The personal budget (pgb) is an amount you can spend yourself on care or support. For example, you choose who you hire to help with housekeeping. This can be a professional, but also a neighbor or a family member. A pgb can also be used to buy a stair elevator or mobility scooter other than the one provided by municipality . Or you can use a pgb to purchase youth assistance.

There are 4 types of pgb, for care and support from:

• youth aid
• Social Support Act (Wmo).
• Long-term Care Act (Wlz).
• Health Insurance Act (Zvw).

You will not receive the contribution in your bank account. So you do not pay the caregivers yourself. You instruct the Social Insurance Bank (SVB) to pay your care providers. You must keep your own records of the care you have purchased. The SVB pays care providers on the basis of an invoice, timesheet or monthly payment.

You can also use the personal budget (pgb) to purchase care in other EU countries.

Conditions for applying for a personal budget (pgb) include:

• You are registered with a Dutch municipality.
• You are pgb-capable. This means, for example, that you know what care you need. And how to make proper arrangements with a care provider. You can also keep records. 

  In doing so, you may ask for help from someone close to you or a formal representative. You can read more about it on the site of the Rijksoverheid.

Note: When granting a personal budget, municipality asks for a certificate of good conduct (VOG) from the caregiver.