List of support services and projects addressing persons with special needs

Pension and Disability Insurance Institute Slovenia

At Pension and Disability Insurance Institute Slovenia you can get the following support:

• Disability pension
• Disability Benefit
• Part Disability Benefit
• Disability allowance for physical damage
• Attendance allowance
• Vocational rehabilitation
• Reassignment to Another Job
• Part-Time Work

Pension and Disability Insurance Institute Slovenia
https://www.zpiz.si/cms/?ids=zpizen
Kolodvorska ulica 15, Ljubljana
Tel: +386 1 474 51 00
Email: informacije@zpiz.si

Centre of Social Work

At the Centre of Social work the following support is offered to persons with special needs

• Disability allowance and allowance for care and assistance
• Income Support /Social Protection Allowance
• Allowance for Child Care
• Care at Home
• Family Assistant
• Part payment for lost income
• The right to an interpreter for a deaf person

You can assert this right at the local Centre of Social Work.
http://www.mddsz.gov.si/si/delovna_podrocja/sociala/izvajalci/csd/

Financial Office

If you have the status of person with special needs, you can be exempted from paying some taxes or the amount to pay can be reduced.

Financial Office – addresses and contacts (in English)
http://www.fu.gov.si/en/contacts/

Administrative unit

Persons with special needs can apply for the following support at the Administrative unit:
Technical Equipment
Adaptation of a Vehicle
EU Disability Card
Parking Card

Administrative unit. – http://www.upravneenote.gov.si/

Arnes

For free access to the internet for persons with disabilities you should contact Arnes.

Arnes (in English) http://www.arnes.si/en/

Radio and television Slovenia

you can be exempted from the TV/Radio fee. To get more information contact TV/Radio Slovenia.

Radio and television Slovenia (in Slovene):
https://www.rtvslo.si/strani/a-oprostitev-placevanja-prispevka/226

Red Cross Slovenia

You can apply for subsidized Vignette for the motorway at the Red Cross.

Red Cross Slovenia http://www.rks.si/

Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia

At the Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia you arrange your compulsory health insurance that covers the medical rehabilitation and the medical equipment if you need it.

Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia (Zavod za zdravstveno zavarovanje Slovenije) (in English).
http://www.zzzs.si/indexeng.html

Labour and Social Court (Delovno in socialno sodišče)

If you think your rights have been violated you can ask for?counselling at the Work Inspectorate of Slovenia

Labour and Social Court  (in Slovene): http://www.sodisce.si/dsslj/
Resljeva c. 14, 1000 Ljubljana
Tel.: (01) 300 35 20
Email: urad.dslj@sodisce.si

Association of Students with disabilities of Slovenia

For more information regarding students with special needs, contact the Association of Students with disabilities of Slovenia

Association of Students with disabilities of Slovenia (in Slovene).
http://www.dsis-drustvo.si/

Employment Service of Slovenia

Employment Service of Slovenia helps you with different forms of employment

• Employment Rehabilitation
• Supported Employment
• Sheltered Employment

Employment Service of Slovenia – List and contacts.
http://english.ess.gov.si/