Poverty

Current information on poverty, poverty prevention, social assistance/minimum income, advances on maintenance payments, counselling and contact points for people in need

• Poverty prevention
• Minimum income benefits, counseling and support
  • Social assistance/minimum income
  • Social services
  • Advances on maintenance payments
  • Familienhärteausgleich (→ BKA) ^{German text}
  • Support fund of the health insurance carrier
  • Support fund of the pension insurance institution
  • Artists' Social Insurance Fund
  • Assistance for persons not covered by health insurance
  • Prescription fees
  • Exemption from prescription fee and service fee for the e-card
  • Exemption from broadcasting fees/subsidy for telephone charges/exemption from payment of the green electricity flat rate
  • Assistance in case of homelessness
  • Debt counselling services
  • Probation service and prison release assistance
• Counselling and contact points for people in need
  • Counselling and support centers throughout Austria
  • Medical treatment and food supply
  • Counselling and support in case of (imminent) loss of housing
  • Counselling and support for asylum seekers, recognised refugees and migrants
• SERVICE: Online guide and calculator