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Women's shelters; application for a grant

The Free State of Bavaria grants subsidies to support women's shelters.

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Purpose

The purpose is to support a comprehensive range of counselling and assistance services for women and their children affected or threatened by acute domestic and/or sexualized violence in their social environment in women's shelters by means of government grants.

Object

Eligible for funding are women's shelters that serve to accommodate women and their children who are acutely affected or threatened by domestic and/or sexualized violence.

Recipients of funding

Eligible to apply and receive funding are the umbrella organizations of Bavaria's non-statutory welfare services or providers of women's shelters that are members of an umbrella organization of Bavaria's non-statutory welfare services.

Eligible costs

Eligible costs include personnel costs for the specialist staff required to advise and support the women and personnel costs for the specialist staff required to look after the children, as well as personnel for the management and leadership and personnel for the administration and building management areas.

Type and amount

The funding is granted as a subsidy.

The type of grant is a project grant.

The state grant is awarded as part of project funding in the form of fixed-amount financing.

The grant is made up of the following annual amounts:

  • Specialist staff for women: up to EUR 32,950 per full-time position,
  • Specialist staff for children: up to 29,940 euros per full-time position,
  • Specialist staff for management/executive management: up to 36,330 euros per full-time position,
  • Staff for administration and facility management:
    • Up to 20 220 euros for a women's shelter with five to nine places for women,
    • up to 27,060 euros for a women's shelter with ten to 20 places for women,
    • up to 40,580 euros for a women's shelter with 21 to 30 places for women,
    • up to 54,110 euros for a women's shelter with 31 or more places for women.

A full-time position is a position with regular weekly working hours in accordance with the applicable collective agreement of the funding recipient, provided that these are between 38.5 and 40.1 hours per week. In all other cases, a number of hours per week of 40.1 is to be taken as a basis. In the case of a specialist who is not employed continuously throughout the year or who is employed part-time, the personnel expenditure subsidy is granted on a pro rata basis. The maximum grant for a women's shelter is EUR 533,997 per year.

Among other things, the women's shelter must

  • offer at least five places for women and at least the same number of places for children,
  • be equipped in such a way that it can meet the needs and protection of those seeking help,
  • have a concept according to which the women admitted can look after themselves and their children independently and take on the task of bringing up their children with the support of suitable specialist staff; the concept should also describe the extent to which women with special needs (e.g. women with disabilities or several children) can be admitted
  • provide a certain number of specialist staff for counseling and supporting women and children as well as for management and leadership (see guidelines),
  • provide staff for the areas of administration (in particular for assistance and organizational tasks) and building management. For the areas of administration and facility management, it is also possible to employ freelance staff or purchase services from external service providers.

In cases of hardship to be specially justified by the sponsor, compliance with the requirements under indents 4 and 5 may be waived (see guidelines).

State funding is only provided if at least one district or independent city contributes to the costs required to operate the women's shelter.

All funding requirements can be found in the personnel cost guidelines (see "Legal basis").

  • Required Documents
    • Vereinssatzung, Gesellschaftsvertrag oder entsprechende Verträge (bei Erstantrag oder Änderungen)
    • Nachweis über die Eigenschaft als Spitzenverband der Freien Wohlfahrtspflege Bayern oderZugehörigkeit zu einem Spitzenverband der Freien Wohlfahrtspflege Bayern (bei Erstantrag oder Änderungen)
    • Projektbeschreibung oder Konzept, gegebenenfalls mit Ausführungen zur bisherigen Tätigkeit (bei Erstantrag oder Änderungen)
    • Ausgaben- und Finanzierungsplan mit Übersicht über die Personalausgaben
    • Kostenzusagen aller kommunalen Gebietskörperschaften im Einzugsbereich (bei Erstantrag oder prozentualer Beteiligungsänderung): Sollte die Kostenzusage aller kommunalen Gebietskörperschaften im Einzugsbereich zum Zeitpunkt des Antrages noch nicht möglich sein, ist eine Erklärung mindestens einer kommunalen Gebietskörperschaft im Einzugsbereich ausreichend, mit der sie die Absicht bekundet, sich an den Gesamtausgaben zu beteiligen. Die Kostenzusagen aller kommunalen Gebietskörperschaften müssen spätestens zum Zeitpunkt des Erlasses des Bewilligungsbescheides vorliegen.

Funding is granted upon application by the provider of the women's shelter.

The provider applies to the granting authority (Government of Middle Franconia) for initial inclusion in state funding. The provider must enclose the statements of the co-financing local authorities on the need. The granting authority forwards the application documents to the Bavarian State Ministry for Family, Labor and Social Affairs (StMAS). Following consultation with the Bavarian umbrella organizations of non-statutory welfare services, the Bavarian Association of Counties and the Bavarian Association of Cities and Towns, the StMAS decides on the basic inclusion of the women's shelter in the state funding program.

The application for funding must be submitted in writing using the forms available from the granting authority by December 1 of the year before the start of the funding period.

There are no costs.

The application must be submitted by 01.12.2025. The application for the grant must be submitted in writing using the forms available from the granting authority by December 1 of the year before the start of the grant period.

A complaint can be filed against the notices within one month.

Status: 16.02.2026
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Familie, Arbeit und Soziales
Source: Förderfinder
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