‘Organized impotence’ was the name of the youth care report that the Court of Audit published in April this year. That youth care is failing on almost all fronts. Time and time again authorities are sounding the alarm. Members of the House of Representatives and journalists are also making themselves heard. But although everyone seems to want it differently, it doesn’t seem to work.
In these Hague Affairs, Anne-Martijn van der Kaaden and Oscar Vermeer explain where this impotence comes from. What decisions are at the root of the misery that children, parents and healthcare workers are in now? And will State Secretary Maarten van Ooijen manage to put things in order with his youth care agreement after years of negotiations?
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- Guests:
- Anne-Martijn van der Kaaden & Oscar Vermeer
- Presentation:
- Gus Valk
- Editorial & production:
- Ignace Shot
- Edit:
- Peter Baker
- Photo:
- Sem van der Wal/ANP