Starting a business with a disability – grants and subsidies from Integration office

People with disabilities who are not entitled to unemployment benefit can contact the integration office. A subsidy from the integration office is granted in accordance with § 185 paragraph 3 number 1c SGB IX in conjunction with § 21 SchwbAV under the following conditions:

The business concept is viable.
The entrepreneur has the personal and professional skills to be successful and self-employed.
Self-employment secures the applicant’s livelihood in the long term.
The founder of the business has demonstrably tried in advance to obtain a bank loan.

In addition, the integration office provides subsidies for technical work aids, participation in services to maintain and expand professional knowledge ( § 24 SchwbAV ) and housing assistance ( § 22 SchwbAV ).

Additional information can be found here:

https://www.allrecht.de/alles-was-recht-ist/existenzgruendung-mit-behinderung/
https://www.sozialgesetzbuch-sgb.de/sgbix/185.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/schwbav_1988/__21.html
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/schwbav_1988/__19.html
https://www.sozialgesetzbuch-sgb.de/sgbix/185.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/schwbav_1988/__21.html
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/schwbav_1988/__22.html
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/schwbav_1988/__25.html
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/schwbav_1988/__26.html