Municipality of Oosterhout: applying for special social assistance

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

• live in the municipality of Oosterhout;
• You have a minimum age of 18 years
• The costs are special: expenses that you do not normally incur and could not have saved for.
• You are not receiving reimbursement for these costs from any other source.
• The costs are necessary
• You have not yet incurred the costs (the application must be submitted before the costs are incurred).

Threshold amount
For special assistance, the municipality of Oosterhout applies a threshold amount of €50.00. Are the costs lower than this amount? Then we will reject your application. However, you can save up the costs if you have to incur more special expenses within 12 months. If the total of all your special expenses exceeds the threshold amount, you may be eligible for (partial) special assistance.

You can apply for special social assistance via the digitale formulier aanvragen Bijzondere Bijstand.

Do you need assistance with the application? Please contact burgeradviseurs van Surplus Welzijn.

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.

Do you have questions about this information? Feel free to call the Social Team of the municipality of Oosterhout +31162489911

• In the morning, you can discuss your question directly over the phone with a member of the Social Team.
• In the afternoon, you can schedule a call via  +31162489911 or through the online formulier belafspraak maken Sociaal Team. 
  A colleague from the Social Team will then call you back at the agreed time.
• You can also always ask your question via the online formulier belafspraak maken Sociaal Team.