AfD on work and social affairs

The AfD wants regular, independent audits of social sector providers to prevent waste. Only welfare organizations that behave in a politically neutral way would receive state money.

The AfD wants to check welfare groups more closely. This is meant to stop wasted money. Only politically neutral groups should get state money.

The party speaks of a "social industry" and accuses other parties of close ties to welfare associations. It cites audit offices that have criticized waste in the social sector, for example due to missing cost-effectiveness reviews and performance checks. Inefficient structures are to be removed.

The AfD wants to raise the state allowance for blind people from 345.80 euros to at least 500 euros a month and tie it to inflation. It also wants allowances for visually impaired and deafblind people and higher pay in sheltered workshops for people with disabilities.

Blind people should get more money from the state. It should be at least 500 euros a month. People with poor eyesight should also get money. Pay in workshops for disabled people should go up.

The platform notes that Brandenburg ranks second to last among the states for this allowance and that the amount has not changed since 2018. In the future it would rise automatically with inflation. Other people entitled under the state care allowance law would also get proportionally more. In workshops, hourly pay is sometimes around 1.50 euros, which the AfD wants to change.

The AfD wants to enable older people to live self-determined, socially connected lives. To that end, senior-friendly infrastructure in rural areas, projects against loneliness, and intergenerational programs would be expanded.

Older people should be able to live well and independently. Rural areas should have doctors, shops, post offices, banks, and buses. The AfD wants to do something about loneliness. Old and young should do more together.

The platform counts nearby health facilities, shops, post and bank branches, and bus service as infrastructure. Projects like the senior academy would be expanded and linked, with pay free of deductions. Neighborhood help and meeting places would get more funding, as would multigenerational projects and partnerships between daycare centers, schools, and retirement homes. People under legal guardianship would be better protected from poor practice and abuse.