What does Jugendamt mean?
The Jugendamt (youth welfare office) is your city's or district's office for children, young people and families.
das Jugendamt · die Jugendämter (plural)
It helps families, for example with questions about bringing up children, with maintenance for children and with Unterhaltsvorschuss.
You can often also apply for a Beistandschaft there. Then the Jugendamt helps you enforce maintenance for your child.
The Jugendamt must step in if a child is in danger.
Example sentence
Das Jugendamt bietet Ihnen ein Beratungsgespräch an.
The Jugendamt offers you a counselling appointment.
What you can do
Advice at the Jugendamt is usually free. You can also bring a person you trust.
Related words
- Unterhaltsvorschuss Unterhaltsvorschuss (child maintenance advance) is money for children of single parents if the other parent pays little or no maintenance.
- Unterhalt Unterhalt (maintenance) is money someone must pay towards another person's living costs, for example a parent for their child.
- Elterngeld Elterngeld (parental allowance) is money for parents who care for their child after the birth. They then work less or not at all.
- Kindergeld Kindergeld (child benefit) is money for parents that the Familienkasse pays every month for each child.