News item | 21-10-2022 | 09:43
The Parent Panel Childcare Allowance has a new chairman to succeed outgoing chairman Arre Zuurmond: Michiel Grauss. Grauss is a former alderman in Rotterdam, whose portfolio includes help for victims of parents, poverty alleviation, debt management and informal care. The selection and appointment was made in consultation with the parents from the parent panel. The chairman was officially appointed on October 18, 2022, with retroactive effect from September 21, 2022.
Meaning parent panel
The parent panel has an important role in reflecting on both the content and progress of recovery. The panel is an important partner of the government in achieving recovery for the victims of the allowances affair.
State Secretary Aukje de Vries: “In everything we do regarding the recovery of injured parents, we want to take their perspective into account above all else. They are central. We listen carefully to the advice of parents – solicited and unsolicited – including the parents in the parent panel. They are an indispensable partner for us. I look forward to a pleasant and constructive collaboration with the new chairman.”
parent panel
The parent panel is a committee of affected parents that is especially committed to people who have run into problems with the childcare allowance. The parent panel provides solicited and unsolicited advice about the implementation, legal aspects, policy and communication of the recovery operation.