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Municipalities are pouring resources into youth, but it isn’t paying off. Almost eight percent of children and adolescents now have a child‑protection report on record.

»There’s something wrong«: Every graph tracking children’s and young people’s need for support is heading in the wrong direction

»There’s no alternative to all these child‑protection reports,« says KL chairman Martin Damm. Foto: Finn Frandsen
»There’s no alternative to all these child‑protection reports,« says KL chairman Martin Damm. Foto: Finn Frandsen
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In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of notifications sent to municipalities by professionals, private citizens, or parents who are concerned about a child or young person.

Since 2019, the number of children that municipalities have received one or more notifications about has risen by 24 percent. This means that in 2024, notifications were made about 98,300 children, according to figures from Kommunernes Landsforening’s analysis magazine Momentum. This corresponds to nearly eight percent of all children and young people.

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