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Addiction prevention and addiction support; application for funding
The Free State of Bavaria grants subsidies for measures and projects in the field of addiction prevention and addiction aid.
Forms
Forms
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Antrag auf Gewährung einer staatlichen Zuwendung - Förderprogramm: Suchtbekämpfung
This form can be submitted electronically (e.g. via a secure contact form using your user account with login via the electronic ID function or the ELSTER certificate) or handwritten and signed in paper form to the responsible authority.
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Verwendungsnachweis über staatliche Zuwendungen - Förderprogramm: Suchtbekämpfung
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Description
Purpose
Grants for measures and projects in the field of addiction prevention and addiction support are intended to prevent addiction risks and mitigate existing risks or impairments to health and quality of life. The existing nationwide network of prevention services is to be maintained and strengthened. In addition, the range of youth addiction counseling services in the state is to be expanded.
Object
Funding is provided for addiction prevention specialists from associations and local authorities, addiction counseling for affected young people and their relatives, care for addicted and at-risk prisoners and detainees in Bavarian prisons by external specialists, projects and measures to prevent and combat addiction, as well as further training measures that serve to impart, expand, deepen and further develop the specific specialist knowledge of volunteers and relatives working in the field of addiction.
Recipients of funding
Central associations of independent welfare organizations and their affiliated organizations as well as local authorities are eligible to apply.
Eligible costs
Funding can be provided for personnel expenses and, depending on the object of the funding, also for material expenses.
Type and amount
As part of project funding, grants are awarded in the form of fixed-amount funding (lump sums).
The sponsor must provide its own contribution as prescribed by budgetary law.
Requirements
Budgetary requirements are:
- Proof of secured overall financing through third-party funds/own contribution by the executing agency
- Determination of the outstanding state interest in the implementation of the measure by the funding authority
Required documents
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where appropriate, an informal declaration by partners in the action on the nature and extent of their participation
Proceedings
Submission of applications
Applications must be submitted to the local government responsible for the location of the measure.
Approval
The governments are responsible for approval. The governments submit applications for initial funding to the State Ministry for Health, Care and Prevention for a decision following a technical and legal review. The approval period is the calendar year.
Fees
none
Deadlines
Applications for initial funding under the guidelines for the funding of prevention and counseling services in the field of addiction can be submitted at any time.
Applications for the continuation of existing measures and projects (follow-up applications) must be submitted to the granting authority by December 1 of the year preceding the funding period applied for. Applications received after this date will not be considered.
Special notes
Funding is provided without legal entitlement within the scope of available budget funds.
Legal bases
Related links
Related issues
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Psychosocial addiction counseling centers; application for fundingThe districts promote the expansion of a nationwide range of outpatient services through psychosocial addiction counseling centers, which are generally operated by independent welfare organizations.
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Suchtberatung bei bestehender oder drohender Suchtproblematik; InanspruchnahmeSuchtgefährdete bzw. suchtkranke Menschen sowie deren Angehörige erhalten Informationen, Beratung und Hilfe in den bayernweit vorhandenen Psychosozialen Suchtberatungsstellen (PSBen). Auch Gesundheitsämter sowie Haus- und Fachärzte können erste Ansprechpartner sein.
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Addiction prevention services; utilization
Addiction prevention efforts are aimed at preventing risky, harmful or addictive behavior and consumption. In addition to avoiding risk factors, health resources and skills should also be strengthened.
Status: 03.03.2026
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Gesundheit, Pflege und Prävention
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