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.
Applying for a personal budget (PGB)
Customized provision
The neighborhood team will talk to you to find a solution together or to provide help with your support request. A customized facility may be required. A tailor-made provision is help that suits your situation, when other solutions are not suitable or sufficient.
Personal budget
A personal budget (pgb) is an amount of money with which you can purchase help yourself. You then arrange the customized provision that the municipality has assigned to you.
Contact with the neighborhood team
If you have a request for support, you can contact the neighborhood team. A district team employee will then make an appointment with you. You can discuss with the district team employee what options are available in your area. You also check whether more is needed, such as specialized care or aids. The district teams can then fall back on different healthcare institutions or customized provision can be arranged from the personal budget.
With a personal budget, you will not receive the amount in your bank account. So you do not pay the healthcare providers yourself. You instruct the Social Insurance Bank (SVB) to pay your healthcare providers. The SVB pays healthcare providers via an invoice, a time sheet or a monthly payment.
You pay a personal contribution of approximately 20 euros per month for a personal budget from the Wmo. With the Youth Act or Wmo 18- you do not pay a personal contribution. See CAK website for more information.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Hollands Kroon