How many under-18s are receiving youth assistance?

As of 1 January 2019, there were nearly 3.4 million young people under the age of 18 in the Netherlands. Almost 428 thousand of them received youth care, i.e. 1 in 8. More than 41 thousand received youth protection and 6 thousand were in juvenile rehabilitation programmes. Thirty-five thousand young people had youth protection and/or were in juvenile rehabilitation programmes in addition to receiving youth assistance.

Youth care, under which fall youth assistancenoot1 youth protectionnoot2 and juvenile rehabilitationnoot3, is intended for young people under the age of 18 and can be extended up to the age of 22. Last year, 443 thousand young people under the age of 23 received youth care. This was 430 thousand in 2018. The figure for 2019 is provisional. In previous years, the definitive figures turned out to be 1 to 2 percent higher than the provisional figures.

More young people receiving youth assistance and protection

The number of young people receiving youth care has increased since 2015. The number receiving youth assistance is rising fastest. The number of young people with youth protection has gone up again after an initial decline from 2017. Furthermore, the number of young people in the juvenile rehabilitation programmes is falling.

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Development of youth care (2015=100)

	Youth assistance	Youth protection	Juvenile rehabilitation
2015	100	100	100
2016	107.3	94.5	95.7
2017	112.1	94.0	90.9
2018	115	95.5	84.1
2019*	118.5	97.9	81.7

Youth assistance going especially to under-18s

Municipalities are responsible for providing youth care. If the municipality reimburses the care directly to the care provider, this is referred to as care in kind. It is also possible to purchase youth assistance using a personal budget (PGB). In 2019, almost 22 thousand young people made use of a personal budget to purchase youth assistance. Nearly 15 thousand of this group also received youth assistance in kind.

High levels of youth assistance in the northeast and central Limburg

Municipalities differ widely in the use of youth assistance. Municipalities in the northeast of the country and in central Limburg provided youth assistance to more than 15 percent of their young people aged 18 or younger. This is higher than in other parts of the country. These regions also had a relatively high proportion of young people with youth protection. CBS is unable to determine the possible causes of the regional differences in the use of youth care. Social and economic circumstances may underlie this, but also policy choices made by municipalities in organising their youth care.

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Young people receiving youth assistance, 2019

Gemeente_naam	Receiving youth assistance
's-Gravenhage	13.5
's-Hertogenbosch	11.62
AaenHunze	12.13
Aalsmeer	8.08
Aalten	10.88
Achtkarspelen	10.97
Alblasserdam	12.3
Albrandswaard	6.88
Alkmaar	12.29
Almelo	12.88
Almere	11.5
Alphen-Chaam	10.33
AlphenaandenRijn	15.98
Altena	10.72
Ameland	5.56
Amersfoort	11.16
Amstelveen	9.31
Amsterdam	12.89
Apeldoorn	12.73
Appingedam	13.47
Arnhem	12.87
Assen	16.72
Asten	8.13
Baarle-Nassau	10.69
Baarn	10.03
Barendrecht	8.53
Barneveld	10.39
Beek	13.99
Beekdaelen	14.49
Beemster	8.22
Beesel	13.84
Bergeijk	10.48
Bergen(L.)	10.26
Bergen(NH.)	10.5
BergenDal	11.02
BergenopZoom	14.2
Berkelland	10.91
Bernheze	11.5
Best	12.17
Beuningen	13.19
Beverwijk	12.98
Bladel	9.65
Blaricum	8.68
Bloemendaal	8.32
Bodegraven-Reeuwijk	12.16
Boekel	9.65
Borger-Odoorn	13.41
Borne	9.51
Borsele	13.02
Boxmeer	13.02
Boxtel	11.97
Breda	10.6
Brielle	9.15
Bronckhorst	11.32
Brummen	11.29
Brunssum	15.96
Bunnik	8.91
Bunschoten	12.41
Buren	11.06
CapelleaandenIJssel	12.03
Castricum	8.66
Coevorden	10.8
Cranendonck	9.79
Cuijk	11.81
Culemborg	9.78
Dalfsen	10.22
Dantumadiel	10.88
DeBilt	9.1
DeFryskeMarren	9.87
Delft	15.24
Delfzijl	13.48
DenHelder	16.27
DeRondeVenen	8.28
Deurne	11.95
Deventer	10.96
DeWolden	11.2
Diemen	8.89
Dinkelland	7.78
Doesburg	14.7
Doetinchem	13.77
Dongen	14.82
Dordrecht	13.43
Drechterland	9.57
Drimmelen	10.38
Dronten	10.83
Druten	12.4
Duiven	13.93
Echt-Susteren	16.58
Edam-Volendam	6.45
Ede	10.78
Eemnes	10.26
Eersel	9.7
Eijsden-Margraten	12.72
Eindhoven	10.6
Elburg	8.7
Emmen	15.21
Enkhuizen	14.17
Enschede	11.74
Epe	10.56
Ermelo	12.19
Etten-Leur	12.88
Geertruidenberg	13.56
Geldrop-Mierlo	12.75
Gemert-Bakel	8.59
Gennep	11.89
GilzeenRijen	13.25
Goeree-Overflakkee	10.08
Goes	14.52
Goirle	11.9
GooiseMeren	9.82
Gorinchem	13.1
Gouda	15.72
Grave	12.8
Groningen	12.59
Gulpen-Wittem	11.22
Haaksbergen	9.98
Haaren	10.47
Haarlem	9.75
Haarlemmermeer	11.62
Halderberge	11.28
Hardenberg	11.56
Harderwijk	12.14
Hardinxveld-Giessendam	10.39
Harlingen	10.66
Hattem	9.73
Heemskerk	12.26
Heemstede	8.09
Heerde	17.91
Heerenveen	11.46
Heerhugowaard	13.01
Heerlen	16.61
Heeze-Leende	8.71
Heiloo	9.96
Hellendoorn	9.67
Hellevoetsluis	10.92
Helmond	10.03
Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht	12.51
Hengelo	11.45
HetHogeland	14.2
Heumen	10.08
Heusden	14.26
Hillegom	16.18
Hilvarenbeek	9.83
Hilversum	10.74
HoekscheWaard	12.09
HofvanTwente	11.01
HollandsKroon	13.2
Hoogeveen	14.25
Hoorn	13.16
HorstaandeMaas	12.57
Houten	10.17
Huizen	11.55
Hulst	12.39
IJsselstein	11.69
KaagenBraassem	16.76
Kampen	12.04
Kapelle	11.22
Katwijk	13.11
Kerkrade	16.61
Koggenland	10.72
KrimpenaandenIJssel	16.8
Krimpenerwaard	10.34
Laarbeek	7.9
Landerd	12.27
Landgraaf	17.13
Landsmeer	9.71
Langedijk	10.59
Lansingerland	9.86
Laren	8.76
Leeuwarden	14.3
Leiden	16.05
Leiderdorp	14.42
Leidschendam-Voorburg	11.39
Lelystad	11.8
Leudal	15.92
Leusden	10.8
Lingewaard	11.51
Lisse	13.94
Lochem	9.77
LoonopZand	15.2
Lopik	10.66
Loppersum	12.49
Losser	10.94
Maasdriel	10.87
Maasgouw	15
Maassluis	9.01
Maastricht	17.15
Medemblik	11.72
Meerssen	14.96
Meierijstad	10.15
Meppel	13.13
Middelburg	11.54
Midden-Delfland	7.96
Midden-Drenthe	14.29
Midden-Groningen	14.74
MillenSintHubert	11.99
Moerdijk	14.65
Molenlanden	12.33
Montferland	13.12
Montfoort	8.18
MookenMiddelaar	11.02
Neder-Betuwe	9.13
Nederweert	13.64
Nieuwegein	11.25
Nieuwkoop	12.1
Nijkerk	10.38
Nijmegen	11.58
Nissewaard	14.97
Noardeast-Fryslân	10.1
Noord-Beveland	13.33
Noordenveld	11.48
Noordoostpolder	10.74
Noordwijk	14.11
Nuenen,GerwenenNederwetten	9.21
Nunspeet	9.13
Oegstgeest	12.37
Oirschot	10.77
Oisterwijk	12.97
Oldambt	16.12
Oldebroek	10.02
Oldenzaal	10.36
Olst-Wijhe	9.93
Ommen	10.48
Oosterhout	12.21
OostGelre	13.31
Ooststellingwerf	12
Oostzaan	8.61
Opmeer	10.46
Opsterland	10.91
Oss	14.32
OudeIJsselstreek	13.25
Ouder-Amstel	9.31
Oudewater	10.02
Overbetuwe	14.45
Papendrecht	14.61
PeelenMaas	9.06
Pekela	16.89
Pijnacker-Nootdorp	12.17
Purmerend	10.77
Putten	14.79
Raalte	7.54
Reimerswaal	12.22
Renkum	15.52
Renswoude	8.67
Reusel-DeMierden	8.71
Rheden	14.73
Rhenen	8.94
Ridderkerk	8.8
Rijssen-Holten	9.38
Rijswijk	12.35
Roerdalen	15.17
Roermond	15.14
Roosendaal	13.91
Rotterdam	12.87
Rozendaal	11.76
Rucphen	12.88
Schagen	10.48
Scherpenzeel	9.64
Schiedam	7.73
Schiermonnikoog	7.03
Schouwen-Duiveland	11.48
Simpelveld	11.94
Sint-Michielsgestel	10.1
SintAnthonis	10.13
Sittard-Geleen	17.28
Sliedrecht	14.67
Sluis	10.8
Smallingerland	13.9
Soest	10.59
Someren	8.43
SonenBreugel	8.79
Stadskanaal	14.28
Staphorst	6.18
StedeBroec	12.85
Steenbergen	11.87
Steenwijkerland	10.96
Stein	13.91
StichtseVecht	10.29
Súdwest-Fryslân	10.5
Terneuzen	15.25
Terschelling	11.63
Texel	10.07
Teylingen	15.37
Tholen	13.99
Tiel	17.59
Tilburg	14.07
Tubbergen	7.36
Twenterand	10.02
Tynaarlo	11.32
Tytsjerksteradiel	10.91
Uden	12.84
Uitgeest	9.67
Uithoorn	10.32
Urk	6.74
Utrecht	16.44
UtrechtseHeuvelrug	9.51
Vaals	13.03
ValkenburgaandeGeul	14.46
Valkenswaard	11.43
Veendam	16.88
Veenendaal	15.55
Veere	8.79
Veldhoven	11.72
Velsen	13.18
Venlo	13.48
Venray	12.57
Vijfheerenlanden	10.03
Vlaardingen	9.3
Vlieland	8.28
Vlissingen	12.95
Voerendaal	9.63
Voorschoten	11.07
Voorst	9.67
Vught	11
Waadhoeke	9.34
Waalre	11.68
Waalwijk	15.15
Waddinxveen	9.94
Wageningen	13.11
Wassenaar	9.87
Waterland	8.58
Weert	14.55
Weesp	8.24
WestBetuwe	9.91
Westerkwartier	11.45
Westerveld	13
Westervoort	16.68
Westerwolde	13.09
Westland	11.55
WestMaasenWaal	10.51
Weststellingwerf	11.68
Westvoorne	7.94
Wierden	7.44
Wijchen	11.85
Wijdemeren	9.53
WijkbijDuurstede	12.61
Winterswijk	12.1
Woensdrecht	12.51
Woerden	8.85
Wormerland	8.55
Woudenberg	11.61
Zaanstad	14.98
Zaltbommel	14.66
Zandvoort	9.49
Zeewolde	13.77
Zeist	11.67
Zevenaar	14.77
Zoetermeer	14.77
Zoeterwoude	13.17
Zuidplas	10.89
Zundert	8.75
Zutphen	13.91
Zwartewaterland	8.6
Zwijndrecht	16.65
Zwolle	12.17

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