What information do I have to submit?

Not everyone has to submit the same information when applying for social assistance. This all depends on your personal situation. If you live alone, you have to submit different information than if you live together. There are also things that you must in any case hand in. Whether or not you have a partner. These are:

• information about your identity. This is your proof of identity, residence document or passport. A driver's license is not enough.
• information about your (savings) money and possessions. Usually we look at the data for the last three months. A print screen of your bank account number is not sufficient. We need a PDF that you can send via online banking. You can make these yourself. You then indicate over which period you want to see the debits and credits. Can't you do that? Then please contact us.
• information about your income. Usually we look at the data for the last three months.

After the registration interview you will receive a letter stating exactly what you have to hand in and how much time you have for this. Usually this is two weeks. This can also be longer or shorter, depending on your situation.

You have an obligation to provide information from the moment you apply for the benefit. Will anything change in your situation? Then you pass this on to the municipality. Do this as soon as possible. If you find out today that you have a new job, notify the legality counselor right away. Not sure if you need to report something? Please always contact us to be sure. This applies both during the application period and when you receive benefits.

It is in any case important to provide the following information when you apply for benefits from us:

• Everything that has to do with work. It does not matter whether or not you have income from this. For example, do you do volunteer work? Then pass this on to us. It can be important for your reintegration. Volunteering can increase your chances of getting out of benefits again, but it can also get in the way.
• Everything that has to do with income. Your salary, profits, inheritances, gifts, insurance payments, rental income, etc.
• Everything that has to do with your family or home situation. Think of birth, death, divorce, cohabitation, children who leave the family or come to live with you, other people who come to live with you.
• Everything that has to do with your whereabouts. This is called the 'domicile provision' in the law. This means that you can only apply for benefits in the municipality where you live. Are you going to live in another municipality? Then he has to pay your benefit. If you are going to stay in another municipality for a longer period of time, it is important that you inform us in advance. This also applies to stays abroad. You cannot receive social assistance abroad, unless it concerns the permitted holiday.
• Everything related to property. Think of houses (also abroad), boats, caravans, antiques, art, jewelry, etc. These can be of value. If the value is above your capital limit, you must first start living on that money before you can apply for the benefit.

In order to determine whether you are entitled to benefits, the municipality must know how and with whom you live. For example, your rights are different if you have your own home than if you have a rental home or stay in a care institution.

We also want to know who you share your home with. This is also important to determine whether you are entitled to benefits. We look at what kind of household you have. Do you live together? Is someone renting a room from you? Or are you friends and do you share a house? Do you take care of each other? And do you do the laundry together, do you do the shopping together and do you eat together?

Whether we need the details of your housemates depends on the way in which you share the house. For example, if you live in a student house or all have an independent tenancy agreement, then this is different than if this is not the case.

As a parent you get 'authority' when your child is born. Authority means that you are obliged to care for and educate your child. In addition, as a parent you are allowed to perform official acts for your child. Think of putting a signature for the application for a passport.

Paying for education and care

If you have parental authority, you must pay for the care and upbringing of your child(ren). This 'maintenance obligation' stops when your child is 21 years old. Even if you get divorced, you both still have the maintenance obligation until your child is 21 years old.

Manage child assets

If you have custody, you are legally obliged to manage your child's assets until he/she is 18.

The total assets of the family are important for the benefit. For example, if you save for your child on his/her savings account, this will be included in the calculation of your assets.

In order to receive your social assistance benefit, you are obliged to provide information about your income and assets. This is mandatory on the basis of the Information Obligation. Submitting bank statements is an example of this. You may not make the data of the income and deposits on these statements illegible.

You can do that with your expenses. Note: the latter is not always the case. Sometimes it is necessary to look at the expenses to determine your entitlement to the benefit. In this case, all your expenses must therefore also be visible on your statements.