Parental allowance is a financial support for the time after the birth of your child. You will receive parental allowance if you live with your child in a shared household, look after and raise your child yourself, live in Germany and work temporarily not at all or not more than 30 hours per week after the birth of your child. There are three types of parental allowance (basic parental allowance, ElterngeldPlus and partnership bonus), which you can also combine.

The length of time you receive parental allowance depends on the type of parental allowance: you can only receive basic parental allowance in the first twelve months or - if you use partnership months - in the first 14 months of your child's life. After that you can only receive ElterngeldPlus. The amount of the parental benefit depends on the type of parental benefit and the level of income before the birth of the child. The amount of the basic parental allowance is between € 300 and € 1,800 per month, and you can also receive the minimum amount of € 300 even if you have had no income up to now. This also applies to students who did not work in the year before the birth and therefore had no income.

You can find further information on parental allowance on the following pages:

• Information on parental allowance and ElterngeldPlus from the Family Portal of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
• Parental allowance calculator of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
• Parental allowance Digital of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

You apply for parental allowance at the Zentrum Bayern Familie und Soziales.

Child benefit is paid to all families regardless of income. Since 1.1.2023, it amounts to uniformly € 250 per month and child. It is paid at least until the child reaches the age of 18. Only one person can be a recipient of child benefit at a time. To receive child benefit, you must submit a written application to the relevant family fund.

You can find further information on child benefit here:

• Family fund
• Information on child benefit in the family portal of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

The State of Bavaria grants parents family allowance of €250 per month for each child in the second and third year of life. From the third child onwards, the family allowance increases to € 300 per month. This benefit is independent of income. You are entitled to this benefit if you have your main residence in Bavaria, live in the same household as your child and raise your child yourself.

Further information on the Bavarian family allowance can be found here.

Children from the age of one have a legal right to a childcare place. In order to prevent the claiming of a childcare place from failing for financial reasons, the State of Bavaria subsidizes all three kindergarten years. No application is required for this, the subsidy is paid directly to the relevant institutions. In addition, the Bavarian nursery allowance has been available since 1 January 2020. This relieves parents of up to €100 per month from their child's first birthday onwards in the form of parental contributions for attendance at an institution that is subsidized under the Bavarian Child Education and Care Act (BayKiBiG). The nursery allowance is only paid to parents whose income does not exceed a certain limit. An application is required for the grant.

You can find further information here.

You can apply for the Bavarian nursery allowance at the Bavarian Center for Families and Social Affairs.

For families with very low income there is also the possibility that the local youth welfare office completely covers the parents' contributions for attending day care facilities.

You can find the appropriate contact person here for Eichstätt and here for Ingolstadt.

If you earn enough to provide for yourself, but not enough or only just enough for the whole family, you can apply for a supplement to child benefit for your children - the KiZ (Kinderzuschlag). This amounts to a maximum of 209 € per month per child and can be applied for by families in which the monthly gross income is at least 900 € for couples and at least 600 € for single parents, but is not so high that the child supplement is reduced to zero by the crediting of the income.

You can find more information here.

On the website of the Women's and Equal Opportunities Officer of the KU you will find funding opportunities (e.g. scholarships, printing cost subsidies or workshop offers) on the student and academic level and, in some cases, current announcements.

Families can receive various state support services depending on their income situation. We have compiled the most important points for you here on this page.

You will also find everything you need to know about financial support for families in Bavaria here.