based on suitable quantitative and qualitative indicators to confirm specific social and integration policy challenges.
- Applications must be submitted by October 31 of the year prior to the start of the measure.
- No funding for investment projects and construction measures.
Description
The Community Work Funding Program in Hesse is aimed at municipalities that wish to set sustainable impulses in districts and neighborhoods facing particular social and integration policy challenges. The program is administered by the Hessian Ministry of Labour, Integration, Youth and Social Affairs, which grants subsidies in the fields of social affairs, health, as well as labour & social affairs. Funding is provided especially for the establishment of neighborhood offices and coordination centers, as well as tailored, socially integrative measures that strengthen self-organization, neighborhood networking, and voluntary engagement. With a funding rate of 75 – 100 % of eligible expenses, innovative project approaches are supported that contribute to overcoming social problems and promote the participation of all residents in disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Eligible to apply are counties, independent cities, and special-status cities in Hesse that define their funding areas based on suitable quantitative and qualitative indicators and can demonstrate the particular social or integration policy challenges. Applications can be submitted by October 31 of each year; investment projects and construction measures are excluded from funding. The State Working Group on Social Hotspots Hesse e.V. acts as a service center providing advice, knowledge transfer, and qualification, and supports implementation on site. Municipalities thus benefit from practice-oriented support and tailored funding instruments to sustainably improve the quality of life and social cohesion in disadvantaged neighborhoods.