2.5.7.2. Family care services and child welfare services (2016–)*

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Year Family care and child welfare services Family care and child welfare centre
services settlements providing services employeesa persons receiving service by cooperation agreement persons receiving service without cooperation agreement services employeesa persons receiving case management service related to legally binding authority measure persons receiving special service
2016 686 640 3 281 216 656 306 529 201 1 991 74 621 34 998
2017 698 675 3 309 206 103 245 921 201 2 052 93 733 73 735
2018 705 659 3 203 202 997 254 175 201 2 567 104 172 154 139
2019 709 664 3 140 196 510 244 501 202 3 078 103 343 387 167
*According to Act XXXI of 1997 on Child Protection, as amended on 1 January 2016, child welfare services and family assistance, the latter previously administered through Act III of 1993 on Social Administration and Social Benefits, have been merged as family and child welfare services, with a new organisational structure and assignment of tasks. The content of the services, the forms and opportunities to access them and consequently the manner in which the data are provided have changed fundamentally, therefore the comparison with former time series data is not possible.  aFrom 2018, the number of those employed in full-time or part-time professional jobs. 

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