Breadcrumb trail
You are on the page: First page / Services by topic / Families and social services
Navigation
Services by topic
Most popular keywords
- address
- adoption
- change of address
- child care
- childcare
- children
- cohabitation
- divorce
- emigration
- expatriate finns
- families
- fatherhood
- foreign countries
- foreigners
- guardianship
- human rights
- immigrants
- infertility
- maintenance
- marriage
- moving home
- name
- nordic countries
- parents
- partnership
- personal data
- population register
- property
- social services
- wedding
Short addresses for this page
- Suomi.fi/families
- Suomi.fi/families_and_social_services
- Suomi.fi/social_services
Families and social services by keyword support for home care of children
Show content: Most popular first In alphabetical order
All of Finland
- Inheritance tax

Information on inheritance tax and inventory on the estate.
Tax Administration - Social insurance

Information on social security. Health insurance, unemployment insurance, accident insurance and pension insurance.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health - Conscript's allowance

Conscript's allowance and payment scheme.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Lutheran funeral

Lutheran burial customs in Finland.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland - Survivors' benefits

Survivors' pension and other benefits.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Grief groups

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland - Non-religious weddings

Information and service for secular ceremonies.
Pro-Ceremonies - Emergency youth shelters

Emergency youth shelters in Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo, Tampere and Turku for all young people when things get difficult.
Finnish Red Cross FRC - Sosiaaliportti - The Social Gateway

Sosiaaliportti - The Social Gateway supports knowledge exchange between professionals and encourages collegial support.
National Institute for Health and Welfare THL - Kela - Customer Service Locator

You can contact any one of Kela's customer service points. Use the Customer Service Locator to find your nearest Kela office and to see their details and opening hours.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Kela benefit guides and leaflets

Kela produces benefit guides and leaflets covering the entire range of social security benefits available from Kela. Some brochures are available in Finnish and Swedish only, but some are translated to English and other languages.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - A guide to benefits

An overview of the various social security benefits provided by KELA. A PDF file.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Inheritance and testament

If a deceased person has no heirs, his/her property will revert to the state. Information on the inheritance right of relatives and last will.
State Treasury - Accident report

An accident report is completed if compensation is claimed on the basis of an accident.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Recovery of overpayments

If a benefit has been paid to a too high amount or without grounds, Kela has to recover the overpayment.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Youth work in Finland

Information on Finnish youth work and the role of the Ministry of Education and Culture in matters concerning the youth.
Ministry of Education and Culture - Notification of a Finnish citizen deceased outside Finland

Notification of a Finnish citizen deceased outside Finland.
Local register offices - Position and rights of the social welfare client

The client has a right to quality social welfare and good treatment. Each municipality has to have a social services ombudsperson who promotes the rights of clients.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health - Registration of civil partnership

Information on the registration of a civil partnership between people of the same sex.
Local register offices - Notification of marriage of a Finnish citizen abroad Finland

Registration of marriage that took place abroad.
Local register offices - Net tip for the police

You can submit non-emergency information to the Police for any suspicious material you find on the Internet.
Finnish Police - Residence permit for adoption

Application for a child who is a foreign citizen and who is to be adopted in Finland (intercountry adoption). The Finnish adoption board has approved the adoption. Residence permit for private adoption: form OLE_MUU (Other grounds).
Finnish Immigration Service Migri - Notification of a Finnish citizen registration of partnership abroad

Notification of a Finnish citizen registration of partnership abroad
Local register offices - Distribution of the property of the spouses

Information on the distribution of the property in case of divorce or death.
Ministry of Justice - Temporary child care

Service is available in the Helsinki metropolitan area and the surrounding municipalities.
Väestöliitto - Palkka.fi

Palkka.fi is a free Internet application for payroll computing and reporting presented and maintained by Tax Administration and employment pension insurance corporations. Palkka.fi is especially designed for small businesses, associations, organization...
Tax Administration - Youth rights and responsibilities

The rights children have at different ages.
City of Oulu - Child protection

Information on children's holiday homes and family support work.
Save the Children Finland - Multicultural family counselling

The Family Federation's Kotipuu functions as a centre for expertise and resources on psychosocial issues concerning immigrants, particularly relating to family life, childrearing and parenthood.
Väestöliitto - Maternity grant

Information about the right to a maternity grant, the maternity package and checklist for maternity grant applicants.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - The Lutheran Church's family counselling centre

Help for adults with their family problems and life crises.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland - Speech and language impairments

Information for persons with speech impairments and users of plain language.
Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities FAIDD - Claim - Sickness allowance

The form is used when claiming sickness allowance and reporting accidents.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Supplement - General housing allowance - Persons living in the household

Supplement to Application for Housing Allowance: Information about household members
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Earnings-related allowance application

The applicant for earnings-related allowance will complete and send the form to the unemployment fund.
Federation of Unemployment Funds in Finland TYJ - My benefits

Benefit calculators for different kinds of benefits. Benefit calculators are available only in Finnish and Swedish.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Claim for reimbursement of travel expenses incurred in undergoing an examination required by Kela

Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Employer's pay report

To be completed by the employer. The employer reports the employees pay during a period for which the employee was granted an allowance. Pay prior to such a period may also be reported to enable the calculati-on of the allowance
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Services for people with mobility disorders

Rehabilitation (medical rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation), projects, community and construction planning.
Finnish Association of People with Mobility Disabilities - National council on disability

The National Council on Disability is an co-operative organ for authorities, disability organisations and organisations for relatives of disabled people.
National Council on Disability - Medicolegal autopsies

Medicolegal officers perform medicolegal autopsies and answer for verification of death certificates.
National Institute for Health and Welfare THL - Adoption grant and other benefits

Adoption grant from Kela can be applied to offset some of the costs of international adoption. Adoptive parents are eligible for largely the same family benefits as biological parents.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Guardianship authority

Guardianship services are intended for people who are incapable of looking after their own financial affairs. About the appointment of a guardian and the guardian's responsibilities.
Ministry of Justice - Declaration of parental income

Declaration of parental income is used to accompany a claim for labour market subsidy.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Housing allowance for pensioners

Eligibility for the housing allowance, amounts and appeal.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Services for the deaf

Information about activities, sign languages and study opportunities for the deaf.
Finnish Association of the Deaf - Services for people with CP

Finnish CP Association monitors the realisation of the rights of persons with Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida or hydrocephalus and their families. The activities of the Finnish CP Association focus on habilitation, extensive service provision, housing services and information dissemination.
Finnish CP Association - Account of need for vehicle

Compensation for costs caused by the use of a courtesy car in case of accident with a state vehicle.
State Treasury - Benefits for pensioners

The fundamentals of assistance for pensioners and the amount of national pension and applying it. Shortly informantion on different employment pension as well. Additionally the most common application forms.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Social insurance in the Nordic countries

The Nordic social insurance portal provides guidance for employees, self-employed persons, the unemployed, students and pensioners moving between Nordic countries.
Produced by several organisations - Babysitters

Short term child care service in certain municipalities in Finland. Families employ the babysitters.
Mannerheim League for Child Welfare - Services for hard of hearing and deafened people

Support and services for hard of hearing and deafened people and their families.
Federation of Hard of Hearing - Burial service

Everyone has the right to be buried in the graveyard of the Evangelical-Lutheran congregation of their home town.
Ministry of Education and Culture - Parents' League

Advice and information for parents' associations in schools.
Finnish Parents' League - Security for the surviving spouse and the children

Survivors' pensions under the employee pensions act. Applying for survivors' pensions. Spouse's and orphan's pension.
Finnish Centre for Pensions - Internet safety work

Information on net safety for children and the young. A tipline for for reporting on unlawful content on the Internet.
Save the Children Finland - Single parent families

Kela's benefits for single-parent families.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Homes and shelters in family crises

Information on mother and child homes and shelters for persons suffering from family violence.
Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters - Disability services

Disability policy, rehabilitation and aids, entitlement to benefits, services for children and families.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health - Mental retardation

Information and links on rights, services, symptoms and so on for people with disabilities.
Parent Organisation of Mentally Handicapped Children in Uusimaa - Online safety instructions for children and parents

Online safety school offers instructions on online safety for children, parents and teachers.
Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority FICORA - Services for the visually impaired

Rehabilitation to senior citizens, children and adults who are blind or partially sighted.
Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired - Disability allowance

Disability allowance for children under 16. Disability allowance for disabled or chronically ill persons aged 16 years or over.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Application - Child Benefit

Application for child benefit. This form can be used to apply for child benefit and/or the single-parent supplement to child benefit.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Application - Parental benefits for fathers

Use this form to apply for paternity allowance or a daddy month if the parental allowance paid on account of your child's birth started 31 December 2012 or earlier.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Movies age limits

A database of movies. You can search for example by suggested age limits or by the name of the movie. In Finnish and Swedish only.
Finnish Centre for Media Education and Audiovisual Media - Application concerning Finnish residence-based social security and health insurance upon moving from Finland

This form is for use by applicants who wish to retain their coverage under the Finnish residence-based social security system and health insurance system while resident abroad for more than a year.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Information on Finnish child welfare for immigrants

Lastensuojelu.fi provides an overview of child welfare in Finland especially for immigrants. The website contains compiled information on what child welfare is, what it is based on and how it works.
Central Union for Child Welfare in Finland - Family counselling

Child guidance and family counselling services.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health - Application concerning Finnish residence-based social security and health insurance

This form is intended for use by persons moving to Finland with their family or working in Finland or for a Finnish employer who wish to apply for coverage under the Finnish residence-based social security system and health insurance system.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Child maintenance and support

Children have the right to adequate maintenance that corresponds to the ability of parents to provide for them.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health - Application - Parental benefits for mothers

This form is used to apply for parental benefits for mothers on account of the birth or adoption of a child. Mothers can apply for maternity allowance, parental allowance, partial parental allowance, special maternity allowance, maternity grant, child ...
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Claim for partial care allowance

This form is used to claim partial care allowance when one or both parents reduce their working hours in order to look after a child who is under the age of 3 or in the first few years of school.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Services for people with disabilities

The responsibilities of municipalities in social welfare for the disabled; rehabilitation and assistive devices, special care for handicapped people, family care allowance.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health - Statistics on social services

Statistics on home care, institutional care and housing services, social protection expenditure and social assistance.
National Institute for Health and Welfare THL - Morning and afternoon activities for school children

Information on guided recreational activities intended for first and second year pupils in comprehensive schools.
Ministry of Education and Culture - Child welfare

The responsibilities of the child welfare officials, preventative measures, non-residential care services.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health - Private Day Care Provider Identification Form

Private Day Care Provider Identification Form.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Claim for reimbursement under the Health Insurance Act in respect of medical care expenses incurred in Finland

This form is for use in claiming reimbursement under the Health Insurance Act for expenses incurred in Finland because of an illness, pregnancy or childbirth. The claim must be accompanied by an itemised statement of fees from the doctor or dentist, or...
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Home help for the elderly

Information on home help and home repair advice for war veterans and the aged.
Central Union for the Welfare of the Aged - Application for Child Maintenance Allowance

Application for Child Maintenance Allowance
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Private family care

Information about the private family care, i.e. the round the clock care provided to someone in a private home outside their own home environment.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health - If your child is ill or disabled

Compensation for costs relating to the care of a chronically ill or disabled child.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Home help and home nursing care

Information about municipal home help and home nursing services.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health - Services for the elderly

When the health and functional capacity of elderly people deteriorate, they are entitled to many kinds of social and health care services. The right to some benefits is dependent on how long the elderly person has lived in Finland.
Produced by several organisations - Statistics on child welfare

Statistical data on children and young people in support interventions in community care and children and young people placed outside the home.
National Institute for Health and Welfare THL - Support for informal care

Regulations on support if relatives take care of an old person.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health - Pensioners' care allowance

Pensioners' care allowance is intended to make it possible for pension recipients with an illness or disability to live at home, as well as to promote home care and to reimburse pension recipients for extra costs caused by illness or disability.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Services for older people

Living at home is supported with rapid-access professional social welfare and health care services. Residential services and different forms of institutional care are provided to people who can no longer manage to live at home.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health - Claim for Child Home Care Allowance / Private Day Care Allowance

This form is used to claim financial assistance with child care arrangements when daycare services are not obtained from the local government.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Special power of attorney to handle matters with Kela

Restricted/time-limited power of attorney through which another person is authorised to handle a specific matter with Kela
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Subsidies for caring for small children

Information about child home care allowance and private daycare allowance.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - General power of attorney for handling of matters related to Kela benefits

Power of attorney through which e.g. elderly parents authorise their children to handle all their matters related to Kela.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Kela-card

The Kela card proves your right to Finnish health insurance. Everyone with Finnish health insurance receives a Kela card.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Social services and benefits

Social services and their provision to various population groups.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health - Infertility clinic

The Family Federation's Infertility Clinics in Helsinki, Oulu, Turku and Tampere are specialized in the treatment of infertility. The clinics' services are available to everyone and no referral is needed.
Väestöliitto - Family services

Help in times of family and relationship crises.
Väestöliitto - Conclusion of marriage

Requirements, rights and obligations of married couples and terminating a marriage. Choosing a surname.
Ministry of Justice - Information and support for persons with fertility problems

Simpukka is a patient organisation for those affected with fertility problems.
Finnish Fertility Association Simpukka - Services for the mentally retarded

A good life for people with disabilities. Information on research, training and development; teaching materials.
Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities FAIDD - Families' rights and responsibilities in another EU country

Your Europe portal gives information and legislation on children and couples in European Union. Information also on cross-border divorces.
European Commission - Adoption

The rules and procedures for adoption and international adoptions.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health - Hilma, the support center for disabled immigrants

The support center Hilma offers counselling and support in several languages for disabled immigrants.
Vammaisfoorumi ry - Information for registration of marriage abroad

Ulkomailla tapahtuneen vihkimisen Suomessa rekisteröintiä varten annettavat tiedot Information for registration of marriage abroad
Local register offices - Tasks of a guardian

Tasks of a guardian, compensation for expenses, termination of the task.
Ministry of Justice - Lutheran baptism

The significance of baptism, baptism as a family feast.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland - Maternity and child welfare clinics

Aims of maternity and child welfare clinics at health centres.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health - Unemployment Status Report

This form is intended for use by recipients of basic unemployment allowance, labour market subsidy or integration assistance for the purpose of reporting information about periods of unemployment required for benefit payment.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Notification of a Finnish citizen born outside Finland

Notification of a Finnish citizen born outside Finland.
Local register offices - Children's rights

Children's rights, adoption, foster care, child protection.
Save the Children Finland - Child benefits

Amount of, how to apply for and payment of child benefits.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Application - Parental benefits for fathers

Use this form to apply for paternity allowance if the parental allowance paid on account of your child's birth started 1 January 2013 or later.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Family leave

Information about family leaves: maternity, special maternity, paternity and parental leave and childcare leave.
Ministry of Employment and the Economy - Benefits for families with children

Information about maternity, paternity and parental allowances. Parental allowance for adoptive parents.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Municipal day care and preschool education

Children below school age are entitled to receive municipal day care according to the needs of the family. Before beginning primary school children can take part in preschool education.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health - Social welfare

Information on Finnish social welfare.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health - Time reservation system to Local Register Offices

You can make a reservation for example for marriage, confirmation of sale, registration of a foreigner or concerning matters within Notary Public or guardianship. This service is on trial in some localities.
Local register offices - Non-religious naming of a child

Organising a name party.
Pro-Ceremonies - Request for examinations of the impediments to marriage as well as affirmation and statement for an examination of impediments to marriage

The examination can be carried out either by the local register office or an appropriate church parish.
Local register offices - Divorce and family matters in district courts

Maintenance allowance, childcare, visiting rights and division of assets.
Ministry of Justice - Dissolution of marriage

Dissolution of marriage. Legislation, reconsideration period, distribution of the property of the spouses.
Ministry of Justice - Social rights

Information on social rights by ordinary legislation, fundamental social rights affirmed by the national Constitution and social human rights defined by international human rights treaties. Appeal proceedings and international supervisory bodies.
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela - Church marriage ceremony

What you need to do when planning a wedding in the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland - Civil marriage ceremonies

Information about civil weddings in a registrer office, e.g. impediments to marriage, change of surname and marriage of foreigners.
Local register offices - Request for examinations of the impediments to marriage

Request for examinations of the impediments to marriage as well as affirmation and statement for an examination of impediments to marriage.The examination can be carried out either by the local register office or an appropriate church paris
Local register offices - Confirmation of paternity

Confirmation of paternity of a child born outside marriage.
Local register offices - Change of address notification form for a person living abroad when registered in the Finnish Population Information System

Change of address notification form for a person/a Finnish citizens living abroad when registered in the Finnish Population Information SystemThe notification can also be submitted to the nearest Finnish Embassy or Consulate.
Local register offices
See also
Suomi.fi pages
- Intoxicants
Acts and decrees
- Search all acts and decrees within the subject (30 pcs)
Customer service on benefits
Kela has customer service numbers for different benefits. Numbers are at your service on weekdays from 8 am to 8 pm.
- Kela phone services
www.kela.fi
Services by topic
- Housing and construction
- Families and social services
- Health and nutrition
- Teaching and education
- Library and information services
- Culture and communications



