Day Structure
Day structure in Vienna: Diverse social day care for people with disabilities who (currently) cannot be integrated into working life. Services range from basic support to creative and work opportunities to qualification measures. Applications can be submitted continuously.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Day structure is a diverse social service for people with disabilities who are currently or permanently unable to compete in the open labor market. The goal is to promote and maintain existing skills as well as to offer meaningful and purposeful activities.
Eligible to apply
- Individuals
Funding requirements
- Main residence in Vienna
- Austrian citizenship or equivalence (EU citizens, asylum beneficiaries, persons with permanent residence)
- Intellectual and/or multiple disabilities or mental illness aged 15–65 years (extension in exceptional cases)
- No similar benefits from third parties
- Consultation and needs assessment by Fonds Soziales Wien or BBRZ
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Documents required for application
- Official photo ID
- Birth certificate
- Proof of Austrian citizenship or equivalence
- Proof of disability (e.g., medical report, family allowance notice)
- Proof of care-related cash benefits (e.g., care allowance notice)
- Proof of authorization to represent (if applicable)
- Declaration of commitment/liability
Description
The day structure in Vienna offers a wide-ranging social day care service for individuals with intellectual and/or multiple disabilities as well as mental illness, aged 15 to 65 years, who currently or permanently cannot be integrated into the open labor market. Recognized institutions provide high-level professional support focusing on basic development, creative group activities, work-like performance offerings, and qualification measures. The goal is to maintain and further develop individual abilities as well as to create meaningful daily routines. Activities generally take place on weekdays within a five-day week framework. Participants receive recognition for their performance (e.g., pocket money or a bonus), which is stipulated in the care contracts with the institutions.
The funding is granted in the form of a subsidy covering 70% of the costs, while a personal contribution amounting to 30% of the care-related monetary benefits must be made. Subsidies are unlimited in duration and can be applied for at any time at the Fonds Soziales Wien. Eligible are persons with main residence in Vienna, Austrian citizenship, or an equivalent residence status. Consultation and needs assessment by the Fonds Soziales Wien or BBRZ is a prerequisite; similar services from third parties must not be received. For the application, among other documents, an official photo ID, birth certificate, proof of citizenship or equivalence, disability status, and, if applicable, authorization of representation and declaration of commitment must be submitted in copy. The decision on funding is made following professional assessment, and subsidies are paid directly to the recognized institution. This ensures that the day structure remains an effective support and meaningful daily arrangement for people with disabilities.