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Applications and forms
You apply for eFöB through the school; the Jugendamt (youth welfare office) of your home district decides on eligibility and sets the contribution. From grade 4, a new application is required, together with the income declaration. The official forms of the Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family (all forms are in German only):
- Antrag auf ergänzende Förderung und Betreuung an der offenen Ganztagsschule (PDF) Application for after-school care at an open all-day school
- Antrag auf ergänzende Förderung und Betreuung an der gebundenen Ganztagsschule (PDF) Application for after-school care at a compulsory all-day school
- Antrag auf ergänzende Förderung und Betreuung an Schulen mit sonderpädagogischem Förderschwerpunkt (PDF) Application for after-school care at schools with a special needs focus, e.g. Geistige Entwicklung (intellectual development)
- Erklärung für die Festsetzung der Beteiligung an den Kosten der Tagesbetreuung (PDF) Income declaration from grade 4, for the last calendar year
- Erläuterungen zur Beteiligung an den Kosten der ergänzenden Förderung und Betreuung (PDF) Explanatory notes on the income declaration and how the contribution is set
- Schule – Ergänzende Förderung und Betreuung beantragen Service Portal Berlin: requirements, documents, deadlines and responsible youth welfare offices
All forms of the Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family (in German)
Overview: Tagesbetreuungskostenbeteiligungsgesetz (TKBG)
Below is a short summary of each section of the TKBG. The full legal text (in German) is available in the Berlin legislation and case law database.
§ 1 – Cost contribution (Kostenbeteiligung)
The child and their parents contribute to the average cost of care in a Kita, in childminding or in after-school care at schools, as well as to the cost of any meals included. If the child lives with only one parent, only the two of them are liable to contribute.
§ 2 – Basis of assessment
The contribution depends on income, the type of care and the amount of care. Income means the total positive income within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Einkommensteuergesetz) in the last calendar year before the assessment; losses may not be offset. If income in the current year is expected to be lower, it can be used instead on application.
§ 3 – Amount of the contribution
The amounts are set out in the annexes (Anlagen) to the act and are rounded to full euros. Sibling discount: families with two children pay 80 %, with three children 60 % and with four or more children 50 % per child. For foster children and children in residential care, the minimum contribution applies. After-school care in grades 1 to 3 and in the Eingangsstufe and Unterstufe (entry and lower levels) at schools and in classes with the Förderschwerpunkt Geistige Entwicklung is free of charge.
§ 4 – Individual calculation, hardship rule
After the contribution has been set, a review under § 90 Abs. 3 and 4 SGB VIII can be requested. If income is below the threshold of § 85 SGB XII, only the minimum contribution is considered reasonable. In cases of hardship, payment can be waived in full or in part for a limited time on application.
§ 4a – Care at schools
Defines the care modules and which column of the annexes applies. Offene Ganztagsschule (open all-day school): early morning care (6:00–7:30), afternoon (13:30–16:00) and late care (16:00–18:00, only together with the afternoon); during school holidays additionally 7:30–13:30. Gebundene Ganztagsschule (compulsory all-day school): early morning and late care; during school holidays additionally 7:30–16:00. Holiday care only is also possible (contract for at least one school year, payment in twelve monthly instalments). At schools and in classes with the Förderschwerpunkt Geistige Entwicklung and for autism (designated schools and small classes) there is early morning care and 15:00–16:00 or 15:00–18:00; for the Oberstufe and Abschlussstufe (upper and final levels) and grades 7 to 10, Anlage 2a and separate holiday modules apply.
§ 5 – Setting the contribution
Without proof of income, the maximum contribution is charged. The assessment is reviewed at least once a year. Changes apply from the month of the application or review, and retroactively only if reporting obligations were breached. If the amount of care changes by the 20th of a month, the change applies to the whole month.
§ 6 – Start and end of the contribution
If care starts by the 20th of a month, the full monthly contribution is due; otherwise only from the following month. If the child leaves before the end of a month, the full monthly contribution is payable. Not using the care in full does not reduce the contribution.
§ 7 – Administrative regulations and procedure
The Senate Department responsible for schools and youth issues the administrative regulations. The procedure is governed by SGB X (Book Ten of the German Social Code).
§ 9 – Entry into force
The act applies in the version of 23 April 2010 and has been amended several times since, most recently by the act of 9 July 2026 (in force since 1 August 2026). The amounts in Anlage 2 and 2a have remained unchanged since 1 August 2022.