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Strengthening Outpatient Care in Rural Areas
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Last updated: 15.6.2025

The state of Lower Saxony supports outpatient care facilities in rural areas with grants. The goal is to structurally improve care through digitization, optimized working conditions, and collaborations, ensuring the sustainable availability of care services and strengthening home-based care.

Who is funded?

The State of Lower Saxony supports outpatient care facilities in rural areas that contribute to strengthening home-based care. The funding aims to improve the availability of outpatient care services and sustainably optimize working conditions for care staff.

What is funded?

The funding targets projects and measures that strengthen outpatient care, especially in the areas of improving working conditions, cooperation and networking, reconciliation of work and family life, and digitization.

Type and Scope of Funding

Funding is provided as a non-repayable grant. The grant covers up to 90 percent of eligible expenses, with a maximum amount of EUR 40,000 per project and nursing service per calendar year. Cooperation projects can receive additional funds.

Conditions and Requirements

Specific conditions apply to the funding regarding care locations, compliance with legal requirements, and adherence to state aid regulations such as the de minimis regulation.

Application Process

The application must be submitted in writing to the Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family before the start of the project. The required forms are available on the website of the approving authority.

The funding program is based on specific guidelines from the Lower Saxony Ministry of Social Affairs and is supplemented by relevant EU state aid regulations and the State Budget Code.

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Funding Overview

Maximum Amount

Maximum Amount:

40,000 €

Deadline

Deadline:

30.09.2025

Open Until

Open Until:

31.12.2026

Award Channel

Award Channel:

Individual Aid

Region

Region:

Lower Saxony (excluding the state capital Hanover, Braunschweig, Oldenburg, Osnabrück, Wolfsburg, Göttingen, Hildesheim, Wilhelmshaven, Delmenhorst, Lüneburg, Celle)

Sectors

Sectors:

Healthcare, Information and Communication Technology

Beneficiaries

Beneficiaries:

Outpatient care facilities (nursing services)

Funding Stages

Funding Stages:

Implementation, Process Optimization, Capacity Building

Funding Provider

Program Level: Regional

Funding Body: Lower Saxony Ministry for Social Affairs, Labour, Health and Equality

Managed By: Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family

Website: Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Soziales, Jugend und Familie