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SHG
CH-SG
CH-SG
Art. 2 Sozialhilfegesetz (SHG) - Grundsatz
II. Persönliche Sozialhilfe - 1. Allgemeine Bestimmungen
Art. 2 SHG · Grundsatz
1. Persönliche Sozialhilfe bezweckt
a)* der Hilfebedürftigkeit vorzubeugen, deren Folgen nach Möglichkeit zu beseitigen oder zu mildern;
b)* die Eigenverantwortung und die Selbsthilfe der Hilfebedürftigen sowie ihre soziale und berufliche Integration zu fördern.
2. Sie wird geleistet, soweit
a)* keine Hilfeleistung durch unterstützungspflichtige Verwandte oder andere Dritte gewährt wird oder diese nicht rechtzeitig verfügbar ist;
b) kein Anspruch auf Sozialversicherungsleistungen oder auf Sozialhilfe nach der besonderen Gesetzgebung besteht.
Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (11)
B.2025.68 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 2 lit. a SHG)
Social Assistance Benefits Calculation and Loan Repayments as Income
Cited in the reasoning explaining the basis for financial social assistance, which is the core issue determined by the partially accepted appeal.
DIGS411.695 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 2 SHG)
Social Assistance Recipient v. Housing Subsidy Reduction Due to Unassessed Medical Condition
This article, concerning the subsidiarity of social assistance relative to disability and supplementary benefits, was implicitly used to uphold the set-off against the overpayment (Erw. 6).
B.2021.194.B.2021.1 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 2 lit. a SHG)
Social Assistance Repayment and Third-Party Support Offset
This provision regarding the principle of subsidiarity (not covering costs covered by third parties) was cited in the reasoning leading up to the decision on the appeal, which was subsequently dismissed, but it was not explicitly cited in the final orders 1, 2, or 4. However, its principle was central to the dismissal of appeal B 2021/196 (E. 3.2, 3.3.2), which resulted in the final order 2.2.
B.2021.194.B.2021.1 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 2 lit. a SHG)
Social Assistance Recalculation Upheld: Offset of Overpayment and Inclusion of Third-Party Support Affirmed
This provision was cited in the reasoning section regarding the principle that third-party income must be imputed, which formed the basis for rejecting the appeal concerning the imputation of the sister's support.
B.2016.133 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 2 und Art. 9 SHG)
Social Assistance Recipient Appeals Mandatory Full-Time Integration Program
Cited in the reasoning section regarding the subsidiarity principle.
B.2015.38 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 2 lit. b SHG)
Appeal Against Cessation of Social Assistance Due to Early Pension Requirement
The entire decision revolves around the interpretation of this provision regarding the substitution of social assistance by social insurance benefits, which is the core legal question leading to the dismissal of the appeal.
B.2015.38 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 2 lit. b SHG)
Obligation to Claim Early Pension vs. Social Assistance Entitlement
The substantive issue regarding the subsidiarity of social assistance in relation to social security benefits (AHV) is central to the decision to dismiss the appeal.
B.2013.172 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 1 SHG)
Social Assistance Eligibility Denial Upheld Due to Unsubstantiated Financial Disclosure
The substantive finding that social assistance is subsidiary (Art. 2 Abs. 1 SHG) underpins the decision to confirm the rejection of assistance due to sufficient means.
B.2013.172 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 1 SHG)
Case Concerning Allocation of Income and Assets for Social Assistance Eligibility
The court confirms the decision rejecting the application for social assistance, which implicitly relies on the subsidiary nature of the assistance as defined in this article.
B.2011.64 · sg (Art. 2 L. 18 Abs. 1 SHG)
Spouse's Settlement Permit Denial Over Unrepaid Social Assistance
Cited as the legal basis for the obligation to repay social assistance, which was central to the case facts.
ABV.2010.1 · sg (Art. 2 Abs. 1 i.V.m. Art. 8 lit. a SHG)
Advance Maintenance Payments Retroactivity Due to Lack of Municipal Notification
Cited in reasoning regarding the municipality's duty of counselling to prevent need, analogously applied to justify the start date.