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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3 offices in Karlsruhe

  • Karlsruhe

    Jobcenter Stadt Karlsruhe – Badener Straße 3

    Badener Straße 3, 76227 Karlsruhe

    Phone to check which branch is yours, then walk in without an appointment, though meetings with an adviser need one.

    Apply onlineOffice website+4972183190

    Have an identity document, details of your household, evidence of income/assets, recent bank statements and housing-cost evidence ready; ask which documents apply. Use the official digital service for uploads and retain submission confirmation. Explain urgent needs and missing evidence promptly. A general enquiry is not necessarily a completed claim. Check the branch’s current contact details before posting documents. Since 1 July 2026, SGB (German Social Code) II cash support is called Grundsicherungsgeld. You may still see the older name Bürgergeld on some forms and letters. Existing decisions remain valid; do not submit a new claim solely because the benefit was renamed. Official forms and online services may still show the old name during the transition. Continue to follow your own renewal dates, evidence requests and change-reporting duties.

  • Karlsruhe

    Jobcenter Stadt Karlsruhe – Brauerstraße 10

    Brauerstraße 10, 76137 Karlsruhe

    Walk in without an appointment if your home postcode is assigned to the Brauerstraße 10 reception.

    Apply onlineOffice website+4972183190

    Have an identity document, details of your household, evidence of income/assets, recent bank statements and housing-cost evidence ready; ask which documents apply. Use the official digital service for uploads and retain submission confirmation. Explain urgent needs and missing evidence promptly. A general enquiry is not necessarily a completed claim. Check the branch’s current contact details before posting documents. Since 1 July 2026, SGB (German Social Code) II cash support is called Grundsicherungsgeld. You may still see the older name Bürgergeld on some forms and letters. Existing decisions remain valid; do not submit a new claim solely because the benefit was renamed. Official forms and online services may still show the old name during the transition. Continue to follow your own renewal dates, evidence requests and change-reporting duties.

  • Karlsruhe

    Jobcenter Stadt Karlsruhe – Brauerstraße 14

    Brauerstraße 14, 76135 Karlsruhe

    Send your documents online, through the job centre’s app or by post, because ordinary emails are not processed.

    Apply onlineOffice website+4972183190

    Have an identity document, details of your household, evidence of income/assets, recent bank statements and housing-cost evidence ready; ask which documents apply. Use the official digital service for uploads and retain submission confirmation. Explain urgent needs and missing evidence promptly. A general enquiry is not necessarily a completed claim. Check the branch’s current contact details before posting documents. Since 1 July 2026, SGB (German Social Code) II cash support is called Grundsicherungsgeld. You may still see the older name Bürgergeld on some forms and letters. Existing decisions remain valid; do not submit a new claim solely because the benefit was renamed. Official forms and online services may still show the old name during the transition. Continue to follow your own renewal dates, evidence requests and change-reporting duties.

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