Surviving relatives of an affected applicant

If the person who applied for childcare benefit dies, the family will still be in need of help. The restore process initiated for the whole family can now continue under the scheme for surviving relatives.

This scheme for surviving relatives will ensure that the benefit partner or children of the deceased person can continue with the restore process.

The scheme applies if:

the parent applied for restoration before 1 January 2024 and passed away after that,
the parent passed away before 1 January 2024 and did not yet apply for restoration.

UHT will first look at who is a recipient of the scheme for a deceased applicant. We will then look at whether the deceased applicant had already been recognised as a parent affected by the childcare benefit problems. If it turns out that you are a recipient of the scheme AND the applicant is an affected parent, you may complete the restore process.

We will contact the surviving relatives from 20 January 2025

Recipients of this scheme

Surviving relatives who are entitled to the scheme for surviving relatives are called ‘recipients of the scheme’. There may be 1 or more ‘recipients’ of the scheme.

In determining the recipient(s), the following order applies:

The benefit partner of the deceased parent at the time of death. Or, if there is no benefit partner:
The child or children of the deceased parent.

Is the scheme meant for me?

Do you want to know if you are a recipient of the scheme for surviving relatives? Answer some questions to see if the scheme applies to your situation.

Am I a recipient of the scheme for surviving relatives? (Dutch)

Completing the restore process

If you are a recipient of the scheme, you are entitled to:

A personal counsellor for surviving relatives: surviving relatives have a designated contact person for questions. They receive counselling during the restore process if they need it. The counsellor will contact them.
Tailored approach: You continue the restore process at the point where the applicant was when he or she passed away. We recognise 3 situations:

No initial test or integrated assessment has been done yet. If so, we will start the integrated assessment. The integrated assessment states what happened, whether the deceased applicant was an affected parent and shows the financial compensation.
The initial test was done and the deceased applicant was an affected parent. If so, we will also start the integrated assessment, to see if more compensation is needed.
The integrated assessment had already been completed. If so, the family members can continue with the restoration that they still need and to which the applicant would have been entitled.

If the deceased applicant is found to have been an affected parent, you as the recipient of the scheme are also entitled to:

Financial compensation.
Debt assistance: assistance for debts to the government and debts to companies. More information about debt s (Dutch).
Broad support from your municipality: Benefit partners can be assisted in the five areas of life: finance (money), family, work, housing and care. The assistance offered always fits your personal situation. There is also broad support for children, but they do not receive help with problems with their own families. For this, they can turn to the standard support offered by their municipality. More information about broad support.
Possibility to file a ‘request for additional damages’: if you feel that your actual damages are greater than the compensation offered, you can request with the Committee on Actual Damages.

Has the integrated assessment already been completed? Are there multiple problems, requiring a comprehensive approach? If so, the recipients of the scheme can discuss this with their personal counsellor for surviving relatives. More information about the comprehensive approach (Dutch).

Surviving relatives are given as much control over their own restore process as possible

Surviving relatives can choose whether they want to exercise their remaining rights. And UHT follows the pace of the surviving relatives as much as possible: as quickly as possible but at a slower pace where necessary.

Personal counsellor for surviving relatives

As a surviving relative, you have a lot on your mind. The personal counsellor for surviving relatives will guide you through the restore process. And through the steps that need to be taken to ensure you can move forward with your restoration. The counsellor is the point of contact for all your questions.

More information about the counselling (Dutch)

We will contact you

As from 20 January 2025, we will contact surviving relatives of deceased applicants who are known to us. The deceased applicant is known to us if:

UHT sent the applicant an acknowledgement of receipt of his or her request for a childcare benefit reassessment (reference letter UHT-OB ZM-2 OBB). However, if the applicant already received a rejection decision or prior notice of rejection before he or she passed away, we will not contact the surviving relative(s).
A surviving relative requested a childcare benefit reassessment on behalf of the deceased applicant. And receipt of that request was acknowledged to the applicant (reference letter UHT-OB ZM-2 OBB).
A surviving relative applied for the child scheme because the deceased parent had not requested a childcare benefit reassessment. And the child scheme was granted to the surviving relative.

When should I apply?

You should apply in the following cases:

You are a surviving relative and suspect that your partner or parent was affected. However, your loved one never applied for the childcare benefit reassessment before he or she died.
You requested a childcare benefit reassessment on behalf of your deceased partner or parent. However, receipt of this request was not acknowledged to you.
As a surviving relatives, you applied for the child scheme, but received a decision rejecting this application. Was it rejected because the initial test did not show that the parent was an affected parent? If so, the integrated assessment for the scheme for surviving relatives may still show that the parent was an affected parent.
You have no citizen service number (BSN), for example because you were born abroad. And 1 or more of the above situations also apply to you.

You can apply by calling the Service Team.

Schedule

As we cannot help everyone at once, we work according to a schedule.

We will first contact surviving relatives of parents who applied for restoration in 2019. And in the months that follow, we will work towards contacting surviving relatives of parents who last reported to UHT.

At the start of the scheme, we cannot yet estimate how much time we need to contact all surviving relatives. We will complete the schedule as soon as there is more clarity.

What determines the order?

For the schedule, we look at 3 questions:

In which year did the applicant apply? Or did the surviving relative apply on behalf of the applicant?
Who is the recipient of the scheme: the benefit partner or the child(ren)?
Is the integrated assessment yet to be done or has it already been completed?

The combination of these questions determines how quickly we will get in touch. More information about when we will get in touch can be found below.

Application deadlines

Are you a surviving relative of an applicant who had already applied for restoration? If so, you have until 30 June 2025 to decide whether you want to make use of the scheme.
Does a childcare benefit applicant die after the law takes effect? And did he or she already apply for restoration before 1 January 2024, but was he or she still waiting for the integrated assessment? In that case, the surviving relatives must apply within 6 months after the death. Usually, the personal counsellor for surviving relatives will contact the surviving relatives earlier.

The application deadline gives surviving relatives time to think about whether they want to make use of the scheme.

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