More children and young people in foster care despite corona, especially increase in weekend foster care

The Growing Up agency wants to learn lessons from that experience. “When children and young people can grow up safely at home, provided intense guidance, we must dare to take that step faster,” Verhegge says. “We have seen enormous resilience among both the young and the families. There was therefore more focus on what could be done instead of on the risks.”

Due to corona, additional resources were also added. “They ensured that we could also provide extra support to young people and their context when they were confronted with a sudden crisis in the family. For example, there was a noticeable increase in crisis counseling at home or in combination with a stay in a facility.”

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