Municipality of Oldenzaal: applying for a personal budget (PGB)
Please note: you can only apply for a PGB if you live in the Netherlands and are registered with a municipality.
You can use a persoonsgebonden budget – PGB (personal budget) to buy care, help or support.
There are 2 types of personal budget:
PGB via the Wet maatschappelijke ondersteuning – WMO (Social Support Act)
Do you receive Wmo support from your municipality? Do you want to arrange this help yourself? Then you can apply for a PGB from your municipality.
PGB through the Jeugdwet (Youth Act)
If your child receives support under the Jeugdwet, you can use a personal budget to arrange that help yourself as well. You can apply for it through your municipality’s jeugdhelp (youth assistance) service.
To be eligible for a PGB, you must meet a number of requirements:
- You must draw up a PGB 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 PGB 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 PGB representative to do this for you.
Payment
You do not receive the money from your PGB 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.
Do you or your child need support due to illness or disability? Or do you need support due to old age? Then you may be entitled to a provision under the Youth Act or the Social Support Act (Wmo). This provision can be provided in the form of care in kind or as a personal budget (Pgb). A Pgb is an amount with which you can buy support yourself from a healthcare provider. The amount you get is your budget.
Which PGB you receive depends on the care you need:
- a Pgb under the Youth Act, for care for children up to the age of 18
- a Pgb under the Social Support Act (Wmo), for household support, supervision or daytime activities, for example
Do you receive support in the form of a Pgb? Then we pay that budget to the Social Insurance Bank (SVB). The SVB pays your care provider on the basis of the invoices you submit to the SVB. We call this drawing right. You can read more about the drawing right and the working method of the SVB on the website of the SVB.
Your municipality will inform you within 8 weeks of their decision.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Oldenzaal