Vienna Offers Kindergarten Places for Children Affected by “Minibambini” Closure

Now, as of April 20th, a new kindergarten place could be found for 597 children, reports MA 10 (kindergartens). It is said that 222 children could be accommodated in the municipal and 375 in the private sector.

“The private sponsoring organizations had until mid-April to settle accounts for those children who visited one of their locations in March. With this accounting, we can now collect up-to-date figures on how many children from former “Minibambini” locations have attended an alternative kindergarten by this date.” , according to a spokeswoman for MA 10. The numbers from the municipal kindergartens were collected on the same date, April 20th.

Not all children have new places

The current data comparison shows, however, that not all parents have made use of the offer. “I would like to appeal to those parents who have previously placed their children in one of the ‘Minibambini’ locations and have not yet registered their child in a new kindergarten, to take advantage of MA10’s offer of direct help in finding a new kindergarten place together ,” said Deputy Mayor and City Councilor for Education Wiederkehr. “The kindergarten is one of the most important places for a child’s development.”

Calls to the specially set up MA 10 hotline would only be received occasionally, according to the spokeswoman. “Therefore, a total of all calls is no longer meaningful.” Within the first week alone, the hotline received 400 calls.

employees taken over

But not only children, but also the employees of the “Minibambini” kindergartens have had to reorient themselves due to the closure. 16 of these employees found a new job in the municipal kindergartens in April, and four more are to follow in May. Besides, be it “It cannot be ruled out that other Minibambini employees have applied online directly via the City of Vienna’s job portal and have been accepted,” says a spokeswoman.