Single Parents in Frankfurt

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1 Single Parents in Frankfurt INFORMATION AND ADDRESSES DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN'S AFFAIRS

2 Acknowledgements Issuer City of Frankfurt am Main Department of Women's Affairs Reference Department of Women's Affairs Hasengasse Frankfurt am Main Telephone: + 49 (0) Fax: +49 (0) [email protected] Internet: We do not claim the contents to be exhaustive and cannot guarantee the accuracy of all statements. Concept and Implementation Bettina Eichorn, Department of Women's Affairs Photos - The Department of Women's Affairs Sonia Diaz and Esther Zeschky, both of Frankfurt Design, illustration and text Opak Frankfurt Printing Central-Druck Heusenstamm As of 8/2010

3 FOREWORD FROM THE MAYOR City of Frankfurt am Main Dear single mothers and fathers, The times where single or divorced mothers were a small group are long gone. The population statistics show us that at the end of 2009, there were about 15,000 single parents with children under 18 in our city. Relative to the total number of 366,500 households in Frankfurt, that does not seem like much. The picture is different when looking at the 64,000 households with children: parents of single children are nearly a quarter of this population; 24 percent of all families in Frankfurt, i.e. one in five children living in single parent families. It is also interesting that two-thirds of all single parents are German, while one-third are foreign nationals. In both groups, the proportion of mothers to fathers is the same: for every nine single mothers, there is one single father. The lifestyles and circumstances behind the data are numerous and not suitable for stereotypes: single parents may be separated, divorced or widowed. Some of you are quite happy as single parents, while others want a partner to share the responsibility. Many studies have shown an increased risk of poverty among single parents, especially mothers. The following are listed as reasons for the lack of jobs: lower pay for women, the risks posed by lack of maintenance payments and the issue of child care. Frankfurt has put a lot of effort into this area, and I am pleased that the expansion of child care has progressed faster than expected - particularly in the number of childcare spaces for children under three years of age. In addition to structural changes, a general life skills handout has been requested. Alleinerziehende in Frankfurt Informationen und Adressen [ Single Parents in Frankfurt - Information and Addresses ] will inform you of the existing services offered to single parents in Frankfurt as well as assist you in finding a suitable match, if needed. Yours truly, Jutta Ebeling 3

4 Dear readers, Frankfurt is a city with a wide range of services to offer. Sometimes this can be a problem: you just cannot be aware of everything there is. It is especially disappointing if an existing service could improve your situation. This is why we created our new guide. Alleinerziehende in Frankfurt [ Single parents in Frankfurt ] provides information on benefits and services that fathers and mothers should be aware of. It also contains the addresses where you can find more information and, if appropriate, where you can make a request. We also hope that professionals from various fields will find useful information in our brochure for their work. We know that statements sometimes have a limited shelf life, such as if legal situations like current custody rights or rules change. In some cases, they may even be changing as you are reading. However, we wanted to give a better orientation, not just concrete facts and figures. See our Frauen-Guide [Women's Guide] for more addresses that might be useful to you. We thank the local Frankfurt chapter of the Verband alleinerziehender Mütter und Väter [Association of Single Mothers and Fathers], which has provided us with its assessments and expertise from years of consulting and lobbying work. A big thank you also goes out to all employees in offices, institutions and initiatives, who answered thousands of questions in a patient, competent and friendly manner. We hope that our new brochure is useful to you, and welcome your feedback. Department of Women's Affairs Department of Women's Affairs Gabriele Wenner Director of the Department of Women's Affairs Bettina Eichhorn Secretary for Education and Employment 4 INTRODUCTION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN'S AFFAIRS

5 FOREWORD 3 INTRODUCTION 4 SEPARATION AND DIVORCE Advice and help 7 Legal advice 7 Custody 9 Access rights 9 Maintenance law 10 PUBLIC SERVICES Pension for widows and half-orphans 12 Parental benefits 12 Unemployment benefit I 12 TIP Yellow Pages for families and children 10 TIP Caroline Hansellmann Foundation 13 Unemployment benefit II 14 Social welfare 16 Child benefit 16 Supplementary child allowance 17 Maintenance advance and deficiency 17 Tax relief 17 Housing benefit 18 Frankfurt-Pass 18 TIP Orphanage Foundation 18 EMPLOYMENT AND CAREER Advice and guidance 19 Returning to work 20 Education/training and qualifications 21 Promoting further education 22 Academic, vocational and higher education 23 German as a second language 24 CHILD CARE Child care facilities and day care 25 Registration and admission to the day care centre 26 TIP Creative Fashion Workshop 26 Parent fees at day care centres 28 Day care options and fees 28 Additional options for child care 29 TIP Newfoundland 29 All addresses beginning on page

6 HOUSING 30 TIP Frankfurt Social Market 30 HEALTH, ILLNESS, PREVENTION Early development 32 Sick child/sick parent 32 Treatments and Health Counselling 33 TIP Family Market 31 PREGNANCY AND MATERNITY LEAVE Pregnancy and abortion counselling 35 Material assistance for pregnant women 35 Maternity leave and maternity benefits 36 Preventive services, prenatal care 37 NON-GERMAN RESIDENTS Residency and family law 38 Separation and divorce 39 Parental custody and visitation rights 40 Maintenance 40 Fear of child abduction 40 Public Services 41 Advice and help 42 Legal advice 42 COUNSELLING AND HELP TIP Frankfurt Table 43 Educational advice/ advice for parents, children, young people 44 If you are disabled 45 In cases of domestic violence 46 If unemployed or in debt 46 EDUCATION AND CONTACT 48 VACATION, HOLIDAY, FREE TIME 49 ADDRESSES 52 RECOMMENDATIONS 63 TIP Culture Pass 49 6 CONTENTS...

7 SEPARATION AND DIVORCE Separation and divorce brings huge demands, from finding a new perspective to re-organizing everyday life, as well as resolving legal and financial issues. It is not always possible to find an amicable resolution to problems. In the following you can find details about counselling and legal services in addition to some important family rights laws. ADVICE AND HELP The Children and Youth Services Act guarantees all parents, children and young people free, confidential and expert advice and support in all matters of raising children and of living together, for questions about partnership, separation and divorce, and for questions about parental custody, access and maintenance. You can contact any of the nine social welfare offices, 15 educational guidance centres (see page 44) as well as a number of other advisory services. Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Sozialdienst [child and youth social services] Erziehungsberatungsstellen [educational guidance centres] Pro Familia Counselling and Meetings for Women, Caritasverband Frankfurt [Caritas Association Frankfurt] Beratungsstelle für Frauen [Women's Counselling Centre] at the Diakonisches Werk Frankfurt Evangelisches Zentrum für Beratung und Therapie [Evangelical Centre for Counselling and Therapy] Crisis and Counselling at the Haus der Volksarbeit Internationales Familienzentrum [International Family Centre] Familienzentrum Monikahaus [Monikahaus Family Centre] Arbeitskreis Partnerschaftskrise, Trennung, Scheidung [Working Group for Partnership Crises, Separation and Divorce] (fee-based) Väteraufbruch für Kinder [Fathers' Initiative for Children] Informationszentrum für Männerfragen [Information Centre for Men's Questions] Verband binationaler Familien und Partnerschaften, iaf [Bi-national Families and Partnerships Association, iaf] Verband alleinerziehender Mütter und Väter [Association of Single Mothers and Fathers] (VAMV) You can also use the free and anonymous telephone counselling help line twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week: Telephone or LEGAL ADVICE Social welfare offices and information centres provide information on the broad guidelines of the law. Binding individual advice may only be provided by solicitors, as required by laws governing legal consultation. Legal advice and legal clarification of rights are always provided at a cost. Those with low incomes All addresses beginning on page

8 may be entitled to legal aid and procedural cost assistance. The application for legal aid must be filed with the district court. If it is approved, you will receive a certificate of eligibility with which you can go to a solicitor of your choice. Subject to the current individual contribution of 10, they shall be obligated to provide qualified legal advice. Under certain conditions, the court and legal costs of a trial are borne by the Treasury. Amtsgericht [district court], Rechtsantragsstelle [legal claims office] Legal advice for low-income residents provided in German for 10 or without charge Rechtsauskunftsstelle des Frankfurter Anwaltsvereins [Frankfurt Bar Association Legal Advice Centre] Addresses of specialist solicitors (in all subject areas and in many languages) are available at Some counselling centres regularly organise free or inexpensive counselling appointments by solicitors specialising in family law, for example Verband alleinerziehender Mütter und Väter [Association of Single Mothers and Fathers] Beratungsstelle für Frauen [Women's Counselling Centre] at the Diakonisches Werk Frankfurt Verband binationaler Familien und Partnerschaften, iaf [Bi-national Families and Partnerships Association], iaf (international family law) 8 SEPARATION AND DIVORCE...

9 Legal advice for children and young people, either on their own or accompanied by parents, for all children's questions, not just family law issues, at Frankfurter Kinderbüro [Frankfurt Children's Office] Deutscher Kinderschutzbund [German Child Protection Association] CUSTODY Upon separation/divorce, married parents generally have the same parental concerns as any other parent. Decisions of fundamental importance must be made by both parents by mutual agreement. Day-to-day matters are decided by the parent with whom the child normally resides. Counselling and support for a shared custody and access plan can be found at Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Sozialdienst [child and youth social services] Counselling centres (see above) solicitor Common custody arrangements don't always prove to be the best solution. Therefore, full or partial parental custody can be transferred to one parent on request. Amtsgericht [district court], Familiengericht [Family Court] department If the parents are not married to each other upon the birth of a child, the mother automatically has sole custody - unless she agrees to joint custody (through the youth welfare office or a notary). This affidavit also applies in the event of separation. It can only be reversed through a judicial proceeding at the request of a parent. Amtsgericht [district court], Familiengericht [Family Court] department (Amendment to BVG [Federal Constitutional Court] Judgement of is being prepared) There are special provisions for unmarried teenage mothers. The custody can be transferred to the adult father of the child or to the grandparents (in a common household); otherwise the youth welfare office is the official guardian. ACCESS RIGHTS The parent who is not living with the child has a right of access to the child. The child himself/herself has a right to have contact with both parents. The specific contact arrangements need to be determined by the parents together. Support from Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Sozialdienst [child and youth social services] Counselling centres (see above) Solicitor All addresses beginning on page

10 If the parents cannot agree upon access to their child, the option of chaperoned visits exists. Sozialrathaus [social welfare office], Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Sozialdienst [child and youth social services] Amtsgericht [district court], Familiengericht [Family Court] department MAINTENANCE LAW A new maintenance law has been in place since The priority is support for the child, regardless of whether his/her parents are or were married. The maintenance for the supervising parent (spousal support for married parents or maintenance for unmarried parents) is subordinated. The goal is that after a separation or divorce, both parents should have individual responsibility for their livelihood. The parent who does not regularly care for the child must pay child support. The amount is determined by the disposable income of the parent obliged to pay maintenance and the child's age, with amounts determined in the Düsseldorfer Tabelle [ Düsseldorf Table ]. The legal minimum support is currently 317 for children from 0 to 5, 364 for children from 6 to 11 and 426 for children from 12 to 17 years. The minimum rate for adult children still in school is 488. The maintenance may each be reduced by half the child benefit. For unmarried parents, paternity must be known or proven in order to assert a valid maintenance claim. TIP TIP Gelbe Seiten Familie & Kind [Yellow Pages for Families and Children] - new as of end of October 2010 The directory for families in Frankfurt and Offenbach is a project of Trifels Verlag in collaboration with the Frankfurt Children's Office. With more than 6,000 addresses on the topics of health, advice & assistance / offices & agencies, support and learning, arts & entertainment / games & sports, shopping and entertainment / dining & drinking. The directory is distributed free or charge in hospitals, kindergartens, schools, medical practices, businesses, retailers, at events and, for example, at the Frankfurt Children's Office as well. Upon request: Trifels Verlag, telephone SEPARATION AND DIVORCE...

11 The maintenance claims for the child from the liable parent can be taken over by the youth welfare office within the scope of an advisory guardian. The guardian helps to file the claims as well as in establishing paternity. This applies to children of all nationalities who reside in Germany. Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Wirtschaftsdienst [child and youth economic services] If you continue to experience difficulties, you can pursue child support through the courts. This is also true under joint custody arrangements. In these cases, you must have the youth welfare office advisor or legal assistance intervene. Amtsgericht [District Court], Abteilung Familiengericht [Family Court department] If the child support is not paid regularly or is insufficient, single parents may apply for a maintenance advance or deficiency under the maintenance advance law. This will be paid for up to 72 months or until the child is 12 years of age. Children under 6 receive 133, after that, 180. This applies to children of all nationalities who reside in Germany. Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Wirtschaftsdienst [child and youth economic services] The parent providing for the child is entitled to spousal or maintenance support, as long as the employment does not interfere with caring for the child. This applies up to the child's third birthday, in some cases even longer. After the child's third birthday, the parent has a fundamental obligation to work, though not necessarily full-time. If, for example, your child needs intensive care due to illness or if institutional child care is inadequate, this can also impact your maintenance as well as your employment for many years, as child care has been deferred and returning to work is very difficult. In many cases, when the excess of the other parent and the maintenance of your child are taken into account, you will be given no or inadequate maintenance. For more detailed advice: Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Wirtschaftsdienst [child and youth economic services] Counselling centres (see above) Solicitor All addresses beginning on page

12 PUBLIC SERVICES The state benefits that you are entitled to must, as a rule, be distributed individually. The following serves as an initial guide. All relevant institutions are obligated to provide comprehensive counselling. PENSION FOR WIDOWS AND HALF-ORPHANS The widow/widower is entitled to benefits if he/she is able to prove that the deceased spouse has contributed to the insurance of contribution/substitute periods of the pension scheme for five years. The benefits also apply if the married couple lived separately. The following are taken into account when determining the amount and duration of the pension: age and employability of the survivors, raising a child up to 18 years of age or caring for a disabled child, as well as his/her own income. The deceased parent must also have fulfilled the five-year waiting period for payment of the half-orphan pension (up to 18 years of age; under certain conditions up to 27 years). For information and advice Deutsche Rentenversicherung [German Pension Insurance] Versicherungsamt der Stadt Frankfurt [City of Frankfurt Insurance Department] PARENTAL BENEFITS Single parents have the option of receiving 14 months of parental benefits. Those who are employed or self-employed receive 67 percent of their former taxable net income/net profits up to For those on low-incomes and those who are employed part-time with net incomes under 1000, a higher percentage is calculated. Those who did not have any earned income before the birth of the child recipients of ALG [unemployment benefit] II, students, housewives, or mothers with an extended career break receive minimum parental benefits of 300. This amount will not be included in the calculation for ALG II, housing benefit or maintenance payments. Upon request, the calculated monthly amount can be divided in two and the corresponding disbursement periods doubled. Please note: parental benefits will be deducted from ALG II recipients in Hessisches Amt für Versorgung und Soziales, Elterngeldstelle [Hessian Department for Care and Social Benefits, Parental Benefits Office] UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT I There are two different services and responsibilities for those who are unemployed and those seeking employment: unemployment benefit I from the Agentur für Arbeit [Employment Agency] and unemployment benefit II from the Rhein-Main Jobcenter GmbH. 12 PUBLIC SERVICES...

13 Unemployment benefit I (ALG I) is an insurance benefit based on the Sozialgesetzbuch [Social Security Code] III (SGB III). It is a temporary payment to someone who is unemployed, who has registered with the Employment Agency as being unemployed and who meets the qualifying period for the coverage, meaning that within the two years prior to registering as unemployed, they have contributed at least 12 months of unemployment insurance premiums. Unemployed persons with at least one child receive 67 percent of their fixed net income. The duration of benefits up to 50 years of age is a maximum of 12 months; after 50 years of age the benefit rises to a maximum of 24 months. Being unemployed, you will only be hired if you are available to work, that means you must always have child care secured! To ensure your claims, you must renew your unemployment status at least every three months. Important: Your unemployment benefit is based on your last income, provided you have paid at least 150 days/five months of unemployment insurance in the last two years. Otherwise a fictional, often lower value is used as the basis for measurement. Your 67 percent can also be much lower than expected, for example if you are unemployed after an extended period of parental leave. Also: The amount of unemployment benefit is also determined by how many hours a week you would like to work! If you have worked full-time before your unemployment and are now just looking for a part-time position, TIP One-time assistance of the Caroline Hansellmann-Stiftung [Caroline Hansellmann Foundation] The sole purpose of this independent foundation is support for single mothers (and now single fathers as well) and their children. You must be needy ; however, the income limits are more generous in size than in other cases. Support will be provided in the form that makes your life easier, for example furniture, household items, clothing or necessary medical treatment. Informal requests should be directed to the Jugend- und Sozialamt [Youth and Social Welfare Office], Stiftungsverwaltung [Foundation Assistance], Eschersheimer Landstraße , Frankfurt, Tel All addresses beginning on page

14 your unemployment benefit is reduced to reflect your intended work extent. Accurate information on the calculation of unemployment benefit I for individual cases is available through the Employment Agency counselling service - not just for when you are unemployed, but also for impending unemployment and other changes to your employment situation, such as for questions about severance agreements, off-periods or employment during parental leave. Agentur für Arbeit [Employment Agency], hotline , charges apply Filing for unemployment and application for ALG I at Agentur für Arbeit Frankfurt [Frankfurt Employment Agency], in the East, South and North client centres or in the Geschäftsstelle Höchst [Höchst Business Centre]. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT II Unemployment benefit II (ALG II) is a public service based on the Social Security Code II (SGB II). In order to qualify, you must be 15 to 64 years old, able to work and in need of assistance; i.e. if you are healthy enough to complete at least three hours of daily work and cannot support your existence on your own. The spouse, partner and children up to 25 years of age who are eligible to claim benefits can also qualify. The claim covers the cost of living, health insurance, adequate housing and heating as well as additional requirement supplements and one-time services. In addition, those who earn very little or receive very little ALG I can receive an increased ALG II. In determining the benefit, the incomes and assets of all members of the group receiving the benefit are taken into account. Child benefit and maintenance are charged in full; there are exemptions for earned income. Under certain conditions when transitioning from ALG I to ALG II, there is a surcharge paid to ensure a smooth transition for two years. Please note: this temporary surcharge is likely to be phased out in The standard benefits are currently (as of 08/2010) 359 for individuals/single parents, 323 for adult partners, 215 for children aged 0 to 5 years, 251 for children aged 6 to 13, 287 for young people aged from 14 years to adulthood, 287 for young adults aged 18 to 25 years who live at home with their parents - or have moved out without agreement from the funding agency. 14 PUBLIC SERVICES...

15 Single parents have additional needs, meaning a more regular additional contribution. Depending on the number and ages of children, that equates to between 61 and 129 per month. Upon request, costs for overnight field trips for children are covered. Every child (up to 25 years of age) who is attending a general education or vocational school and does not have an education allowance will receive a school starter package of 100 per school year, which will be paid each August regularly. The perception of right of access after separation or divorce should also be ensured at an appropriate level (individual assessment of travel and accommodation costs). There is a one-time subsidy available for home furnishings upon request. This is provided for cases such as when there is no (sufficient) furniture available after separating and moving out of the shared flat All addresses beginning on page

16 or if a young pregnant woman or single parent moves out from the family of origin to establish her own first household. Pregnant women are also entitled to additional services, see chapter Pregnancy and Maternity Benefits. Even someone who does not receive benefits under the Social Security Code II currently can, under certain conditions, receive one-time services and additional requirement supplements. For example, this may apply to students. The employees at the Rhein-Main Jobcenter GmbH can advise you further. By the end of 2010, following a decision by the Federal Constitutional Court, the standard benefits for children and young people in particular will be reviewed and possibly revised or supplemented with additional services. Counselling on unemployment benefit II and applications at Rhein-Main Jobcenter, Höchst, North, East, South and West job centres SOCIAL WELFARE Assistance for livelihood, basic insurance in old age and for disability (social welfare) are state benefits based on the Social Security Code XII. Needy people who are (permanently) incapable of working at full-earning capacity, i.e. cannot earn a living, are entitled to standard benefits to meet everyday needs plus reasonable accommodation and heating costs. The services are comparable to those under unemployment benefit II. Single parents are also entitled to additional requirement benefits, reimbursement for overnight school trips for their children and the school starter package as well as subsidies for home furnishings. Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], Soziale Hilfen Wirtschaftsdienst [social welfare economic services] CHILD BENEFIT Child benefit exists for all children whose children have their primary residence in Germany. It provides 184 each for the first and second child, 190 for the third child and 215 for each additional child. All children up to 18 years of age will be counted for children in apprenticeships and studies up to 25 years of age and for unemployed children up to 21 years of age if they are looking for apprenticeships. Civil or military service may also result in extending benefits. For children who cannot support themselves because of a disability, it will be paid indefinitely. 16 PUBLIC SERVICES

17 The child benefit is paid to the parent with whom the child resides. The parent obligated to make cash maintenance payments may reduce their maintenance payments to half of the child benefit. Public service employees will receive the child benefit with their salary, all other parents must apply for it. Familienkasse der Agentur für Arbeit [Employment Agency Family Fund] SUPPLEMENTARY CHILD ALLOWANCE Parents with low incomes can receive a supplementary child allowance in addition to their child benefit (for unmarried children until their 25th birthday) of up to 140 per child. The prerequisite is that they are able to cover their own expenses with their income, but cannot cover those of the child or children. The supplementary child allowance is intended to prevent filing for ALG II. Maintenance and maintenance payments, however, will be charged in full. Those receiving the supplementary child allowance can also apply for housing benefit. The calculation requires extensive counselling in many cases. Familienkasse der Agentur für Arbeit [Employment Agency Family Fund] MAINTENANCE ADVANCE AND DEFICIENCY If the child support is not paid regularly or is insufficient, single parents may apply for a maintenance advance or deficiency under the maintenance advance law. This will be paid for up to 72 months or until the child is 12 years of age. Children under 6 years of age receive 133, older child receive 180. This applies to children of all nationalities who reside in Germany. Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], Wirtschaftsdienst für Kinder- und Jugendhilfe [child and youth economic services] TAX RELIEF Check your tax class - tax class 1 or 2 is correct depending on the specific situation. Those who were in tax class 5 while married should change this immediately upon separation; all wage replacement benefits are based on net income and are significantly lower in tax class 5. Single parents in tax class 2 are entitled to a relief amount equal to 1308 a year. The Tax Office also recognises incomerelated child care expenses for children up to 14 years old, up to a maximum of 4,000 per year, per child. (Collect evidence!) More information available from Tax Office All addresses beginning on page

18 HOUSING BENEFIT Housing benefit is available as a subsidy for rent or as charge grants for owner-occupied homes where the income does not exceed a certain amount and is not sufficient to cover the rent (or the accepted maximum rent). Someone who receives ALG II or social welfare is not entitled to claim housing benefit. Amt für Wohnungswesen [Department of Housing] FRANKFURT-PASS The Frankfurt-Pass is a service of the City of Frankfurt for low income households with primary residence in Frankfurt. The holder is entitled to many benefits: the Youth and Social Welfare Office's holiday card and the city library can be used free of charge; the entrance to swimming pools, zoo and palm garden costs 1 for adults and 0.50 for children. The entry fee is halved for many other city events and offerings. Courses at adult education centres and RMV monthly tickets are also reduced. The income limits are 1125 net for two-person households, 256 for each additional person. Those who receive ALG II, social welfare or ALG I and fall under the income limit are also eligible. The Frankfurt-Pass must be requested at the social welfare office in your catchment area. Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], information centres TIP One-time help from the Orphanage Foundation A new bed or a new desk because the old furniture has become too small, after-school care or orthodontic treatment - the Orphanage Foundation can provide grants for all kinds of things for children of single parents. The foundation grants are usually not sufficient for all needs. But in any case you can give it a try, give us a call! Stiftung Waisenhaus [Orphanage Foundation], information office for ambulatory funding, Tel PUBLIC SERVICES...

19 EMPLOYMENT AND CAREER ADVICE AND GUIDANCE The need for counselling and vocational (re-) orientation can arise from a variety of reasons, separation and divorce are just some of them. Perhaps you are also unemployed and looking for work. Or you had children very early and therefore have not obtained job qualifications. You may be dissatisfied with your work and are looking for a change. You may have immigrated to Germany and are looking for work for the first time. Depending on the situation, you have several options. If in the last few years you have been unemployed or underemployed and are now looking for a position, or even if you do have a job and are looking for a change, you can make an appointment for a personal interview at the employment office. Agentur für Arbeit [Employment Agency], Tel (charges apply) If you are unemployed and receive ALG I and no benefits, you will be advised at your local employment office, by appointment. If you receive ALG II, the staff at your local job centre will advise you through your personal contact persons. Rhein-Main Jobcenter GmbH, hotline (local call charges apply) You can also visit a counselling centre, which specialises in issues of professional development and (further) education. There you can give a detailed account of your current situation, your desires for the future and your goals. The City of Frankfurt Department of Women's Affairs promotes various education providers to assist you in identifying your skills and developing new perspectives: beramí - is especially familiar with migrant women's situations Frauen-Softwarehaus - counsels with a focus on IT skills jumpp Frauenbetriebe - supports the leap into independence Verein zur beruflichen Förderung von Frauen [Association for the Professional Advancement of Women] - supports New Ways, New Plans Expert advice has been offered for many years in the areas of school, work and study under the training advice of the Walter-Kolb Stiftung [Walter Kolb Foundation] All addresses beginning on page

20 The Hessencampus Frankfurt Initiative is relatively new; starting at the Bildungszemtrum Ostend/Volkshochschule Frankfurt [ Ostend Education Centre/Frankfurt Adult Education Centre ], the programme advises participants on training and lifelong learning. Bildungsberatung Hessencampus Frankfurt [Hessencampus Frankfurt Educational Counselling] As a migrant, you can also obtain information about schools, education, careers and employment at Migrant counselling centres Jugendmigrationsdienste [Youth Migration Services] (up to 27 years of age) In addition, many (further) education providers and institutional counsellors have their own offerings; they already have many clarifications spelled out. RETURNING TO WORK Those who were not working for family reasons who wish to be employed once again must answer several questions. The person responsible for labour market equality at the Employment Agency gives you the opportunity of a regularly scheduled meeting regarding your return to work. She has also organised a free lecture series on topics of interest entitled Biz and Donna. All dates are on the Veranstaltungen page at The brochure Durchstarten Familie und Beruf [Get up - Family and Work] and the information sheet 18 Frauen 20 EMPLOYMENT AND CAREER...

21 und Beruf [Women and Work] provide condensed information on all important issues. You can find many other materials in each client centre of the Employment Agency, in the BIZ career information centre and at > Bürgerinnen und Bürger > Chancengleichheit > Wiedereinstieg in den Beruf. A wealth of other information on the topic can be found on the pilot portal For women receiving ALG II, there is an information event entitled Erfolgreich ins Erwerbsleben [ Success in Employment ] held several times a year at the Rhein-Main Jobcenter GmbH, where basic questions of career transition and returning to work are discussed. Invitations to this event are in writing. Important: Both the Employment Agency and the job centres offer special arrangements for return to work as well as working life. Information on these events can be obtained from employment consultants at the Employment Agency or through personal contacts at the job centre - and additionally at the educational providers mentioned above - beramí, Frauen-Softwarehaus, jumpp and the Association for the Professional Advancement of Women. These organisations have been working in cooperation with the State of Hesse and the European Social Fund in the Netzwerk Wiedereinstieg [ Re-entry Network ] since 2009 and can provide countless additional services for returning to work - initially limited until the end of It is basically irrelevant whether you are a housewife and mother or if you are unemployed and looking for work. Specific information about these offerings is provided by each of the associations mentioned or at EDUCATION/TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS Both the employment agency and the job centres offer different types of arrangements that are carried out by support organisations responsible for education, training and employment. Since 1998, the Association for the Professional Advancement of Women has had experience with part-time training for (single) young mothers. There are currently two types of training with different approaches and different professions, each with a 30-hour per week training period, IHK [Chamber of Commerce] qualification and educational support to cope with the demands of child rearing and education. Both forms are aimed at young women under 27 who have not completed vocational training; one is especially for young single mothers, the other for young mothers with or without a partner. The exact requirements can be found at Verein zur beruflichen Förderung von Frauen [Association for the Professional Advancement of Women] All addresses beginning on page

22 There are no special offerings through the employment agency for single parents. Training and qualification arrangements for part-time and full-time work with reduced hourly requirements make it possible to balance work and family. To participate, you must already have day care arrangements worked out. Rhein-Main Jobcenter GmbH offers a series of solutions specifically for single parents, some of them are for young mothers under 25, but there also options for women who are interested beyond that age. In the following examples, child care is either offered directly or you will be assisted in arranging child care. Zukunft mit Kind und Beruf [ Future with children and work ] is a four-month orientation project including internship at berami for young mothers up to 25 years of age who have not graduated from school or a training programme. Frauen am Start [ Women at the start ] is for single mothers with children over 3 years of age which includes six months of child care from Berlitz Berufsservice Stark mit Kind [ Strong with Children ] is for pregnant women and young mothers with children under 3 years of age and provides personalised transition over the course of a year. Diakonisches Werk Frankfurt Under Social Security Code II, specific family circumstances such as care of children or dependants must also be taken into consideration. Therefore, many activities take place part-time, and child care is arranged for. The arrangements will be made, enhanced or terminated depending on demand. Access is always arranged through the personal contact persons at the job centres. Just ask! PROMOTING FURTHER EDUCATION You can find an overview of the offerings for professional development and providers on the following websites: > Berufs- und Bildungsinformationen > Kursnet Some courses and arrangements for unemployed persons can be arranged through the Employment Agency as well as the job centres. Some are for people who self-pay, but a large number have been subsidised for employees for some time now. 22 EMPLOYMENT AND CAREER

23 The state of Hesse awards training vouchers valued up to 500 for employees in small and medium-sized companies who do not have a recognised degree for their current professional activities or are over the age of 45. There is advice available on this topic at 13 different institutions in Frankfurt. You can find them at The Federal Ministry of Education and Research promotes continuing education with an education bonus of up to max even for employees on parental leave or people with low incomes who also receive ALG II! More information in Frankfurt at Walter-Kolb-Stiftung [Walter Kolb Foundation] and Bildungsberatung Hessencampus Frankfurt [Hessencampus Frankfurt Educational Counselling] Information also available at Last, but not least: the Upgrading Further Education Assistance Act, also called Meister-BAföG, provides professional development regardless of income which is funded through grants and cheap loans. Single parents receive a subsidy for child care expenses of 113 a month without proof of cost for each child under 10 years of age; for children with disabilities there is no age limit. Free information from the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung [Federal Ministry of Education and Research] at Tel or at ACADEMIC, VOCATIONAL AND HIGHER EDUCATION Information about late acquisition of school qualifications (primary or secondary school certificates, school-leaving qualification) or second chance education is available for example at the following: Walter-Kolb-Stiftung [Walter Kolb Foundation] Bildungsberatung Hessencampus Frankfurt [Hessencampus Frankfurt Educational Counselling] Verein zur beruflichen Förderung von Frauen [Association for the Professional Advancement of Women] beramí Migration counselling centres Jugendmigrationsdienste [Youth Migration Services] (for young adults up to 27 years of age) If you have obtained educational or professional qualifications abroad, you can have these recognised. Unfortunately, the recognition of foreign degrees is a difficult topic as the paths differ, for example depending on occupation and country of origin. Assistance is provided at the counselling centres listed above. For good general information, visit The Anerkennung von Schul-, Berufs- und Hochschulabschlüssen in Hessen [ Recognition of Academic, Vocational and Higher Education Qualifications in Hesse ] handbook provides a detailed overview for Hesse, which you can order free of charge from beramí All addresses beginning on page

24 GERMAN AS A SECOND LANGUAGE For economic independence, you usually need sufficient knowledge of German. There are various ways to learn or improve your skills. The integration courses (Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge [Federal Office for Migration and Refugees]) have served recent immigrants and taught basic language skills since Those who have already lived here for some time are also allowed to participate, and even those who have with German nationality. The courses last from 600 to max hours and end with a final test. One hour costs 1. The job centre may require you to take the course to improve your likelihood of employment; in this case, participation is free. Other ALG II recipients can apply for exemption from charges. Certain providers offer courses only for women, courses with child care or literacy courses. Detailed information can be found at or at Migration counselling centres Jugendmigrationsdienste [Youth Migration Services] The project Mama lernt Deutsch Papa auch [ Mummy is learning German - Daddy too ] helps parents, especially mothers, who want to improve their German so that for example they can understand their children's schooling situation or the educational system as a whole. All courses take place in small groups with child care near the home, usually in the morning, in schools and day care centres with many women's only courses. 300 hours will be provided; for literacy, 450 hours. These are well suited as preparation for the integration courses. Information available at: VHS Volkshochschule Frankfurt [VHS Frankfurt Adult Education Centre] Lehrerkooperative [Teaching Cooperative] Those who wish to improve their German for the job market can take part in the Berufsbezogene Deutschförderung [Job- Related German Education Programme] (Federal Department for Migration and Refugees). An integration course is generally a prerequisite. The courses last for six months; part-time courses can take up to one year, and consist of German lessons and specialised teaching, work experience and company visits. They are free of charge. If you receive ALG I or are registered as unemployed, information is available at Employment Agency If you receive ALG II, information is available at your job centre Rhein-Main Jobcenter GmbH If you need to improve your German to keep your position, your employer can contact Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge [Federal Department for Migration and Refugees] You can of course also improve your German skills at one of many language schools. Special deals and discounts (such as for the unemployed or with the Frankfurt-Pass) at: VHS Volkshochschule Frankfurt [Frankfurt Adult Education Centre] 24 EMPLOYMENT AND CAREER

25 CHILD CARE CHILD CARE FACILITIES AND DAY CARE Frankfurt has a rich and varied offering of care services for children of all ages which is constantly expanding. Child care facilities (crèches, toddler playrooms, kindergartens, alternative nurseries and schools, after-school care, etc.) care for children from 0 to 12 years. In schools, there are also an increasing number of spaces in day care and afternoon care for school children, especially for small children. Communal, religious and charitable organisations with varying profiles offer parents a wide range of care, education and parenting options for their children, to help them to combine family and work. For information about child care from A-Z, visit the city website and All addresses beginning on page

26 The Kita-Wegweiser Frankfurt am Main [ Frankfurt am Main Day Care Centre Guide ] brochure provides concise information about the entire field of child care in Frankfurt. It was offered for the first time in spring 2010 and was distributed by the Frankfurt City Department of Education and Journal Frankfurt. For a stamped addressed envelope (DIN A4, 1.45 postage, keyword Kita-Wegweiser ), it is available at Stadtschulamt Frankfurt [Frankfurt City Department of Education], Bürgerservice [Resident Services] Information specific to the city day care centres available at Städtische Kitas [city day care centres] or at Information about day care centres offered by religious or volunteer organisations available at Arbeiterwohlfahrt Kreisverband Frankfurt [Frankfurt Workers' Welfare Association], Abt. Kinderbetreuung [Child Care Department] BVZ Beratungs- und Verwaltungszentrum [BVZ Counselling and Administrative Centre] Caritasverband Frankfurt [Caritas Association Frankfurt], Referat Kindertagesstätten [Department of Day Care Centres] Diakonisches Werk Frankfurt, Arbeitsbereich Kindertagesstätten [area of operations - day care centres] Jüdische Gemeinde Frankfurt am Main [Frankfurt am Main Jewish Community] Lehrerkooperative [Teaching Cooperative] Sozialpädagogischer Verein zur familienergänzenden Erziehung [Social Education Association for Extended Family Parenting] A list of all free community playgroups and alternative nurseries and schools is available at LAG Freie Kinderarbeit Hessen [Hesse Regional Association Free Child Labour] REGISTRATION AND ADMISSION TO THE DAY CARE CENTRE In Frankfurt there are neighbourhood institutions with and institutions with a particular pedagogical approach which take in children from all over the city. A variety of ideas and TIP Clothing for the job from the ModeKreativWerkstatt [Creative Fashion Workshop] Clothes make the people - and the wrong outfit for an interview can quickly ruin your chances. When you not only lack a job, but the appropriate clothing for it, this project for unemployed women is perhaps the right one for you: high-quality second hand clothing is available for free and tailored to fit you. For all women who receive ALG I, ALG II or social welfare or have a Frankfurt-Pass. ModeKreativWerkstatt Rohrbachstraße 54, HH, Frankfurt Telephone ; open Tues, Thurs, Fri 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 26 CHILD CARE...

27 support organisations offer you a choice to work with your schedule. You can and should register your child at multiple child care facilities. There is a common procedure for admission to day care for all support organisations and their facilities throughout the city with few exceptions. The facilities/day care centres decide themselves according to the admissions criteria on the (primary) admission of the registered children. As the demand for care is very high in Frankfurt, it may be difficult in spite of all efforts to find a suitable place for child care in some cases. Children have a legal right to a day care space by the end of their 3rd year. Single parents will be given priority if they are willing and able to work, if they are completing an internship or are in school or if they are receiving services for integration in the workplace under SGB II. Other reasons for exception include the child or family's situation. Appropriate evidence helps the management of the institutions in their decision. Their are detailed information sheets on the registration and admissions process - also available in English, French, Croatian, Serbian, Arabic, Italian, Polish and Turkish! You can find them for children in age groups up to 3, from 3 to 6, and for primary school children in all day care centres or at For those looking for day care facilities, please use the day care centre guide on the internet - with information about institutions by city area, educational concept, institution size, opening hours, contacts and office hours. The search function also enables you to search for available spaces. You can also directly contact the day care centre information desk, either by telephone or in person. There you can find basic information on all day care centres (including care options at schools), address lists and lists of available spaces. Stadtschulamt [City Department of Education], Infobörse Kindertageseinrichtungen [Day Care Facilities Information Desk] All addresses beginning on page

28 PARENT FEES AT DAY CARE CENTRES For children under 3 years of age, the current parental fee for all-day/two-thirds/half-day spaces is 198/ 158/ 138 per month in addition to money for food and drink. For nursery children and children after school, the fee, also according to the duration of care, is 148 for a full-day space. The last year of nursery before attending school in Frankfurt is always free! The amount listed is the highest amount! For kindergarten and school children, the amount depends on the fee level (1-4), which the City Department of Education determines regardless of income. There is a discount for siblings. Important: If you think that you cannot pay the fixed fees, you can file an application for (pro rata) reimbursement at your local social welfare office under 90 SGB VIII. Information and applications at Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Wirtschaftsdienst [child and youth economic services] DAY CARE OPTIONS AND FEES Day care is a familiar and flexible form of care especially for children in the early years; it takes place in the parents' home or in the childminder's home. It can also be a possibility for older children if the opening times of the day care centres do not match up with your working hours, for example. The City Department of Education's day care information desk can answer all questions or provide addresses of qualified childminders with available spaces either by telephone or in person. They decide for themselves who they take in and do not need to prioritise single parents. Stadtschulamt, Infobörse Kindertagespflege [City Department of Education's day care information desk] You can also register at and obtain information about childminders with free spaces. However, you will only find a selection of the options available there. The parental fee for day care is independent from the scope of services like in the day care centres. All-day spaces (35 to 45 hours per week) currently cost 225 per month including food and drink. The assignment takes place in the City Department of Education. Parents with low incomes can also file an application for day care at the appropriate social welfare office in accordance with 90 SGB VIII, which will reimburse part of or the entire parental fee. Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Wirtschaftsdienst [child and youth economic services] 28 CHILD CARE...

29 The Babysitter- und Tagespflegevermittlung [Babysitter and Day Care Placement Agency] works in close cooperation with the City Department of Education and under similar terms. They refer not only qualified nannies, but also checked babysitters. Babysitter- und Tagespflegevermittlung (BTV) [Babysitter and Day Care Placement Agency (BTV)] ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR CHILD CARE Some family development centres and volunteer organisations offer mini-clubs for small children in the mornings or afternoons, from one to four days per week. Flexible options for child care help when you are in a jam and tough situations spring up, such as illness, sudden business travel or attendance of a continuing education course. Or if you need to tend to timeconsuming matters or simply need a breather. For information on existing options and addresses Frankfurter Kinderbüro [Frankfurt Children's Office] In the event of a caregiving emergency, if planned child care (day care, nanny, grandma and grandpa, au pair, etc.) falls through or you have urgent short-term obligations, there is professional child care available without preregistration for extenuating circumstances, including Saturdays and evenings, at Elbi-Strolche. Participants in courses at the Zentrum für Weiterbildung [Centre for Continuing Education] and in arrangements with Rhein- Main Jobcenter GmbH can use the option for free! Overnight childcare is also available in Frankfurt; during the week for clients of the Familienservice [ Family Services ] only, also available on weekends for private individuals. There are test days available to get to know this service. Kinderhotel Frankfurt [Frankfurt Children's Hotel] TIP Have you ever visited Neufundland [Newfoundland]? Furniture, lamps, home accessories, electronics, household goods, crockery, books - the Frankfurt workshop's second-hand warehouse offers a wide assortment for bargain hunters. Lärchenstraße 135, Frankfurt Telephone [email protected] open Mon.-Fri. 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. All addresses beginning on page

30 HOUSING With a low income, you may be entitled to publicly subsidised housing (social housing). By applying, you will be recorded and connected. If your household meets certain income limits and your current housing conditions are inadequate, the city of Frankfurt has an obligation to provide housing. When awarding housing, pregnant women will be given preference. Amt für Wohnungswesen [Department of Housing] There is also free tenant's rights counselling available for those with net income up to 1650 plus 500 for each additional household member. The housing supervisor can help if your landlord is not willing to repair housing issues such as damp walls, leaking roof, etc. You can also contact the Department of Housing if you suspect you are paying excessive rent. The Lila Luftschloss Frankfurt Women's Housing Cooperative operates two community housing projects for women in Bornheim and Gutleutviertel. When allocating flats, single mothers are given preference. Frauen-Wohnungsbau-Genossenschaft [Women's Housing Cooperative] Information on other housing projects in Frankfurt available at For young mothers-to-be, underage and young adult mothers with young children, there are various residential options combined with social education. Information available at Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Sozialdienst [child and youth social services] Mutter-Kind-Haus der Stiftung Waisenhaus Frankfurt am Main [Mother-Child Home of the Frankfurt am Main Orphanage Foundation] Familienzentrum Monikahaus Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen [Monikahaus Family Centre - Catholic Women's Social Services] TIP Are you aware of the Sozialmarkt Frankfurt [Frankfurt social market]? If you are looking for cheap clothing for yourself or your children, you are in the right place at the GFFB ggmbh social market. Household goods, books and a wide selection of toys are available, but no furniture. Prerequisite: Frankfurt-Pass, certificate of eligibility or ALG II assessment. Sozialmarkt Frankfurt Mainzer Landstraße 349, Frankfurt Telephone open Mon Thurs 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Fri 9:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. 30 HOUSING

31 Another project is aimed at pregnant women and mothers of young children under 2 years of age who are in an emergency situation with a rocky housing situation or facing the threat of eviction. Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], Soziale Hilfen Sozialdienst [social welfare social services] Counselling and meetings for women, Caritasverband Frankfurt [Caritas Association Frankfurt] If you experience physical abuse and humiliation in your relationship, such as during the separation phase, or from another family member, you have two options. You can leave your home and seek temporary accommodation, protection and support from a women's shelter. There you can talk to the employees about anything that is important for clarification of your individual situation. Frauenhaus die kanne [ die kanne Women's Shelter] Home for women and children Frauen helfen Frauen, Autonomous Frauenhaus [women helping women, autonomous women's shelter] In the event of actual or threatened physical violence you can also use your right to claim permanent residence of the home (based on the Violence Protection Act). In an acute violent situation, the police (contactable at the emergency number 110) can immediately take the violent person out of the flat for a few days. Regardless of an acute violence situation, for the permanent allocation of housing you should contact a solicitor or the Amtsgericht [district court] (see also page 46) TIP In the Familien-Markt [family market] in Frankfurt-Bornheim, those who have a Frankfurt-Pass, certificate of eligibility, ALG II assessment or valid student ID can shop for less. There is a good selection of clothing, furniture, household goods and small items. Supporters include the Caritas Association and the Diakonisches Werk. Familien-Markt, Freiligrathstraße 37 39, Frankfurt, Telephone [email protected] open: Mon - Wed 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Tues 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., Fri 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. All addresses beginning on page

32 HEALTH ILLNESS PREVENTION EARLY DEVELOPMENT You want the best for your young child - but sometimes is all the responsibility that you bear alone too much to handle? The Frühe Hilfen [ Early Help ] project offers professional advice and practical help through family midwives and children's nurses during pregnancy and in the child's early years. Amt für Gesundheit [Department of Health], Frühe Hilfen [Early Help] The Team Kinder- und Jugendschutz [Children and Youth Protection Team] of the Jugend- und Sozialamt [Youth and Social Welfare Office] works in close cooperation. Using the freephone hotline, parents, grandparents, children and professionals can find out about (aid) offers for families, receive counselling on all matters relating to child protection and get help in acute emergency situations. Mon - Fri 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m., weekends 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Child protection telephone no The STEEP programme helps to establish a strong parent-child bond from pregnancy to age two. It helps children to discover the world with self-assurance and curiosity and is offered by Frankfurter Kinderbüro [Frankfurt Children's Office] Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen [Catholic Women's Social Services] The first years of life are crucial in your child's development. If you are concerned about his/her development or health, you can find after a paediatrician's examination specialised help for early support in several Frühförderstellen [Early Support Institutes] SICK CHILD/SICK PARENT You can take advantage of professional in-home care in cases of severe or chronic illness or if your child has a disability. The prerequisite for this is a prescription for at-home care from a paediatrician. Mobile Kinderkrankenpflege [Mobile Sick Child Care] If your child is sick and younger than 12 years of age and you have health insurance, as a single parent you can claim 20 working days off a year (for multiple children up to 50 days); receive either payment from the employer or sickness benefits from health insurance. The prerequisite for this is a paediatrician's attestation regarding the urgency of care. Employer 32 HEALTH, ILLNESS, PREVENTION...

33 If you yourself are sick, you are entitled to domestic help through the health insurance fund - but only during a hospital stay or treatment and when a child under 12 lives in the home. However, many health insurance plans are more accommodating and offer these services even if you are ill at home and with children up to 14 years old. Ask about it! Krankenkasse [health insurance fund] Assistance is available in emergency situations such as illness, injury, treatment, disability, etc. means that child care and/or short-term or longer-term household management must be arranged, times are flexible - hourly or around the clock. Reimbursement for each individual case by health insurance, pension insurance, social welfare office, children and youth social services. For information and advice Notmütterdienst, Familien- und Seniorenhilfe [Emergency Service for Mothers, Help for Families and the Elderly] Treatment and Health Counselling Mother/father-child treatments are a required precautionary service of health insurance, such as for psychosocial stress and exhaustion related to parenting. Mothers or fathers and children need a prescription or an attestation of the attending physician, there is child care available during treatment from educational All addresses beginning on page

34 specialists for children up to 12 years of age. As part of the follow-up treatment, mothers/fathers are supported through discussions, groups and courses, and can apply what they have learnt to their daily lives. Free counselling and assistance in applying: Krankenkasse [health insurance fund] Arbeiterwohlfahrt, Kreisverband Frankfurt [Frankfurt Workers' Welfare Association] Diakonisches Werk Frankfurt Caritasverband Frankfurt [Caritas Association Frankfurt] Deutsches Rotes Kreuz [German Red Cross], Bezirksverband Frankfurt [Frankfurt District Association] Deutscher Arbeitskreis für Familienhilfe [German Family Aid Association] Rehabilitation treatments for illness or accident: single mothers or fathers can take their children up to 12 years of age there are also exceptions into rehabilitation treatment. You can also go alone, as for the duration of treatment (usually three weeks) you are entitled to a family caregiver to take good care of the child/children. For information about the appropriate clinics and assistance with applications depending on the situation: Pension insurance institutes, employers' liability insurance association or health insurance fund Advice on health matters and your physical and mental well-being can be found at FrauenGesundheitsZentrum für Frauen und Familien [Women's Health Centre for Women and Families] Feministisches Frauengesundheitszentrum [Feminist Women's Health Centre] Pro Familia Pro Familia also provides free contraceptives, if necessary. Those who live in Frankfurt without health insurance are entitled to two medical consultations for them and their child. The visits are free of charge, anonymous and available in various languages. International Humanitarian Consultations, Amt für Gesundheit [Department of Health] Malteser Migranten Medizin Frankfurt [Maltese Migrants Medicine, Frankfurt] 34 HEALTH, ILLNESS, PREVENTION...

35 PREGNANCY AND MATERNITY LEAVE PREGNANCY AND ABORTION COUNSELLING In pregnancy counselling centres, women find someone willing to listen to all the feelings, questions and fears that they feel in relation to pregnancy. Even and especially if they want or need to live with the child alone. Acute emergency situations may be discussed as well as longer-term perspectives. State-approved abortion counselling centres also advise on issues of abortion and issue the required documentation for this. As a termination must be performed by the end of the 12th week after conception, an early consultation is particularly important. The advice is free and confidential in all cases. Advice for pregnant women is provided all of the following institutions, crisis pregnancy counselling (with certification) only by the first three: Pro Familia Beratungsstelle für Frauen [Women's Counselling Centre] at the Diakonisches Werk Frankfurt FrauenGesundheitsZentrum für Frauen und Familien [Women's Health Centre for Women and Families] Counselling and Meetings for Women, Caritasverband Frankfurt [Caritas Association Frankfurt] Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen [Catholic Women's Social Services] Verband alleinerziehender Mütter und Väter (VAMV) [Association of Single Mothers and Fathers (VAMV)] MATERIAL ASSISTANCE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN Pro Familia, and religious counselling centres give out information about the Bundesstiftung Mutter und Kind zum Schutz des ungeborenen Lebens [ Mother and Child for the Protection of Unborn Life Federal Foundation] in individual emergency situations. The foundation provides funds for necessary purchases related to pregnancy and birth and help with the application process (available up to the 28th week of pregnancy). The prerequisites for pregnant women All addresses beginning on page

36 without a German passport are a settlement permit, a residency permit which must be valid at the time of the birth or the so-called fiction certificate for foreign students. Caritas, Catholic Women's Social Services and Diakonie also have religious funds. The Diakonisches Werk's Counselling Centre for Women awards funds from its Stiftung für das Leben [Foundation for Life] of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau to women who are not covered by the Federal Foundation. The funding is flexible depending on the individual and extent of hardship, and is not linked to the legal requirements of the Federal Foundation for foreigners; it can be awarded to asylum seekers, for example. An application may be made only after birth. The counselling centre for women of Caritas and the Catholic Women's Social Service award funds from the Hilfsfonds der Diözese Limburg [Diocese of Limburg's Episcopal Relief Fund] to women in situations of exceptional hardship and also for foreign nationals with difficult legal situations. The application can be made independently of a request to the Federal Foundation. Women receiving unemployment benefit II or social welfare are entitled to an additional requirement benefit for pregnant women at 17 percent of the standard rate after the 13th week of pregnancy. They also are entitled to a one-time grant for necessary basic equipment (baby clothes, bed, wardrobe, second-hand pram, changing table). The subsidy is up to 550 in Frankfurt, it is reduced to 275 if you already have a child under 2 years of age. A grant from the Bundesstiftung Mutter und Kind [ Federal Foundation for Mother and Child ] may not be counted against this. Application is possible from three months before birth. For women receiving ALG II Rhein-Main Jobcenter For women receiving social welfare Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], Soziale Hilfen Wirtschaftsdienst [social welfare economic office] MATERNITY LEAVE AND MATERNITY BENEFITS The Maternity Protection Act regulates the rights and obligations of workers and their employers during pregnancy. Key areas include protection against dismissal, employment protection provisions, the payment of maternity pay during the maternity leave period and preventative services. The law applies to all types of jobs - whether primary or supplementary work, full-time, part-time, marginal, probationary, as a temporary worker or working from home. There is similar protection available for civil servants.. 36 PREGNANCY, MATERNITY LEAVE...

37 The protection against dismissal runs for the entire period of pregnancy until the expiration of four months after birth - when the pregnancy is made known to the employer or within two weeks after notification of termination is given. The appropriate supervisory authority when conflicts arise is Regierungspräsidium Darmstadt [Darmstadt Administrative Authority], Aufsichtsbezirk Frankfurt [Frankfurt supervisory district] The maternity leave period is generally 14 weeks, 6 before and 8 after the calculated due date. If you are insured by the statutory health insurance fund, you get maternity pay up to 13 per day in this period and an employer contribution up to an amount equal to your net earnings. For details, contact your Krankenkasse [health insurance fund] If you are marginally employed and insured for your family, if you are privately insured or not insured, you can get a one-time maternity allowance of up to 210. For details, contact the Bundesversicherungsamt [Federal Insurance Department], PREVENTIVE SERVICES, PRENATAL CARE All pregnant women who are covered by statutory health insurance or who are co-insured are entitled to screenings, medical care and assistance from a midwife, supply of medicines, bandages and medicines, in-patient maternity care, at-home care and household assistance. The prenatal courses at the Women's Health Centre, a few family development centres, birthing centres and maternity hospitals are important. There are shared courses for women and couples in all of these places. There are courses just for women at FrauenGesundheitsZentrum für Frauen und Familien [Women's Health Centre for Women and Families] (also in French, English, Turkish, Spanish) Maternity hospitals (all but Krankenhaus Sachsenhausen [Sachsenhausen Hospital] and Uniklinik [University Hospital]) Some midwives organise courses for childbirth in their own private practice. All addresses beginning on page

38 NON-GERMAN RESIDENTS RESIDENCY AND FAMILY LAW If you do not have German nationality, it is important that you know your legal residency situation and how it relates to your family situation. Citizens of the EU and their family members are entitled to freedom of movement and do not need a residency permit, they are only obligated to notify the police. A separation/divorce has no negative consequences for residency. Family members who are not themselves EU citizens, such as the Russian wife of a Frenchman, retain the right of residency in the event of a divorce if the marriage has lasted three years and of that one year was spent in Germany, or if they have custody or access rights for children of a citizen of the Union. Foreign nationals from outside the EU, so-called third country nationals, are subject to the Residency Act and invariably need a residence permit. This is initially issued as a temporary residency permit and, depending on the purpose of the stay, will be renewable. If various conditions are met sufficient language skills and the ability to independently support yourself are important factors you can file for an indefinite extension after five years, in the form of a 38 NON-GERMAN RESIDENTS

39 settlement permit. In a marriage with a German partner, a settlement permit can be issued after three years. If you have this status, separation, divorce and the receipt of welfare to help secure your livelihood will not have adverse effects for you. If your residency permit expires, you may incur disadvantages in these cases. For further details, see the following sections. For all EU citizens, family-court judgements in matrimonial matters as well as custody and visitation rights apply in all EU countries with no further steps required. German divorce, court custody or visitation rights also do not require any further recognition in another EU country. Conversely, court orders from each EU country in Germany are directly in full force. Details are regulated by the so-called Brussels II Regulation. If you are from a third country, the situation is more complicated. Some information can be found in the following sections. Please note the different keywords always include the relevant information from the first two chapters. SEPARATION AND DIVORCE Even without a German passport, you can apply for a divorce with Germany as your place of residence. The family court reviews which law is to be applied to your divorce. In many cases German law applies, for example, usually when a spouse is German, or if both have different citizenships but live in Germany. If both have the same foreign nationality, the court normally applies the law of the common country of origin to the divorce. If a divorce was granted by the German family court, this does not automatically apply in the home country for third country nationals. You must check with the authorities there, if necessary with your consulate, to clarify what steps you need to take so that you are recognised as divorced in your home country. If in the context of family reunification you are sent back to your spouse, you have no independent residency rights for the first two years. In the event of separation/divorce in that time, you may lose your residency permit. If you experience exceptional hardship, such as a separation due to domestic violence, your residency permit may remain unchanged even after a short stay. All addresses beginning on page

40 However, if you have a German child and parental custody of this child, you retain your residency permit, even if you have to accept assistance for living costs. If you are a mother/father of a child with foreign nationality, it must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis whether you have residency rights. You should seek definitely seek advice in this case. PARENTAL CUSTODY AND VISITATION RIGHTS For children living in Germany, German law generally applies, regardless of the citizenship of the children or their parents. It must also be noted that a ruling made in Germany or an order of the Family Court has no validity in third countries. If you have received sole custody in Germany, this is valid only in Germany. There may be a different legal system or a conflicting court order in your home country. Especially in countries with Islamic law, fathers have a stronger legal position and there is no way to get a custody ruling issued in Germany recognised there. MAINTENANCE Child maintenance, spousal or care support also applies to people without a German passport in accordance with German law. However, if the parent obliged to pay maintenance lives abroad, recognition and enforcement of maintenance payments can be very difficult, even within the EU. In such a case it is necessary to seek the assistance of a solicitor. FEAR OF CHILD ABDUCTION In bi-national and migrant families, fears of children being abducted and taken to a foreign country can arise in difficult and very contentious separations. Sometimes in the course of conflicts, taking children abroad is actually threatened. If there are reasonable fears, visitation rights can be reduced and protected/supervised visitations can be established. To assess whether your fears are justified and what protective measures you can take, you should take advantage of counselling. Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Sozialdienst [child and youth social services] Verband binationaler Familien und Partnerschaften, iaf [Bi-national Families and Partnerships Association, iaf] Solicitor 40 NON-GERMAN RESIDENTS

41 PUBLIC SERVICES Those without a German passport are also entitled to social services. Parental benefit, child benefit, maintenance payments, supplementary child allowance and unemployment benefit I should in no way impact on your residency rights. In the longer term, the supply of aid for living expenses is different. For EU citizens who obtain longer-term help to secure their livelihood within the first five years of their residency in German, this can lead to loss of residency rights. In cases of temporary stays, acceptance of ALG II or social welfare over a longer period of time is also disadvantageous. You can then neither obtain a settlement permit nor naturalisation. The lack of economic independence also prevents you from inviting family to visit from abroad or to bring a new partner or children who still live in the home country, to join you in Germany. In individual cases, longer-term receipt of ALG II with an unsecured residency status may even result in the immigration authorities taking measures to end your stay. Therefore, it is important to show steps that will enable your eventual independent existence. All addresses beginning on page

42 Asylum seekers receive limited benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act. They are excluded from broader benefits such as child benefit. This is largely also valid for tolerated persons. Single parents without a residency permit, for example women who are looking to stay in Germany after a temporary legal residence as a tourist, foreign student or au pair have no entitlement to social benefits. ADVICE AND HELP All counselling services that are mentioned in this brochure can also be taken advantage of without a German passport. If in doubt about your legal residency situation, especially if you do not have settlement status or have only lived in Germany for a short time, you should seek advice with regard to residency. Please contact the migration counselling centres and the Jugendmigrationsdienste [Youth Migration Services] for young adults up to 27 years old. There you can talk confidentially and at no cost about your personal, social and legal situation. Services are provided in many various, but not all, languages. You can talk not only about residency and financial issues but also on subjects such as German-language courses, schools, education, professions and work, leisure, marriage, family and partnership and housing. Migrant counselling centres Jugendmigrationsdienste [Youth Migration Services] You can also contact FiM Frauenrecht ist Menschenrecht [FiM - Women's Rights are Human Rights] Deutsch-Iranische Beratungsstelle für Frauen und Mädchen [German-Iranian Counselling Centre for Women and Girls] Maisha - African Women in Germany Imbradiva Brasilianische Fraueninitiative gegen Diskriminierung und Gewalt [Imbradiva - Brazilian Women's Initiative Against Discrimination and Violence] Verband binationaler Familien und Partnerschaften, iaf [Bi-national Families and Partnerships Association, iaf] LEGAL ADVICE For legal advice and the use of a solicitor for family law and residency issues, those on low incomes can get legal aid and procedural cost assistance. Those with insufficient knowledge of German will be provided with an interpreter during the court hearing on-site so they can follow the proceedings and contribute appropriately. This help is free, and you can usually also get help for discussions in the youth welfare office (in your residential area's social welfare office). For other discussions, such as with your solicitor, interpreter costs are not necessarily 42 NON-GERMAN RESIDENTS

43 provided for. You should therefore consider whether you can find a solicitor with the necessary language skills. Some counselling centres regularly organise free or inexpensive counselling appointments by solicitors specialising in family law, for example Verband binationaler Familien und Partnerschaften, iaf [Bi-national Families and Partnerships Association, iaf] (foreign national law, international family law) For complicated foreign national law situations, consultation is provided free of charge Pro Asyl Hessischer Flüchtlingsrat [Hessian Refugee Council] Frankfurter Rechtshilfekomitee für Ausländer [Frankfurt Legal Aid Association for Foreign Nationals] The Legal Aid Association advises every Tuesday from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Christuskirche on Beethovenplatz in Westend. Since 1989, the Amt für multikulturelle Angelegenheiten (AMKA) [Office of Multicultural Affairs (AMKA)] has worked for constructive coexistence among different population groups in Frankfurt. You can contact AMKA if you feel discriminated against or if you are looking to resolve conflicts with neighbours or authorities by mediation. Upon request, you will also be advised on residency law issues. AMKA conducts joint projects with many organisations and develops concepts for integration and diversity. Intercultural dialogue and the development of networks are among its most important fields of action. Amt für multikulturelle Angelegenheiten (AMKA) [Office of Multicultural Affairs (AMKA)] TIP The Frankfurter Tafel e. V. [Frankfurt Table] does two things: It rescues groceries that are still good before they are thrown out - these are collected from greengrocers, butchers, bakeries, supermarkets and hotel kitchens. It then distributes them to people who often cannot get enough high-quality, fresh groceries. There are 10 dispensaries spread across the city, mostly in cooperation with a church congregation. You need a Frankfurt-Pass and you pay 1. More information available at All addresses beginning on page

44 COUNSELLING AND HELP Counselling services offered in Frankfurt are diverse, there are local counselling centres and counselling centres provided by religious or volunteer organisations for almost all questions and problems - more than can be shown here. For a comprehensive overview with directions for each service, visit the City of Frankfurt's website > Leben in Frankfurt > Soziales und Gesellschaft > Beratungsstellen. EDUCATIONAL ADVICE/ADVICE FOR PARENTS, CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE Parents, children and young people have a right to assistance, advice and guidance under the Children and Youth Services Act. In Frankfurt, 15 educational guidance centres (EBs) help in dealing with relationships within the family, school and learning difficulties, and conflicts in the family, school, among friends or in training. All can also advise you on separation and divorce and can support you in the exercise of custody and visitation rights. Some also offer groups for children from separated and divorced families. It is also possible to have native-language counselling in many languages. Some detailed multi-language descriptions of offerings of all EBs can be found at all individual addresses can be found at Erziehungsberatungsstellen [educational guidance centres] In addition to the educational guidance centres, there are a number of other institutions which you may contact with parenting questions and concerns in your family, for example, Frankfurter Kinderbüro [Frankfurt Children's Office] Deutscher Kinderschutzbund [German Child Protection Association] The counselling centres from the first chapter or the family education centres in the next chapter can also provide points of contact. They are there in any event to help you find a suitable place/address. The right to support for the education of children also includes intensive socio-educational support, such as education assistance, family support or learning assistance. If you are wondering whether you or your child is eligible for such an arrangement, you can also discuss this at your social welfare office and ask to speak with child and youth social services. 44 COUNSELLING AND HELP

45 Parents, children and young people may also be counselled by phone. For parents and other adults with problems raising children, anonymous and free, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:00-7:00 p.m.: Child Protection Association's parent's line, Tel For children and young people with problems, worries, and crises of all kinds, anonymous and free, Monday to Saturday 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.: Helpline, Tel IF YOU ARE DISABLED If you, as a mother or father have or are at risk of disability, then the care services under SGB XII and/or care insurance are available where appropriate. Support and guidance in the aid network through Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], Soziale Hilfen [social services] If your child has or is at risk of disability, your central point of contact is the child and youth medical service of the Amt für Gesundheit [Department of Health]. They work closely with the social welfare offices and other institutions, and can explain the responsibilities and various support possibilities. Amt für Gesundheit [Department of Health], Kinder- und Jugendmedizin [Child and Youth Medical Service] Financial benefits for your child can be obtained through Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], Soziale Hilfen [social services] The Frankfurter Nachteilsausgleich [ Frankfurt Compensation for Disadvantages ] is a voluntary community service to allow people with disabilities to participate in public life. For example, it can pay for inexpensive transport services by chip card. Information on this and many other topics can be found at > Frankfurt für > Menschen mit Behinderungen Submissions for the severely disabled card can be filed at the Hessisches Amt für Versorgung und Soziales [Hessian Department for Care and Social Benefits] You can also contact the City of Frankfurt Behindertenbeauftragte [disability officer]. The office gives out the informative Stadtführer für Menschen mit Behinderungen [ City Guide for People with Disabilities ] free of charge and has the website On this site you can find basic materials, news and events (also in English). Behindertenbeauftragte [disability officer] Many clubs work for people with disabilities and develop integrated services in cooperation with the Frankfurter Behinderten- Arbeitsgemeinschaft [Frankfurt Disabled Work Association]. Every year, for example, together with municipal offices, an Integrativer Sommerspaß für Kinder und All addresses beginning on page

46 Jugendliche mit und ohne Behinderung [ Interactive summer fun for children and young people with and without disabilities ] project or the Spiele- und Sportfest für Kinder, Jugendliche und Erwachsene [ Games and sports festival for children, young people and adults ] is organised. You can find information and advice amongst other things at CeBeeF, Club Behinderter und ihrer Freunde [CeBeeF, Club for the Disabled and their Friends] KOMM Ambulante Dienste [KOMM Outpatient Care Services] Lebenshilfe LAG Hessen Gemeinsam leben gemeinsam lernen [Hesse Regional Association Live Together - Learn Together] Many other initiatives and self-help groups can be found at More specifically, free and up to date: the Ratgeber für Menschen mit Behinderung [ Guide for People with Disabilities ] from the Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales [Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs]. Available to order under number A712 by telephone or [email protected] IN CASES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE No one should use force against you, hit you, injure you, confine you against your will or threaten you - neither your (former) partner/spouse nor anyone else. If you are in immediate danger, call the police. Give your name and address and emphasise that you need immediate help. Police emergency number 110 (day and night) In several counselling centres, you can thoroughly discuss your personal situation, such as medical, psychological, legal and financial issues and clarify how you want to continue. Advice is given by phone or in person, is free of charge and, upon request, anonymous; for women of all nationalities, regardless of residency status. If necessary, a professional interpreter can be brought in without you incurring any costs. Beratungs- und Interventionsstelle für Frauen [Counselling and Intervention Centre for Women] Beratungsstelle Frauennotruf [Counselling Centre for Women's Emergencies] Frauen helfen Frauen Beratungsstelle [Women helping Women Counselling Centre] FiM Frauenrecht ist Menschenrecht [FiM Women's Rights are Human Rights] (especially for migrant women in difficult situations) There is an information sheet available in many languages - Arabic, German, English, Russian, Spanish and Turkish - for instance at counselling centres and at under Konkrete Hilfen und Materialien. IF UNEMPLOYED OR IN DEBT If you are unemployed or threatened by impending unemployment, receive ALG I, ALG II or social assistance, or do not understand the application forms or the decisions of the authorities, are in debt, want to secure your 46 COUNSELLING AND HELP

47 job and want to be or remain capable of taking action in a difficult situation, you will find free and independent social and legal advice at FALZ Frankfurter Arbeitslosenzentrum [FALZ Frankfurt Unemployment Centre] The Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund [German Trade Union Association] also offers unemployment and social welfare advice for non-members: advice on impending and existing unemployment, in applying for ALG I and ALG II, in the review of decisions, on problems with authorities; information on other social benefits Unemployment and Social Counselling in Gewerkschafthaus Further information on employment/unemployment can also be found in the Employment and Career chapter. Debt and bankruptcy counselling is usually a free service for people who are in danger due to excessive debt and need to deal with this burden. They help in clarifying the financial situation, debt settlement and psychosocial counselling. The first four counselling centres are each responsible for different parts of the city, the last two advise people from all over Frankfurt. Information on regional membership can be obtained from the social welfare offices. Schuldnerberatung des Jugend- und Sozialamts [Debt Counselling of the Youth and Social Welfare Office] Caritasverband [Caritas Association] Debt Counselling Frankfurt-Ost Debt Counselling Debt Counselling in the FALZ Frankfurter Arbeitslosenzentrum [FALZ Frankfurt Unemployment Centre] not only for the unemployed! SOS Alltag, Schuldner- und Insolvenzberatung [SOS Alltag, Debt and Bankruptcy Counselling] (fee by arrangement) Verbraucherzentrale Hessen [Hesse Consumer Advice Centre] ( 5 for the first consultation session) The Jugend- und Sozialamt [Youth and Social Welfare Office] debt counselling service also offers online counselling for young people and young adults (with excessive debt) for all questions concerning money, such as mobile phone and internet debts, purchasing with credit, private debts. Information available at Some organisations offer preventive measures free of charge and by appointment, such as budget planning or learning to keep house for tight budgets, for example Katholische Familienbildung Frankfurt [Frankfurt Catholic Family Development] Internationales Familienzentrum/Interkulturelle Familienbildung [International Family Centre/ Intercultural Family Education] Zentrum Familie [Family Centre] in the Haus der Volksarbeit All addresses beginning on page

48 EDUCATION CONTACT Do you want to get to know other mothers and fathers to meet and exchange ideas that will improve your family life and strengthen your parenting skills? Are you looking for help offered for your children? A comprehensive programme for all questions that arise in family life before and after the birth of a child are offered by family education centres. All speak to families regardless of their origin or their faith. Some have special offerings for single parents and/or their children. Evangelische Familienbildung Frankfurt [Frankfurt Evangelical Family Education] Evangelische Familienbildung Frankfurt-Höchst [Frankfurt-Höchst Evangelical Family Education] FrauenGesundheitsZentrum für Frauen und Familie [Women's Health Centre for Women and Families] Freie Bildungsstätte der hof [ der hof Free Educational Institution] Internationales Familienzentrum/Interkulturelle Familienbildung [International Family Centre/ Intercultural Family Education] Katholische Familienbildung Frankfurt [Frankfurt Catholic Family Education] Kinder- und Familienzentrum Fechenheim [Fechenheim Child and Family Centre] MUKIVA Kinder- und Familienzentrum [Child and Family Centre] Selbsthilfe- und Nachbarschaftszentrum Ostend, Familienbildung [Ostend Self-Help and Neighbourhood Centre, Family Education] Zentrum Familie im Haus der Volksarbeit [Family Centre in the Haus der Volksarbeit] Courses and events on various topics and open meetings where you can get to know other (single) parents and exchange ideas are available through, for instance, Verband alleinerziehender Mütter und Väter [Association of Single Mothers and Fathers] Frankfurter Kinderbüro, Familien-Info-Café [Frankfurt Children's Office, Family Info Café] Deutscher Kinderschutzbund [German Child Protection Association] Familienzentrum Monikahaus [Monikahaus Family Centre] infrau Interkulturelles Beratungs- und Bildungszentrum für Frauen, Mädchen und Seniorinnen [Intercultural Counselling and Education Centre for Women, Girls and Elderly Women] Nachbarschaftszentrum Ginnheim [Ginnheim Neighbourhood Centre] Eltern-Kind-Zentrum, Internationaler Verein für Kinder und ihre Familien [Parent-Child Centre, International Association for Children and their Families] Many institutions have offerings that may be of particular interest for single-parent families. For example, the Monikahaus Family Centre finds and provides godparent grandparents, so that families can extend their social network. The Frankfurter Kinderbüro [Frankfurt Children's Office] provides family mentors to assist in daily life or activities with the children. Check with counselling offices, institutions or organisations in your neighbourhood or even in churches! You will definitely meet people with whom exchange and mutual support are possible, and you'll have fun. The diverse range of offerings from the Frankfurt sports clubs always offers good opportunities to network with other parents and children. 48 EDUCATION, CONTACT

49 VACATION HOLIDAY FREE TIME Holiday and recreation on a tight budget - the Federal Association of Family Recreation exists for just that. An annual catalogue entitled Urlaub mit der Familie [ Family holiday ] contains listings from approximately 120 charitable family holiday homes sponsored by charities, churches, friends of nature clubs, etc. Many states provide (single) parents grants for these offerings. Hesse is not among them. BAG Familienerholung [Family Recreation Federal Association] or Holiday accommodation specifically for single parents with their children - with counselling if necessary - are offered for example at the Wertacher Mühle in the Allgäu and the Pension Organistenhaus by the North Sea The Deutsche Jugendherbergswerk [German Youth Hostel Association] invites families for holidays and short breaks as well, single parents and their children are definitely welcome. You can plan your holiday together with others at or Lots of inexpensive free-time activities for the Hessian school holidays are offered by the city of Frankfurt in the Ferienkarussell [ Holiday Carousel ]: Leisure activities, daily activities, workshops, holiday games for children in the city districts TIP Are you aware of the Kultur-Pass [Culture Pass]? Theatre, concerts and exhibitions usually cost money. If you don't have much of it, you can now take part regardless. The Culture Pass from Kultur für ALLE e. V. [ Culture for ALL ] makes it possible. The Culture Pass, in the form of a bank card, costs 1 for young people and adults, 0.50 for children up to 13 years old and is always valid for one year. It is now available for purchase at many institutions in the city. For information about the offer and to apply, go to All addresses beginning on page

50 and young people from 6 to 15 years old, including trips for the whole family. The offers are inexpensive and are discounted by 30 percent for children with a Frankfurt-Pass. The annual programme for the summer and autumn holidays will be added for the Christmas and Easter holidays for the first time in 2010/2011. For information Jugend- und Sozialamt [Youth and Social Welfare Office], Ferienkarussell [Holiday Carousel] or The programme is available as a brochure in all children's and youth organisations, schools, social welfare offices and city branch libraries. In addition, it can be found at Bürgerberatung Römerberg [Römerberg Resident Advice] and E Tourist-Info Römer For the summer holidays, there is a holiday map of the city of Frankfurt for children and young people up to and including 16 years of age. Valid as a ticket to a variety of facilities (such as the zoo, Exotarium, palm garden, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, many urban museums) and as a ticket for the RMV in fare zone 50, including the airport. Cost: 33, free for children with a Frankfurt-Pass (see page 18). The maps are available before the summer holidays for all children at Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices], Kasse [cashier s office] Kindermuseum [children's museum] Tourist-Info Römer For information about the youth organisations' holiday camps Frankfurter Jugendring [Frankfurt Youth Circle], Outside of the holidays, there are a wide range of recreational activities for children and adults in Frankfurt, many of which are free or inexpensive. Find out about the children's cultural programme Frankfurter Flöhe or the Frankfurter Leseeule, for example. This is the great children's and youth book exhibition with an exciting social programme and which takes place every year in Römer; at Use the extensive book and media collection at the city library for yourself and your children - loans are generally free for those up to 18 years of age. A programme booklet gives information about interesting events in the Central Library and city branch libraries every other month City Library Are you aware of SATOURDAY für Familien [SATOURDAY for Families]? Every last Saturday of the month, except in August and December, the Frankfurt museums offer extraordinary discovery tours free of charge. The programmes and many other events for children and adults are available on the City of Frankfurt's cultural site, 50 VACATION, HOLIDAY, FREE TIME

51 On the City of Frankfurt's website you can also always find a current selection of events, in particular at > Frankfurt für Familien and at > Frankfurt für Kinder und Jugendliche A summary of the offerings of the Frankfurter Sportvereine [Frankfurt Sports Clubs] at and the leisure and health sports portal Also: Frankfurt has a large selection of play areas - urban playgrounds, forest playgrounds, playparks, adventure playgrounds and playgrounds for disabled children. There is a free Kinderstadtplan [ Children's City Map ] for your area of the city available at the Frankfurter Kinderbüro [Frankfurt Children's Office] with an overview of the playgrounds near you - or in an area of the city that you've always wanted to get to know better. The Children's Office knows what interests children in Frankfurt. It is committed to their interests, is willing to listen and provides a comprehensive consulting service for families. It supports the children's' officers in the local councils and coordinates the Frankfurt Alliance for Families. Frankfurter Kinderbüro [Frankfurt Children's Office] You can find the programmes on the internet. Many operators, providers and institutions have left written programmes in many places in the city, such as in youth centres, social welfare offices, public offices, at the Central Library and in the city branch libraries as well as at Bürgerberatung Römerberg [Römerberg Resident Advice] All addresses beginning on page

52 ADDRESSES A Agentur für Arbeit Frankfurt [Frankfurt Employment Agency] MAIN OFFICE Fischerfeldstraße 10 12, Frankfurt Tel , Fax GESCHÄFTSSTELLE FRANKFURT-HÖCHST [FRANKFURT-HÖCHST BUSINESS CENTRE] Kurmainzer Straße 4, Frankfurt Tel , Fax KUNDENZENTRUM NORD [CLIENT CENTRE NORTH] Emil-von-Behring-Straße 10 a, Frankfurt Tel , Fax KUNDENZENTRUM OST [CLIENT CENTRE EAST] Fischerfeldstraße 10 12, Frankfurt Tel , Fax KUNDENZENTRUM SÜD [CLIENT CENTRE SOUTH] Hainer Weg 44, Frankfurt Tel , Fax Amt für Gesundheit Stadt Frankfurt am Main [City of Frankfurt am Main Department of Health] Breite Gasse 28, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] FRÜHE HILFE [EARLY HELP] Tel , Fax [email protected] KINDER- UND JUGENDMEDIZIN [CHILD AND YOUTH MEDICAL SERVICE] Tel , Fax [email protected] CHILD CARE Henschelstraße 11, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Arbeitskreis Partnerschaftskrise, Trennung, Scheidung e. V. [Working Group for Partnership Crises, Separation and Divorce, charitable organisation] Hartmannsweilerstraße [sic] Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Arbeitslosen- und Sozialberatung im Gewerkschaftshaus [Unemployment and Social Counselling in the Gewerkschaftshaus] Wilhelm-Leuschner-Straße [sic] Frankfurt Tel [email protected] B Babysitter- und Tagespflegebermittlung (BTV) e. V. [Babysitter and Day Care Placement Agency (BTV), charitable organisation] Zeil 29 31, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] BAG Familienerholung [Family Recreation Federal Association] c/o Evangelische Familienerholung im Diakonischen Werk der EKD e. V. [Evangelical Family Vacations in the Diakonisches Werk of the EKD, charitable organisation] Reichensteiner Weg 24, Berlin Tel , Fax [email protected] Behindertenbeauftragte Stadt Frankfurt am Main [Frankfurt am Main disability officer] Berliner Str , Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Amt für multikulturelle Angelegenheiten (AMKA) Stadt Frankfurt am Main [City of Frankfurt am Main Office of Multicultural Affairs] Lange Straße 25 27, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Amt für Wohnungswesen Stadt Frankfurt am Main [City of Frankfurt am Main Department of Housing] Adickesallee 67-69, Frankfurt Tel (service centre) Tel (general information) Fax [email protected] Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main [Frankfurt am Main District Court] AMT. FAMILIENGERICHT [FAMILY COURT DEPARTMENT] RECHTSANTRAGSSTELLE [LEGAL CLAIMS OFFICE] Gerichtsstraße 2, Frankfurt Tel (main) Arbeiterwohlfahrt Kreisverband Frankfurt am e. V. [Frankfurt Workers' Welfare Association, charitable organisation] TREATMENT Borsigallee 17, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] 52 ADDRESSES A-D

53 beramí berufliche Integration e. V. [beramí career integration, charitable organisation] Burgstraße 106, Frankfurt Tel , Fax Beratung und Begegnung für Frauen Caritasverband Frankfurt e. V. [Counselling and Meetings for Women, Caritas Association Frankfurt, charitable organisation] Tel , Fax Affentorplatz 1, Frankfurt Beratungs- und Interventionsstelle für Frauen [Counselling and Intervention Centre for Women] Sophienstraße 32, Frankfurt Tel Fax Beratungsstelle Frauennotruf [Counselling Centre for Women's Emergencies] Kasseler Straße 1 a, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Beratungsstelle für Frauen Diakonisches Werk Frankfurt am Main [Diakonisches Werk of Frankfurt am Main Counselling Centre for Women] Alfred-Brehm-Platz 17, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Berlitz Berufsservice [Berlitz Employment Service] Henschelstraße 18 (9. OG. [9th floor]) am Danziger Platz, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Bildungsberatung Hessencampus Frankfurt am Main [Hessencampus Frankfurt am Main Educational Counselling] c/o Volkshochschule Frankfurt Sonnemannstraße 13, Frankfurt Tel , Fax BIZ - Berufsinformationszentrum Frankfurt am Main [Frankfurt am Main Career Information Centre] Fischerfeldstraße 10 12, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Bürgerberatung im Frankfurt Forum Stadt Frankfurt am Main [City of Frankfurt Resident Advice at Frankfurt Forum] Römerberg 32, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Bundesversicherungsamt Mutterschaftsgeldstelle [Federal Insurance Department, Maternity Benefits Office] Friedrich-Ebert-Allee Bonn Tel (hotline) Fax [email protected] BVZBeratungs- und Verwaltungszentrum e. V. [BVZB Counselling and Administrative Centre, charitable organisation] Humboldtstraße 12, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] C Caritasverband Frankfurt e. V. [Caritas Association Frankfurt, charitable organisation] KURBERATUNG [TREATMENT] Affentorplatz 1, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] REFERAT KINDERTAGESSTÄTTEN [DEPARTMENT OF DAY CARE CENTRES] Colosseo, Walther-von-Cronberg-Platz Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] CeBeeF e. V. Club Behinderter und ihrer Freunde [CeBeeF Club for the Disabled and their Friends, charitable organisation] Elbinger Straße 2, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] D Deutsche Rentenversicherung [German Pension Insurance] Stiftstraße 9 17, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Deutscher Arbeitskreis für Familienhilfe e. V. [German Family Aid Association, charitable organisation] Berliner Straße 284, Offenbach Tel , Fax [email protected] Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge [Federal Department for Migration and Refugees] ESF-berufsbezogene Sprachförderung [ESF Job-Related Language Support] Blaubach 13, Cologne Tel (hotline) [email protected] 53

54 Deutscher Kinderschutzbund [German Child Protection Association] Bezirksverband Frankfurt am Main e. V. [Frankfurt am Main District Association, charitable organisation] Comeniusstraße 37, Frankfurt Tel (business line) Tel (counselling line) Fax Deutsches Rotes Kreuz [German Red Cross] Bezirksverband Frankfurt am Main e. V. [Frankfurt am Main District Association, charitable organisation] Treatment counselling Mendelssohnstraße 78, Frankfurt Tel Deutsch-Iranische Beratungsstelle für Frauen und Mädchen e. V. [German-Iranian Counselling Centre for Women and Girls, charitable organisation] Hohenstaufenstraße 8, Frankfurt Tel , Fax Diakonisches Werk [pastoral services], Frankfurt am Main ARBEITSBEREICHKINDERTAGESSTÄTTEN [AREA OF OPERATIONS - DAY CARE CENTRES] Rechneigrabenstraße 10, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] ARBEITSBEREICH MÜTTERGENESUNG [AREA OF OPERATIONS - MOTHERS' REHABILITATION] Rotteckstraße 16, Frankfurt Tel Fax [email protected] STARK MIT KIND [STRONG WITH CHILD] Alfred-Brehm-Platz 17, Frankfurt (on the premises of 17 Ost Tagestreff für Frauen) Tel , Fax [email protected] E Elbi-Strolche, GFFB ggmbh Elbinger Straße 7, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Eltern-Kind-Zentrum [Parent-Child Centre] Internationaler Verein für Kinder und ihre Familien e. V. [International Association for Children and their Families, charitable organisation] Thomas-Mann-Straße 8b/9b, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] [email protected] Erziehungsberatungsstellen [educational guidance centres] Beratungsstelle für Eltern, Kinder und Jugendliche [Counselling Centre for Parents, Children and Young People] Alexanderstraße 29, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Beratungsstelle für Eltern, Kinder und Jugendliche, Gesellschaft für Erziehung und Elternarbeit e. V. [Counselling Centre for Parents, Children and Young People, charitable organisation] Alt-Preungesheim 2, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Eltern- und Jugendberatung NordweststadtCaritasverband Frankfurt am Main e. V. [Caritas Association Northwest Frankfurt am Main Parent and Youth Counselling, charitable organisation] Ernst-Kahn-Straße 49 a, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Eltern- und Jugendberatung Stadtmitte [City Centre Parent and Youth Counselling] Mainkai 40, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Erziehungsberatungsstelle Haus der Volksarbeit e. V. [Haus der Volksarbeit Educational Guidance Centre, charitable organisation] Eschenheimer Anlage 21, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Erziehungs- und Familien-beratungsstelle im Internationalen Familienzentrum e. V. [Educational and Family Counselling Centre at the International Family Centre, charitable organisation] Falkstraße 54 a, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Evangelisches Zentrum für Beratung in Höchst [Evangelical Centre for Counselling in Höchst] Leverkuser Straße 7, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Evangelisches Zentrum für Beratung und Therapie, Haus am Weißen Stein [Evangelical Centre for Counselling and Therapy, Haus am Weißen Stein] Eschersheimer Landstraße Frankfurt Tel [email protected] 54 ADDRESSES D-F

55 Jüdisches Psychotherapeutisches Beratungszentrum für Kinder, Jugendliche und Erwachsene e. V. [Jewish Psychotherapeutic Counselling Centre for Children, Young People and Adults, charitable organisation] Myliusstraße 20, Frankfurt Tel Kinder-Jugend-Elternberatung Bergen-Enkheim [Bergen-Enkheim Child, Youth and Parental Counselling] Borsigallee 43, Frankfurt Tel Kinder-Jugend-Elternberatung Bornheim [Bornheim Child, Youth and Parental Counselling] Böttgerstraße 22, Frankfurt Tel Kinder-Jugend-Elternberatung Gallus [Gallus Child, Youth and Parental Counselling] Kostheimer Straße 11, Frankfurt Tel Kinder-Jugend-Elternberatung Goldstein [Goldstein Child, Youth and Parental Counselling] Straßburger Straße 31, Frankfurt Tel Kinder-Jugend-Elternberatung Höchst [Höchst Child, Youth and Parental Counselling] Justinuskirchstraße 3 a, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Kinder-Jugend-Elternberatung Sachsenhausen [Sachsenhausen Child, Youth and Parental Counselling] Metzlerstraße 34, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Evangelische Familienbildung [Evangelical Family Education] Darmstädter Landstraße 81, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Evangelische Familienbildung Höchst [Höchst Evangelical Family Education] Leverkuser Straße 7, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Evangelisches Zentrum für Beratung und Therapie, Haus am Weißen Stein [Evangelical Centre for Counselling and Therapy, Haus am Weißen Stein] Eschersheimer Landstr. 567, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] F FALZ Frankfurter Arbeitslosenzentrum e. V. [FALZ Frankfurt Unemployment Centre, charitable organisation] Friedberger Anlage 24, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Familienkasse Frankfurt am Main Agentur für Arbeit Frankfurt [Frankfurt am Main Family Fund Frankfurt Employment Agency] Fischerfeldstraße 10 12, Frankfurt Tel (child benefit) Tel (supplementary child allowance) Fax [email protected] Familienzentrum Monikahaus Beratungsstelle Sozialdienst kath. Frauen e. V. [Monikahaus Family Centre - Catholic Women's Counselling Centre and Social Services, charitable organisation] Kriegkstraße 36, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Feministisches Frauengesundheitszentrum e. V. [Feminist Women's Health Centre, charitable organisation] Kasseler Straße 1 a (Ökohaus, 3. OG [3rd floor]) Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] FiM Frauenrecht ist Menschenrecht e. V. [FiM - Women's Rights are Human Rights, charitable organisation] Varrentrappstraße 55, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Frankfurter Jugendring [Frankfurt Youth Circle] Hansaallee 150, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Frankfurter Kinderbüro Stadtschulamt [Frankfurt Children's Office, City Department of Education] Schleiermacherstraße 7, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] 55

56 Frankfurter Rechtshilfekomitee für Ausländer e.v. [Frankfurt Legal Aid Association for Foreign Nationals, charitable organisation] c/o Evangelische Studentengemeinde [Evangelical Student Association] Siolistraße 7 (postal address) Frankfurt Tel FrauenGesundheits Zentrum für Frauen und Familien [Women's Health Centre for Women and Families] Neuhofstraße 32 H, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Frauenhaus die kanne [ die kanne Women's Shelter], Frankfurter Verein für soziale Heimstätten e. V. [Frankfurt Association for Social Housing, charitable organisation] Postfach , Frankfurt Tel Fax [email protected] Frauen helfen Frauen e. V. [Women Helping Women, charitable organisation] AUTONOMES FRAUENHAUS [AUTONOMOUS WOMEN'S SHELTER] Postfach , Frankfurt Tel Fax [email protected] BERATUNGSSTELLE [COUNSELLING CENTRE] Berger Straße 31 33, Frankfurt Tel Frauenreferat Stadt Frankfurt am Main [City of Frankfurt Department of Women's Affairs] Hasengasse 4, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Frauen-Softwarehaus e. V. [Women's Software House, charitable organisation] Hohenstaufenstraße 8, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Frauen-Wohnungsbau-Genossenschaft e. G. [Women's Housing Cooperative, registered cooperative], c/o Wohnbund Frankfurt [Frankfurt Housing League] Appelgasse 12, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Freie Bildungsstätte der hof [ der hof Free Educational Institution] Alt-Niederursel 51, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Frühförderstellen [Early Support Institutes] Allgemeine Pädagogische Frühförderung Frühförderung Mobil [Public Early Educational Support Institute - Mobile Early Support Institute] Eschersheimer Landstraße [sic] Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Frühförder- und Beratungsstelle der Lebenshilfe Frankfurt am Main e. V. [Lebenshilfe Frankfurt am Main Early Support Institute and Counselling Centre, charitable organisation] Mörfelder Landstraße 179 b Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Frühförderstelle am Hauptbahnhof [Early Support Institute at the Hauptbahnhof] Karlsruher Straße 9, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Frühförderstelle Rödelheim, Verein Arbeits- und Erziehungshilfe e. V. [Rödelheim Early Support Institute, Employment and Parenting Aid Association, charitable organisation] Burgfriedenstraße 7, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Frühförderstelle Haus des Kindes e. V. [Child's House Early Support Institute, charitable organisation] Alt-Niederursel 51, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Sozialpädiatrisches Zentrum (SPZ) Frankfurt-Mitte Clementine Kinderhospital [Frankfurt-Mitte Clementine Children's Hospital Social- Paediatric Centre (SPZ)] Theobald Christ Straße Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Sozialpädiatrisches Zentrum (SPZ) im Klinikum Höchst [Social-Paediatric Centre (SPZ) at Höchst Clinic] Gotenstraße 6 8, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] 56 ADDRESSES F-I

57 G Geburtskliniken [maternity hospitals] and Geburtshaus [birthing centres] Bürgerhospital [Citizens' Hospital] Nibelungenallee Frankfurt am Main Tel Hospital zum Heiligen Geist [Hospital of the Holy Ghost] Lange Straße 4 6, Frankfurt Tel Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Klinikum der J. W. Goethe- Universität [Clinic for Gynaecology and Midwifery, J. W. Goethe University Hospital] Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Frankfurt Tel (Hotline) Krankenhaus Nordwest [Northwest Hospital] Steinbacher Hohl 2 26, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Krankenhaus Sachsenhausen [Sachsenhausen Hospital] Schulstraße 31, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Marienkrankenhaus [Marien Hospital] Richard-Wagner-Straße Frankfurt Tel St. Markus Krankenhaus [St. Mark's Hospital] Wilhelm-Eppstein-Straße Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Städtische Kliniken Höchst [Höchst Municipal Hospitals] Gotenstraße 6 8, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Geburtshaus Frankfurt [Frankfurt Birthing Centre] Böttgerstraße 22, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] H Haus für Frauen und Kinder Frankfurter Verein für soziale Heimstätten e. V. [House for Women and Children, Frankfurt Social Housing Association, charitable organisation] Postfach , Frankfurt Tel Fax [email protected] Hessischer Flüchtlingsrat [Hessian Refugee Council] Leipziger Straße 17, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Hessisches Amt für Versorgung und Soziales Versorgungsamt [Hessian Department for Care and Social Benefits - Pension Office] Walter-Möller-Platz 1, Frankfurt Tel (main) Tel (hotline) Fax [email protected] I Imbradiva e. V. Brasilianische Fraueninitiative gegen Diskriminierung und Gewalt e. V. [Brazilian Women's Initiative against Discrimination and Violence, charitable organisation] Adalbertstraße 36 a, Frankfurt Tel (answering service) Fax [email protected] Informationszentrum für Männerfragen e. V. [Information Centre for Men's Questions, charitable organisation] Sandweg 49, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Infrau e. V. Interkulturelles Beratungs- und Bildungszentrum für Frauen, Mädchen und Seniorinnen [Intercultural Counselling and Education Centre for Women, Girls and Elderly Women, charitable organisation] Höhenstraße 44, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Internationale Humanitäre Sprechstunden Gesundheit für alle, Amt für Gesundheit Stadt Frankfurt am Main [International Humanitarian Consultations - Health for All, City of Frankfurt am Main Department of Health] Breite Gasse 28, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] 57

58 Internationales Familienzentrum e. V. Erziehungs- und Familienberatung [International Family Centre, charitable organisation, Educational and Family Counselling] Falkstraße 54 a, Frankfurt Tel , Fax Internationales Familienzentrum e. V. Interkulturelle Familienbildung im Gusti-Gebhardt-Haus [International Family Centre, charitable organisation, Intercultural Family Education at the Gusti-Gebhardt House] Ostendstraße 70, Frankfurt Tel , Fax J Jüdische Gemeinde Frankfurt am Main [Frankfurt am Main Jewish Community] Westendstraße 43, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Jugendmigrationsdienste [Youth Migration Services] AWOPerspektive ggmbh Jugendmigrationsdienst [AWOPerspektive ggmbh Youth Migration Service] TEAM HÖCHST1 Kasinostraße 6, Frankfurt Tel Arabic, Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovenian, Turkish TEAM HÖCHST2 Leverkuser Straße 20, Frankfurt Tel English, Persian, Turkish TEAM STADTMITTE [CITY CENTRE TEAM] Allerheiligentor 2 4, Frankfurt Tel English, Persian Caritasverband Frankfurt e. V. Jugendmigrationsdienst [Caritas Association Frankfurt, charitable organisation, Youth Migration Service] Rüsterstraße 5, Frankfurt Tel English, Estonian, French, Polish, Russian, Spanish Caritasverband Frankfurt e. V. Jugendmigrationsdienst [Caritas Association Frankfurt, charitable organisation, Youth Migration Service] Königsteiner Straße 8, Frankfurt Tel English, French, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish Evangelischer Verein für Jugendsozialarbeit e. V. Jugendmigrationsdienst [Evangelical Association for Youth Social Work, charitable organisation, Youth Migration Service] Rechneigrabenstraße Frankfurt Tel English, Persian Evangelischer Verein für Jugendsozialarbeit e. V. Jugendmigrationsdienst [Evangelical Association for Youth Social Work, charitable organisation, Youth Migration Service] Im Heisenrath 14, Frankfurt Tel English IB Internationaler Bund e. V. Jugendmigrationsdienst [International League, charitable organisation, Youth Migration Service] Hufnagelstraße 14 und Frankenallee 103, Frankfurt Tel Amharic, Arabic, Croatian, English, French, Greek, Italian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Tigrinya, Turkish IB Internationaler Bund e. V. Jugendmigrationsdienst [International League charitable organisation, Youth Migration Service] An der Zingelswiese Frankfurt Tel Arabic, Croatian, English, French, Italian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish Jugend- und Sozialamt Stadt Frankfurt am Main Ferienkarussell [City of Frankfurt am Main Youth and Social Welfare Office Holiday Carousel] Eschersheimer Landstraße Frankfurt Tel (Holiday Carousel) [email protected] jumpp Frauenbetriebe e. V. [jumpp Women's Services, charitable organisation] Hamburger Allee 96, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] K Katholische Familienbildung Frankfurt [Frankfurt Catholic Family Education] Tituscorso 2 b, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] 58 ADDRESSES I-M

59 Kinderhotel Frankfurt [Frankfurt Children's Hotel] Lyoner Straße 34, Frankfurt Tel (information and reservation hotline) Kindermuseum Frankfurt [Frankfurt Children's Museum] An der Hauptwache 15, Frankfurt Tel , Fax Kinder- und Familienzentrum Fechenheim [Fechenheim Children and Family Centre] Sozialpädagogischer Verein zur familienergänzenden Familienerziehung e. V. [Social-Educational Association for Extended Family Parenting, charitable organisation] Pfortenstraße 42 44, Frankfurt Tel , Fax KOMM Ambulante Dienste [KOMM Outpatient Care Services] Am Eisernen Schlag 27 29, Frankfurt Tel , Fax Krisen- und Lebensberatung im Haus der Volksarbeit e. V. [Crisis and Counselling at the Haus der Volksarbeit, charitable organisation] Eschersheimer Anlage 21, Frankfurt Tel , Fax L LAG Hessen Gemeinsam leben gemeinsam lernen e. V. [Hesse Regional Association Live Together - Learn Together charitable organisation] Falkstraße 106, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] LAG Freie Kinderarbeit Hessen e. V. [Hesse Regional Association Free Child Labour, charitable organisation] Große Friedberger Straße Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Lebenshilfe e. V. Frankfurt am Main [Lebenshilfe, charitable association, Frankfurt am Main] Mörfelder Landstraße 179 b Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Lehrerkooperative Bildung und Kommunikation e. V. [Teaching Cooperative - Education and Communication, charitable organisation] Kasseler Straße 1 a, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] M Maisha e. V., African Women in Germany Ravenstein-Zentrum Pfingstweidstraße 7, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] Malteser Migranten Medizin Frankfurt [Maltese Migrant Medicine, Frankfurt] Am Bürgerhospital Nibelungenallee 37 41, Frankfurt Tel , Fax Migration counselling centres AWO Perspektive ggmbh TEAM HÖCHST1 Kasinostraße 6, Frankfurt Tel Arabic, Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovenian, Turkish TEAM HÖCHST2 Leverkuser Straße 20, Frankfurt Tel English, Turkish TEAM STADTMITTE [CITY CENTRE TEAM] Allerheiligentor 2 4, Frankfurt Tel English, Persian Caritasverband Frankfurt e. V. Fachdienst für Migration [Caritas Association Frankfurt, charitable organisation, Immigration Department] TEAM STADTMITTE [CITY CENTRE TEAM] Rüsterstraße 5, Frankfurt Tel Bosnian, Croatian, English, French, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish TEAM HÖCHST Königsteiner Straße 8, Frankfurt Tel English, French, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish Evangelisches Zentrum für Beratung und Therapie, Haus am Weißen Stein Migrationsberatung [Evangelical Centre for Counselling and Therapy, Haus am Weißen Stein Immigration Counselling] Eschersheimer Landstraße Frankfurt Tel Amharic, Dari, Kurdish, Pashto, Persian, Tigrinya, Turkish, Urdu 59

60 Infrau e. V. [Infrau, charitable organisation] Höhenstraße 44, Frankfurt Tel English, French, Greek, Spanish Lehrerkooperative e. V. [Teaching Cooperative, charitable organisation] Elbestraße 41, Frankfurt Tel Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Verband binationaler Familien und Partnerschaften, iaf e. V. [Binational Families and Partnerships Association iaf, charitable organisation] Ludolfusstraße 2 4, Frankfurt Tel English, Russian Mobile Kinderkrankenpflegeder Evangelischen Kirche in Frankfurt [Evangelical Churches of Frankfurt, Mobile Sick Child Care] Kohlbrandstraße 16, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] MUKIVA Kinder- und Familienzentrum e. V. [MUKIVA Children and Family Centre, charitable organisation] Rendeler Straße 48, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Mutter-Kind-Haus, Waisenhaus-Stiftung des öffentlichen Rechts [Mother-Child Home, Orphanage Foundation under public law] Scheidswaldstraße 32 36, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] N Nachbarschaftszentrum Ginnheim e. V. [Ginnheim Neighbourhood Centre, charitable organisation] Ginnheimer Hohl 14 H, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Notmütterdienst Familien- und Seniorenhilfe e. V., Bundeszentrale [Emergency Service for Mothers - Help for Families and the Elderly, charitable organisation, Federal Agency] Sophienstraße 28, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] P Pro Asyl Postfach , Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] pro familia BERATUNGSSTELLEFRANKFURTAMMAIN [FRANKFURT AM MAIN COUNSELLING CENTRE] Palmengartenstraße 14, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] BERATUNGSSTELLE HÖCHST [HÖCHST COUNSELLING CENTRE] Hostatostraße 19, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] BERATUNGSSTELLE PREUNGESHEIM [PREUNGESHEIM COUNSELLING CENTRE] Wegscheidestraße 58, Frankfurt Tel [email protected] R Rechtsauskunftsstelle des Frankfurter Anwaltsverein e. V. [Frankfurt Bar Association Legal Advice Centre, charitable organisation] Gerichtsstraße 2 (Raum 108) Frankfurt Tel , Fax Regierungspräsidium Darmstadt Abteilung Arbeitsschutz und Umwelt Frankfurt [Darmstadt Administration Committee, Department for Employment Security and Environment, Frankfurt] Gutleutstraße 138, Frankfurt Tel , Fax Rhein-Main Jobcenter GmbH RHEIN-MAIN JOBCENTER GMBH Hainer Weg 44, Frankfurt Tel (service centre) Fax [email protected] JOBCENTER HÖCHST Kurmainzer Straße 1 und Frankfurt Tel , Fax Tel (counselling) [email protected] JOBCENTER NORD [JOB CENTRE NORTH] Emil-von-Behring-Straße Frankfurt Tel , Fax Tel (counselling) [email protected] JOBCENTER OST [JOB CENTRE EAST] Fischerfeldstraße Frankfurt Tel , Fax Tel (counselling) [email protected] 60 ADDRESSES M-S

61 JOBCENTER SÜD [JOB CENTRE SOUTH] Geleitsstraße 25, Frankfurt Tel , Fax Tel (counselling) JOBCENTER WEST Hersfelder Straße 25, Frankfurt Tel , Fax Tel (counselling) S Schuldnerberatung [Debt Counselling] Schuldnerberatung Caritasverband [Debt Counselling - Caritas Association] Caritasverband Frankfurt e. V. [Caritas Association Frankfurt, charitable organisation] Mainkai 40, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Schuldnerberatung Jugend- und Sozialamt [Debt Counselling - Youth and Social Welfare Office] Eschersheimer Landstraße Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Schuldnerberatung Frankfurt Ost [Debt Counselling, Frankfurt East] Arnsburger Straße 58 a Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Schuldnerberatung im FALZ Frankfurter Arbeitslosenzentrum e. V. [Debt Counselling in the FALZ Frankfurt Unemployment Centre, charitable organisation] Friedberger Anlage 24, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] SOS Alltag e. V. Schuldner- und Insolvenzberatung [Everyday SOS, charitable organisation, Debt and Bankruptcy Counselling] Schwarzburgstraße 10, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Verbraucherzentrale Hessen e. V. [Hesse Consumer Advice Centre, charitable organisation] Große Friedberger Straße Frankfurt Tel (Service line) Fax [email protected] Selbsthilfe- und Nachbarschaftszentrum Ostend e. V. [Ostend Self-Help and Neighbourhood Centre, charitable organisation] Uhlandstraße 50, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen e. V. Familienzentrum Monikahaus [Catholic Women's Social Services, charitable organisation, Monikahaus Family Centre] Kriegkstraße 36, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Sozialpädagogischer Verein zur familienergänzenden Erziehung e. V. [Social-Educational Association for Extended Family Parenting, charitable organisation] Mainkurstraße 2, Frankfurt Tel , Fax Sozialrathäuser [social welfare offices] City of Frankfurt am Main Sozialrathaus Am Bügel [Bügel Social Welfare Office] Ben-Gurion-Ring 110 a, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Sozialrathaus Bergen-Enkheim [Bergen-Enkheim Social Welfare Office] Voltenseestraße 2, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Sozialrathaus Bockenheim [Bockenheim Social Welfare Office] Rohmerplatz 15, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Sozialrathaus Bornheim [Bornheim Social Welfare Office] Berliner-Straße 33 35, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Sozialrathaus Dornbusch [Dornbusch Social Welfare Office] Am Grünhof 10, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Sozialrathaus Gallus [Gallus Social Welfare Office] Schwalbacher Straße 47, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Sozialrathaus Höchst [Höchst Social Welfare Office] Palleskestraße 14, Frankfurt Tel Fax [email protected] Sozialrathaus Nordweststadt [Northwestern City Social Welfare Office] Niddaforum 9, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] 61

62 Sozialrathaus Sachsenhausen [Sachsenhausen Social Welfare Office] Neuer Wall 2, Frankfurt Tel , Fax Stadtbücherei Frankfurt am Main [Frankfurt am Main City Library] Hasengasse 4, Frankfurt Tel , Fax Stadtschulamt Frankfurt am Main [Frankfurt am Main City Department of Education] Seehofstraße 41, Frankfurt Tel (general hotline) Tel (child care fees hotline) Tel (information on day care facilities) Tel (information on day care) Tel (resident services) Städtische Kitas Frankfurt am Main [Frankfurt am Main City Child Care Centres] Zeil 5, Frankfurt Tel , Fax T Tourist-Info Römer Römerberg 27, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] V Väteraufbruch für Kinder Kreisverein Frankfurt am Main [Fathers' Initiative for Children, Frankfurt am Main Regional Association] Reuterweg 42, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] [email protected] Verband alleinerziehender Mütter und Väter (VAMV) e. V. [Association of Single Mothers and Fathers, charitable organisation] Adalbertstraße 15 17, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Verband binationaler Familien und Partnerschaften, iaf e.v. [Bi-national Families and Partnerships Association, charitable organisation] Ludolfusstraße 2 4, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Verein zur beruflichen Förderung von Frauen e. V. [Association for the Professional Advancement of Women, charitable organisation] Taunusstraße 33 35, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Versicherungsamt Stadt Frankfurt am Main [City of Frankfurt am Main Insurance Department] Sandgasse 6, Frankfurt Tel Fax [email protected] VHS Volkshochschule Stadt Frankfurt am Main [VHS City of Frankfurt am Main Adult Education Centre] Sonnemannstraße 13, Frankfurt Tel Fax [email protected] W Walter-Kolb-Stiftung e. V. [Walter Kolb Foundation, charitable organisation] Kurt-Schumacher-Straße Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] Z Zentrum Familie im [sic] Haus der Volksarbeit [Family Centre in the Haus der Volksarbeit] Eschenheimer Anlage 21, Frankfurt Tel , Fax [email protected] 62 ADDRESSES S-Z

63 RECOMMENDATIONS City of Frankfurt Department of Women's Affairs FRAUEN-GUIDE [Women's Guide] The Women's Guide contains over 300 addresses with short descriptions and events and activities for girls and women in Frankfurt. It is regularly updated and free, available at the Department of Women's Affairs. For the address, please see the address section Frankfurt am Main KITA-WEGWEISER [Frankfurt am Main Child Care Centre Guide] Circulated by the Stadtschulamt Frankfurt am Main [Frankfurt am Main City Department of Education] and Journal Frankfurt. Thirty-six pages of condensed information about childcare in Frankfurt. Available from the Frankfurt City Department of Education, citizen's service, for a 1.45 stamped addressed envelope (DIN A4 format, keyword Kita-Wegweiser ), see address section Frankfurt am Main SCHULWEGWEISER [School Guide] Circulated by the Frankfurt am Main City Department of Education and Journal Frankfurt. Thirty-six pages detailed pages of information about Frankfurt schools. Available in exchange for a 1.45 stamped addressed envelope (DIN A4 format, keyword Schulwegweiser ) from the Frankfurt City Department of Education, Bürgerservice [residents' service], see address section Single parenting - Tips and Information Detailed, current guidelines of the Association of Single Mothers and Fathers (VAMV Federal Association). Available at the local VAMV Frankfurt chapter, see address section BMFSFJ's Family Guide The Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend [Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth] provides current information about aid and benefits for families at Familienatlas Hessen [Hesse Family Atlas] Find more than 4,000 addresses, events, regional and local web tips at Male and female childminders sought urgently! Frankfurt am Main is once again attractive for young families. The City of Frankfurt supports and develops the further development of child care places for children under 3 years of age in addition to intensive child care in the centres by male or female childminders. What is required of me to work at the day care centre? How will I be supported in my work? Is there a preparatory qualification? What are the conditions and what is the financial situation like? These questions and more are regularly answered at the information events held by the City Department of Education. The events are held at the Stadtschulamt [City Education Department Office], Seehofstraße 41, in Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen. For times, please call tel , [email protected] or go to Thank you for your interest! 63

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