Applying for a personal budget (PGB)
If you need care or nursing due to illness or disability, or you need help at home, you may be eligible for a personal budget (persoonsgebonden budget – PGB). You can use this money to pay for your care needs. For example, you can hire someone to help you with your shopping or clean your house, or you can arrange for youth care services for your child.
There are 4 types of care for which you can apply for a PGB:
- Support at home: if you need support, transport or help at home.
- Youth care services: if you need help for someone under the age of 18.
- Heavy, long-term care needs: if you need 24-hour care every day.
- Nursing and personal care: if you need personal care or nursing at home.
Eligibility to receive a PGB depends on the care you need.
You can apply to the Zorgkantoor (care office), your healthcare insurer or the municipality for a PGB. The type of care you need will determine which organisation you approach to apply for a PGB (in Dutch).
You can receive several PGB's at the same time. For example, if you or your child has an indication for support at home and nursing. Then you will receive one PGB from the municipality and one from the healthcare insurer.
Read more about combining several PGB's (in Dutch).
This is how it works for you
Here is some information from your municipality.
Municipality of Epe: Applying for a personal budget (PGB)
Please note: you can only apply for a personal budget (PGB) if you live in the Netherlands and are registered with a municipality.
You can use a personal budget (persoonsgebonden budget – PGB) to buy care, help or support.
There are 2 types of personal budget:
PGB under the Social Support Act (WMO)
Do you receive WMO support from your municipality? And do you want to arrange this help yourself? Then you can apply to your municipality for a PGB.
PGB under the Youth Act (Jeugdwet)
If your child receives support under the Youth Act, you can use a personal budget to arrange this support yourself. You can apply to your municipality’s youth assistance service (jeugdhulp) to obtain the PGB.
To be eligible for a PGB, you must meet a number of requirements:
- You must draw up a PGB plan, in which you specify the help you need.
- The care providers that you select must meet quality requirements.
- You must conclude an agreement with the care providers yourself.
- You must be able to manage your PGB yourself. For example, you must conclude a contract with the care providers yourself. You must also direct them and keep records. Alternatively, you can ask a PGB representative to do this for you.
Payment
You do not receive the money from your PGB yourself. The municipality pays your personal budget to the SVB social insurance bank (Sociale Verzekeringsbank). You send your care providers’ invoices to the SVB. The SVB will then pay them. You must keep a copy of the invoices in your files.
How to apply for a PGB:
- Support under the Social Support Act (WMO) can be applied for via https://mijn.epe.nl/aanvragen/17/persoon/melding-ondersteuningsvraag.
- Support under the Youth Act can be applied for via [contactgegevens].
Your municipality will inform you within 8 weeks whether you will receive a PGB.
Contact details are not yet available for your municipality.