Relief for the chronically ill and disabled

• you are 18 years of age or older
• you have used up the compulsory excess in the two years prior to the year you are applying for
• your net income is lower than 120% of the applicable social assistance standard including holiday pay. The level of the social assistance standards can be found at rijksoverheid .nl
• You have assets on the date of application that are less than:
  o Single person € 7,770.00
  o Married/cohabiting and single parent € 15,540.00

Note: If you receive a WAJONG/WIA/WAO/WAZ benefit from the UWV, you must not be more than 35% incapacitated for work. You will then receive a "disability allowance" from the UWV.

The municipality will make a decision within 8 weeks of receiving your application. We may extend this deadline once.
You can apply until March 1 of the following year at the latest.

You can object to the decision on your application. Do this within 6 weeks. Do you then disagree with the decision on the objection? Then appeal to the court. More information can be found under: Filing an objection.