Municipality of Hoogeveen: applying for special social assistance

You can apply for special social assistance from the municipality if you:

• live in the municipality of Hoogeveen
• incurred the costs in the Netherlands.
• incurred the costs up to 3 months before your application.
• The costs for being under administration or for having legal aid can be reinbursed.
• The following costs can not be reinbursed: rent, electricity and gas expenses, phone costs en new furniture. These are costs you have to pay for yourself.
• Are there costs you incurred with a doctor or another expert? In this case the municipality will ask whether the costs are really necessary.
• The costs can be a one time fee or recurring weekly or monthly.

Please fill in the form and submit it :

• By mail:  Gemeente Hoogeveen, T.a.v. afdeling Inkomensvoorzieningen, Antwoordnummer 8, 7900 WB Hoogeveen.
• By email: post_Inkomensvoorziening@dewoldenhoogeveen.nl.
• By dropping it of: You can deposit the supporting documents in the mailbox on the outstide of  Werkplein, Dekkerplein 1 in Hoogeveen.

The municipality will send you a letter within 8 weeks. It will state whether you will receive special social assistance and how much you will receive. It will also state whether you will receive special welfare assistance in the form of a loan or non-repayable allowance.