Here you get an overview of offers and services during pregnancy and shortly after birth.
Gynaecologist Make an appointment and let us examine you.
Registration of the child at the registry office of the place of birth.
Child benefit & child supplement You will receive € 250 per month in child benefit for your child. You can apply for child benefit and child supplement at the family benefits office (Familienkasse) of the employment agency (Agentur für Arbeit) in Ahlen.
Child's health insurance cover Inform your health insurance fund about the birth of your child.
Preventive check-ups Make an appointment with the paediatrician.
Wage tax reduction/ child allowance Apply to the tax office.
Contact point for parents with their children The Mothers' Centre Beckum e. V. offers a baby café, parenting courses, babysitting, counselling and childcare, playgroups, second-hand shop, and much more.
As a working woman, you enjoy special protection from the beginning of your pregnancy. You are exempt from work for six weeks before and eight weeks after the birth. Inform your employer.
Maintenance advance can be applied for by single parents who do not receive the maintenance payments due for their child - provided their child is not older than 12 years.
Benefit for education and participation , for example parent-child programmes, are available to recipients of..:
Unemployment Benefit II, Housing Benefit and Child Supplement at the Job Centre
Basic income support, subsistence assistance and asylum benefits at the Social Services Department of the City of Beckum
Advance maintenance payments can be applied for by single parents who do not receive the maintenance payments due for their child - provided their child is not older than 12 years of age.Information on advance maintenance payments
The Verein zur Förderung von Familien in Krisensituationen e. V. was founded in 2001 by employees of the Youth Welfare Office to help families in emergency situations that cannot be supported by state or municipal funds. The organisation offers financial assistance to families in crisis situations in Beckum. Since 2011, the "Family between fun and crisis" training series has been taking place as part of the prevention programme, which focuses on the different perspectives of parenting.
The free lecture series in 2024 will cover the following topics
The ABC of education with Dirk Achterwinter on 18/09/2024
The patience and suffering thread for troubled parents with Matthias Jung on 09.10.2024
Recognising and understanding child endangerment with Susanne Wunsch on 13.11.2024
