With the Aid NRW app, those entitled to aid from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and participating municipalities can submit the documents required for a short application ("short application for payment of an aid") digitally via their smartphone or tablet to the central scanning station in Detmold.

***Participating aid agencies***

Aid offices of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia:

- State Office for salaries and benefits
- District Government Dusseldorf
- District government Detmold
- District government Arnsberg
- District government of Munster
- Cologne district government
- Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court
- Hamm Higher Regional Court
- Cologne Higher Regional Court
- Parliament
- Chamber of Agriculture

Municipal aid agencies:

- City of Dusseldorf
- City Cologne
- City Aachen
- Education authority for the city region of Aachen
- City of Ahlen
- City of Bielefeld
- City of Bochum
- City of Bonn
- City of Duren
- City of Duisburg
- City of Essen
- City Frechen
- City of Gelsenkirchen
- City of Herne
- City of Hilden
- Hochsauerland district
- City Hueckelhoven
- Kleve district
- City of Krefeld
- circle lip
- City of Marl
- City of Mülheim an der Ruhr
- City of Munster
- Oberberg district
- District of Olpe
- City of Remscheid
- Rheinisch-Bergischer district
- Rhein-Kreis Neuss
- Rhein-Sieg district
- City of Solingen
- District administration Viersen
- City of Wesel

Aid offices of the universities:

- University of Cologne
- Technical university Dortmund

You can view the current list of participating aid agencies here: http://beihilfeappinfo.nrw.de/Teil- teher.html

To capture your receipts, simply photograph them with the app. After your documents have been received by the central scanning station in Detmold, you will receive a confirmation of receipt as a message on your smartphone or tablet. This app is free to use.

***Login/Registration ***
After your registration you will receive a confirmation code by post. After this one-time registration, you can transmit your receipts digitally.

***Security and Privacy***
The photographed receipts are already stored in encrypted form in the app and then transmitted in encrypted form. Only you have access to your data.

*** Compatibility ***
Android version 10 or higher is recommended.