Family
# Adoption and foster care
Sometimes a child’s biological parents are not in a position to look after the child. Children in this situation can be cared for by other families on a permanent or temporary basis. How does adoption work and who can provide advice if you would like to foster a child?
To ServicesIf you become a mother, you can receive maternity benefit during the protection periods before and after childbirth and for the day of childbirth. You can apply for maternity benefit either from your statutory health insurance fund or from the Federal Social Security Office (BAS).
If you as parents earn enough income for yourself, but the income is not enough or only just enough for the whole family, you can apply for the child supplement.