Exceptional financial social aid for costs of funeral (Pogrebnina)

WHAT

This financial aid is paid to family members of the deceased person who cannot afford to pay for the funeral.
More information is available (in Slovenian) at:
https://e-uprava.gov.si/podrocja/sociala-zdravje-smrt/smrt/pogrebnina-posmrtnina.html
http://www.mddsz.gov.si/si/delovna_podrocja/sociala/pogrebnina_in_posmrtnina/

WHO

You are entitled to exceptional financial aid for funeral costs (pogrebnina) if:

  • You are a citizen of Slovenia.
  • You are a holder of the permanent residence permit and have a permanent address in Slovenia.
  • You are a family member of the deceased person (spouse, or partner in cohabitation, a same-sex civil partner, child or foster child, parent your parent’s spouse, cohabiting partner or same-sex civil partner).
  • The funeral is organized in Slovenia.
  • At the time of the death of the deceased person, you were a beneficiary of financial social aid or Social Protection Allowance (varstveni dodatek).

OR

  • Your income or the common income of your family members does not exceed the statutory census.

HOW

When you organize a funeral, ask the funeral service to prepare a preliminary assessment of costs. When you pay the funeral service, keep the invoice. In the period of one year after the death of the deceased person, you can file an application to the social work centre and enclose the death certificate and the invoice or preliminary assessment of costs of the funeral.

If you are in an urgent situation and you cannot pay for the funeral, the funeral service will direct you to a social work centre, where you will file an application right away. The decision will be given to you immediately based on which you will be able to cover the costs of the funeral.

When

In the period of one year after the death of the deceased person.

WHERE

It is best to apply at the social work centre where you applied for your financial social aid or Social Protection Allowance (varstveni dodatek).
A list of social work centres is available (in Slovenian) at: https://www.scsd.si/seznam-centrov-za-socialno-delo.html
The competent authority is the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (Ministrstvo za delo, družino, socialne zadeve in enake možnosti)
Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (Ministrstvo za delo, družino, socialne zadeve in enake možnosti)
Kotnikova 28
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel: +386 1 369 77 00
http://www.mddsz.gov.si/en/
Email: gp.mddsz@gov.si