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Social Code, Book XII – Social Welfare
Sozialgesetzbuch Zwölftes Buch (SGB XII) – Sozialhilfe
It is the task of social welfare to enable people who are entitled to services to lead a life of human dignity. The service should as far as possible enable them to live independently of it, and the people entitled to services should do their utmost to achieve this goal. The people entitled to services and the supporters of the social welfare should work together within the scope of their rights and duties to achieve these goals.
Social welfare is not granted to those who – above all through use of their capacity for work, their income and their assets – are able to help themselves or those who receive the required benefit from others, particularly from relatives or agencies funding other social benefits. Duties incumbent on others, particularly on those obliged to pay maintenance or agencies funding other social benefits, are not affected by this. Benefits provided by others which have a legal foundation may not be denied because appropriate benefits should be provided according to the social welfare legislation.
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