The Brussels family assistance service

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To be able to benefit from this help, it is necessary to be in one of the following cases:

• Disease, childbirth, death or prolonged absence of the mother
• Disease or prolonged absence of a single father, having one or several dependent children
• Mother overloaded with work, having the responsibiliy for a disabled child or having at least 3 children under the age of 14
• Disease of a child whose mother exercises a professional activity
• Persons with mental disorder or reduced mobility
• Disease of one member of an old couple
• Disease of an old person living alone

The service helps with following tasks: the common family or domestic tasks, the care and the surveillance of the children, cooking, ironing, small washings, repairing, shopping.

The helped person has to pay an hourly contribution which is calculated according to his or her income. He or she will thus have to give that information to the social worker who will visit him or her.