Apply for a subsidy for the parental contribution

You pay a parental contribution for the care of your child in a daycare center of a parents' association or a private provider.

However, you should not pay a higher parental contribution than other parents who send their child to a kindergarten or crèche run by the city of Bremen.

Therefore, you can apply for a subsidy for the parental contribution.

First, it is calculated how high their parental contribution is according to the Bremen Local Law.

The amount of the parental contribution depends on your financial and family situation. The following circumstances are taken into account:

• Your income situation,
• Your household size,
• The number of siblings in childcare that is subject to the contribution,
• The extent of the care.

In addition, you must pay part of the cost of the midday meal (the lunchtime flat rate).

The difference between the actual cost of care for your child and the calculated parental contribution is then the subsidy to which you are entitled.

After the calculation, the subsidy will be transferred to them on a monthly basis.

Requirements

• You and your child live in Bremen
• You have a place in a private day care center or in a day care center of a parents' association

What documents do I need?

• Proof of income
  

  Of all persons of the household belonging to the income community (mostly the parents).

• If applicable: evidence of public services
• If applicable: Bremen passport
• If applicable: contribution notice for sibling children
• If applicable: certificate of enrollment