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Municipality of Maassluis: applying for special social assistance

Please note: you can apply for bijzondere bijstand (special social assistance) only if you live in the Netherlands and are registered with a municipality.

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

  • live in the municipality of Maassluis;
  • incurred the costs in the Netherlands.

Please contact Upstream www.stroomopwaarts.nl

If you receive a social assistance benefit from Stroomopwaarts, you only state the costs for which you are applying for special assistance. To apply, please use the application form aanvraagformulier bijzondere bijstand uitkeringsgerechtigden.  Upstream will decide within 8 weeks whether you will receive special assistance and how high the one-off payment will be.

Are you not known to upstream or is your data older than 1 year? Then we ask you to demonstrate that you have a low income and not too much capital. To apply, please use the application for special assistance form, formulier aanvraag bijzondere bijstand geen klant van Stroomopwaarts. Upstream will decide within 8 weeks whether you will receive special assistance and how high the one-off payment will be.

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.

Questions about this topic?

Contact the Municipality of Maassluis

Last updated on 23 January 2023