Applying for youth care for your child

Do you want to to apply for youth care (jeugdhulp) for your child? For example, because your child needs extra care or support? You can apply for this at your municipality. You can also contact a youth team (jeugdteam) directly. A youth team supports young people and their families when they need help with growing up and parenting.

You can use a personal budget (persoonsgebonden budget – PGB) to pay for youth care. A PGB is an amount of money that can be used to purchase care or support for personal reasons.

Contact your municipality for youth care for your child. Your municipality provides advice on youth care and will determine the best kind of support for your child. It will do so together with you and your child. The municipality also ensures that your child has access to youth care.

Every municipality implements its youth support differently. Some municipalities have a neighbourhood team (wijkteam) in each neighbourhood, while others have a youth and family centre (Centrum jeugd en gezin).

You can also directly contact your neighbourhood team. A school, GP or sports club can also refer you. The municipality also has a list of youth teams and neighbourhood teams.

This is how it works for you

Your (future) place of residence falls under:

Municipality of Hilversum

Here is some information from your municipality.

Youth support

You have problems raising your child. You need specialized help with this. You may be able to get youth support from the municipality. Youth support is available for young people up to the age of 18, sometimes up to 23 years.

What do you need to know

Youth support is help with parenting problems, intellectual disabilities and psychological problems
Youth support is for children and young people up to 18 years, sometimes up to 23 years
The municipality is responsible for youth support. This is regulated in the Youth Law
The amount of help your child receives varies greatly from situation to situation. It can go from 1 hour a week until care is almost completely taken over
Youth support is usually outpatient. This means that your child lives at home and receives help by appointment. A care provider will come to your home for this. Or at school. Or your child goes to an organization for help during the day
Sometimes it is better if your child lives (temporarily) elsewhere. For example, in a foster family, family home or other care organisation. This is called youth support with residence

Types of youth support

Youth support for a disability: Help for a (mild) intellectual disability, sensory disability, physical disability, somatic disorder or psychiatric disorder
Mental health care (youth mental health care): Help with a mental illness
Day spending: Spending the day at an organization without care tasks
Day treatment: Spending the day at an organization with care tasks
Stay-at-home care: Someone temporarily takes over the upbringing and care. This is called respite care
Foster care: Foster parents (temporarily) take over the upbringing and care
Stay in a youth institution: Temporary voluntary or forced living from home with an organization with care tasks

If you need help raising your child, please contact Jeugd en Gezin first
If the help of Jeugd en Gezin does not solve your problem, contact the Sociaal Plein of the municipality, together with Jeugd en Gezin

How it continues

You have a meeting with a youth counselor from the Sociaal Plein. This person will look for the best solution together with you and can decide whether you need youth support
You will be forwarded to the organization that can best help you and make an appointment with them

See the possible costs on Hilversum.nl.