Overview

• IGJ and IJV report that providers mask shortages by renaming waitlists, creating a false impression that legal duties are met, even as judges may not know if ordered services exist.
• A temporary 2022 workaround using special teams when no youth worker is available has become permanent, reflecting persistent capacity gaps and too little direct contact with children and parents.
• Municipalities frequently overrule treatment decisions for financial reasons, pushing cheaper but unsuitable options that can worsen risks and prolong unsafe situations, the inspectors say.
• Foster care is under strain with high staff turnover, poor support and unreimbursed costs for families, and sector data point to roughly 900 children waiting for a foster placement.
• The inspectors say their enforcement powers have reached their limits and they call for political and organizational reforms rather than more supervision.