Offices for social assistance across Germany

Your address decides which office is yours

A single city can have many offices for living-cost support, each looking after certain districts or surnames, and some also help older people or people with disabilities. Look up your city to see what each office handles, how it wants to be contacted first and what to bring to the visit.

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2 offices in Bochum

  • Bochum

    Amt für Soziales — Bezirksverwaltungsstelle Wattenscheid

    Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 7, Rathaus Wattenscheid, 44866 Bochum

    If you live in Wattenscheid, book an appointment first, and use the step-free side entrance by the car park.

    Apply onlineOffice website+492349106290

    Notify the office promptly: help starts only when the authority knows of the need, not for earlier periods. Prepare ID or passport/residence permit, all income and asset evidence, rent/heating and insurance costs, bank statements for the last three months and disability card if held. Use the linked basic application and confirm the individual checklist. The contact form is for enquiries; do not assume it completes the benefit application.

  • Bochum

    Amt für Soziales — Husemann Karree

    Viktoriastraße 14c, Husemann Karree, 5. OG, 44787 Bochum

    If you live outside Wattenscheid, arrange a caseworker appointment before you visit the fifth floor, which has lifts.

    Apply onlineOffice website+492349102701

    Notify the office promptly: help starts only when the authority knows of the need, not for earlier periods. Prepare ID or passport/residence permit, all income and asset evidence, rent/heating and insurance costs, bank statements for the last three months and disability card if held. Use the linked basic application and confirm the individual checklist. The contact form is for enquiries; do not assume it completes the benefit application.

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