Municipality of Lingewaard: applying for a personal budget (PGB)
You can use a personal budget to buy care, help or support. There are two types of personal budget:
Personal budget via the Wet maatschappelijke ondersteuning – Wmo (Social Support Act)
Do you receive Wmo support from your municipality? And do you want to arrange this help yourself? Then you can apply for a personal budget from your municipality.
To be eligible for a personal budget, you must meet a number of requirements:
- you must draw up a personal budget plan, in which you must specify what help you need.
- the care providers that you select must meet quality requirements.
- you must conclude an agreement with the care providers yourself.
- you must be able to manage your personal budget yourself. For example, you must conclude a contract with the care providers yourself. You must also direct them and keep records. You can also ask a personal budget representative to do this for you.
Payment
You do not receive the money from your personal budget yourself. The municipality pays your personal budget to the Sociale Verzekeringsbank – SVB (Social Insurance Bank). You send your care providers’ invoices to the SVB. The SVB will then pay them. You must keep the invoices for your records.
NB: you can only apply for a personal budget if you live in the Netherlands and are registered with a municipality.
Contact the municipality of Lingewaard: +31 26 32 60 111.
Your municipality will inform you within 8 weeks whether you will receive a personal budget.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Lingewaard