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 's-Hertogenbosch

Here is some information from your municipality.

Applying for youth care for your child

Please note. You can only apply for youth assistance if you live in the Netherlands and are registered with a municipality.

Do you have general questions or concerns about (your child's) behaviour and development? Ask these to youth professionals who already know your child, such as staff at the child healthcare centre, the teacher at school or your GP.

Do you need help in several areas? For example, because you have problems with your money matters, parenting, care for yourself, your partner and/or living or working situation? Then a director from the municipality can help you.

Further information

For more information, contact Koo by telephone on +31 73 206 88 88 or check the Koo website. They will then make sure you get to the right place. You can visit Farent, MEE, GGD or Humanitas, for example, without a referral, free of charge.

You can also send an e-mail via the digital contact form.