Municipality of West Betuwe: 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. You discuss this care plan, also known as the budget plan, with the municipality.
- 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. A PGB for a care product for example, is not paid via the SVB. The municipality pays this to you as the applicant.
How to apply for a PGB:
- Support via the WMO can be applied for Team sociaal van de gemeente West Betuwe. teamsociaal@westbetuwe.nl of 0345-72 88 01
- Support via the Jeugdwet can be applied for Team sociaal van de gemeente West Betuwe. teamsociaal@westbetuwe.nl of 0345-72 88 01
Your municipality will inform you within 8 weeks of their decision.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of West Betuwe