Children

All parents who live permanently with their children are entitled to child allowance. The money is transferred to the parent’s bank account every month.

You need to apply for child allowance - otherwise you will not receive it.

In addition to child allowance, mothers and fathers can also receive parental allowance for 14 months after the birth of the child. An application for this needs to be submitted to the L-Bank Baden-Württemberg: https://www.l-bank.de/lbank/inhalt/nav/foerderungen-und-finanzierungen/alle- foerderangebote/fa-familienfoerderung/elterngeld-sie-moechten-einen-antrag-auf-elterngeld- stellen/antrag-auf-elterngeld.xml?ceid=128768#

The participation package is designed for low-income families and enables their children to participate in social activities and cultural events.

Thanks to financial discounts and reimbursements, the children can pay to visit cultural events, or profit from discounted tickets and paid club fees. Ask the employee whether you are entitled to participation funds for your child.

In Mühlacker, there are childcare facilities for children up to when they go to school. For instance, this includes childcare, the multi-generation house, infant care, kindergartens and all-day kindergartens.

To ensure that your child is exposed to the German language as soon as possible, you can arrange for your child to attend one of the childcare facilities of your choice.

Varying monthly fees are charged depending on the childcare facility that your child attends.

By 1st March (!) at the latest, children must be registered on the waiting list for the upcoming kindergarten year via an online waiting list system on the website of the town of Mühlacker.

In Germany, every child that reaches the age of 6 must go to school.

The child first attends the junior school for four years. On completion of the junior school, all children must attend a secondary school.

You need to do the registration at the respective school.
The child must also be present when it is registered.