Childcare facilities

• of the Eighth Social Code (SGB VIII),
• of the Child Promotion Act of the State of Saxony-Anhalt (KiFöG LSA),
• of the KiTa Quality and Participation Improvement Act (KiQuTG),
• of the Federal Child Protection Act (BkiSchG) and
• of the Day Care Ordinance (TagesPflVO).

• Regularly checking compliance with legal requirements in accordance with the Social Security Code VIII and the Saxony-Anhalt Child Support Act,
• Issuing the care licence for day carers,
• the granting and amendment of the operating licence,
• Ensuring a sufficient number of suitable educational specialists
• Advice on the construction and conversion of daycare centres,
• counselling on all pedagogical content and the pedagogical concept,
• Cooperation in the fulfilment of tasks to protect the welfare of children

• Advice for providers, daycare facilities and daycare centres on educational topics and legal bases (KiFöG, "Bildung elementar" education programme)
• Supporting providers, daycare centres and daycare facilities in educational processes (e.g. concepts, quality management, transition from daycare centre to school, personnel management)
• Advice for parents on the upbringing, care and education of their children in daycare centres
• Project-related advice and support for day-care centres
• Organisation of further and advanced training courses for specialists
• Networking between organisations
• Participation in various committees of the district administration

• External childcare and external childcare (in accordance with §12c KiFöG)
• Recognition of specialist and auxiliary staff in day-care centres
• Processing of funding programmes: Passing on information to funding organisations, processing and deciding on applications, disbursement of funds including verification of use of funds

• Current funding programme: All-day expansion

The (partial) assumption of the contribution to the costs of childcare facilities occurs when the burden of the contributions is unreasonable for the parents.

The burden is unreasonable in any case if parents

• Benefits to secure subsistence in accordance with SGB II (citizen's allowance),
• Assistance with living expenses according to SGB XII,
• Benefits for basic security in old age or in the event of reduced earning capacity in accordance with SGB XII,
• Benefits in special cases according to § 2 AsylbLG,
• receive basic benefits according to § 3 AsylbLG,
• Child supplement according to § 6a of the Federal Child Benefit Act or
• Housing benefit in accordance with the Housing Benefit Act

received.

In addition, the provisions of Sections 82 to 85, 87 and 88 SGB XII apply to the determination of reasonableness.

• Completed application forms,
• Notification of the child's contribution to the costs of attending the day care centre,
• (complete) benefit notifications in the event of receipt of social benefits and
• Further proof of income from parents* if no social benefits are received

*If a child is living with only one parent at the time of application, this parent takes the place of the parents. Information on the income of the parent not living in the household is not required in this case. If the child is cared for by the parents within the framework of an alternating or nest model, the income of both parents must be taken into account when assessing the entitlement to benefits.