Dependency Assessment and Provincial (Foral) Catalog Benefits

Procedure managed by Servicios Sociales Municipales / Servicios de Valoración de las Diputaciones Forales that provides access to: Access to the Financial Benefit for Family Care (PECEF) with provincially regulated amounts. IMPORTANT NOTE: in País Vasco, this procedure is NOT managed by Gobierno Vasco but by each Diputación Foral separately, with its own process — Álava/Araba: egoitza.araba.eus · Bizkaia: bizkaia.eus · Gipuzkoa: egoitza.gipuzkoa.eus. Contact your regional authority first. IMPORTANT NOTE: in País Vasco, this procedure is NOT managed by Gobierno Vasco but by each Diputación Foral separately, with its own process — Álava/Araba: egoitza.araba.eus · Bizkaia: bizkaia.eus · Gipuzkoa: egoitza.gipuzkoa.eus. Contact your regional authority first.

Requirements

• •Standardized application form
• •Health condition report completed by an Osakidetza physician.

Steps to follow

1. 1Review the mandatory requirements and prepare the necessary public medical reports.
2. 2Access the competent authority: Servicios Sociales Municipales / Servicios de Valoración de las Diputaciones Forales.
3. 3Submit the application by filling out the official form (online or in person).
4. 4Key tip for this step: Euskadi typically maintains assessment scales and payment timelines that are more efficient than the national average. The application is submitted at your municipal town hall social services office.

Required documents

• •Official clinical reports (Neuropediatrics / Psychiatry from the public health service).
• •Family Record Book (Libro de Familia) or birth certificate of the minor.
• •DNI / NIE of the minor (if available) and of the legal guardians.
• •Previous disability or dependency determinations (if applicable to the procedure).

Where to file it

Servicios Sociales Municipales / Services de Valoración de las Diputaciones Forales

• •Telemático (Sede Electrónica)
• •Presencial (Oficinas de Registro / Ventanilla Única)