social security - FOD Sociale Zekerheid

What is the right to social integration?The public social welfare centre of each municipality has the mission to guarantee the right tosocial integration to persons who do not have sufficient means of existence and who satisfy theconditions of the law. There should be aimed for maximal integration and participation in sociallife. Thereto, the public social welfare centre has three important instruments: employment, anintegration income or an individualised project for social integration, or a combination of theseinstruments.In all cases, you have the disposal of an income that allows you to live. Employment always meansa full-time job to which all rules of labour law apply, including the rules of wage protection. Whenan employment is not or not yet possible, you have the right to a financial benefit, the so-calledintegration income. The allowance of the integration income can be followed by the conclusionof an individualised project for social integration between the person applying for assistance andthe public social welfare centre. The choice of the most suitable trajectory is made in consultationwith the person concerned and is aimed at maximal integration and social participation.Who has the right to social integration?I order to be entitled to the right to social integration you should satisfy the following conditions:1. You should have your actual place of residence in Belgium, which means that you shouldusually and durably reside on the Belgian territory.2. You should have the Belgian nationality or belong to one of the following categories:- foreigners registered in the municipal register;- recognised refugees and displaced persons;- citizens of the European Union or family members accompanying or joining them whohave a residence permit for longer than three months.3. You should have reached the age of majority. Minors who are emancipated by marriage,who have one or more dependent children or who are pregnant can also introduce ademand.4. You should not have the disposal of or be entitled to sufficient means of subsistence, norshould you be able to acquire such means by means of your own efforts or by any othermeans. The public social welfare centre examines how many means of existencethe applicant has at his disposal. The public social welfare centre also takes the meansof subsistence of the spouse or the person with whom the applicant forms an actualfamily into account. The public social welfare centre can also consider the income ofthe parents or the children of age with whom the applicant lives together. In principle,all means of existence, of any nature and origin are taken into account. More concretely,the following income types are considered: the professional income, social benefits,incomes from immobile and mobile goods, benefits in kind, etc. A number of incomesmentioned in the regulations are not taken into account: family benefits for children forwhom the applicant is the beneficiary, insofar the applicant raises the children andinsofar the children depend entirely or partially on the applicant; once-only donations;financial aid from the public social welfare centre; maintenance money received infavour of the unmarried children who depend on the applicant insofar the applicantraises them, etc.73