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Main inclusive youth work programmes and target groups

Child and Youth Plan (Kinder und Jugendhilfeplan, KJP)

As the supreme federal authority for child and youth services, the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, BMFSFJ) promotes activities related to child and youth services. It provides funding for these activities wherever they are of supra-regional significance. Introduced in 1950, the government’s Child and Youth Plan (Kinder und Jugendplan des Bundes) is the main source of funding at federal level. It consolidates the largest budget of the BMFSFJ’s funding programmes. “Funding from the KJP supports services and the fulfilment of other tasks in the interests of young people and families in accordance with Section 2 of Book VIII of the Social Code (§2 SGB VIII). The goal is to secure, strengthen and improve child and youth welfare as well as create the framework conditions for an effective nationwide infrastructure for child and youth services (Child and Youth Plan, KJP).” The KJP covers a wide range of child and youth services and activities including social inclusion.

Public funding

Funding for the KJP is governed by statutory and budgetary principles. As a result, it is not possible to establish a fixed level of funding, as the amount may vary from one financial year to the next.