Blindenhilfe/Aufstockungsleistung

Assistance for the blind is a social assistance benefit to compensate for blindness-related additional expenses, which is income- and asset-dependent. It can be applied for under the following conditions:

• Relocation from Hesse to an inpatient facility in another federal state
   
• Admission to a Hessian institution, provided that the habitual residence in Hesse was justified for less than 2 months before admission.
   

Blind, adult people can apply for top-up benefits in addition to the Hessian State Blind Benefit. It is also an income- and asset-related social assistance benefit, which increases the amount of blind people by another 14 percent.
 

• For new applications, an application for a blind person's allowance and an ophthalmologist's certificate is sufficient.
• For top-up benefits, please contact your clerk at LWV Hessen
   

The benefit is granted when the entitlement becomes known to the LWV Hessen or to a social welfare office.

In the Land of Hesse, priority is given to blind allowance under the Law on State Allowance for the Blind. See also the keyword Landesblindengeld.

Landeswohlfahrtsverband Hessen (LWV Hessen), Department for People with Physical or Sensory Disabilities - Regional Management for Blind or Visually Impaired People -