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The number of cases of child endangerment in Germany has reached a new record high for the third time in a row: In 2024, youth welfare offices in Germany identified around 72,800 children or young people as being at risk of child endangerment due to neglect, psychological, physical or sexual violence.

The second Children and Youth Report was recently presented by the Social Affairs Department to the Youth Welfare Committee. It continues the systematic inventory of open-access children's and youth work (OKJA) and youth association work in Bremen, which began in 2022. At the same time, it comprehensively presents, for the first time, other key areas of work within child and youth welfare and the interconnections between different services.

The aim is to specifically strengthen facilities with a particularly high number of children with special needs. Instead of individual personal assistants, systemic support will be provided for all children in the future. 

Bremen is launching a comprehensive workplace health management program: Promoting the health of daycare staff improves the quality of education and thus the development of children in daycare centers. This is the conclusion reached by the Standing Scientific Commission of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (SWK).

Overview of the comprehensive training program for child and youth welfare and all professionals who work with children and young people.

Young people in the state of Bremen are consuming fewer drugs than three years ago, but are spending more time gaming, gambling, using Instagram, TikTok, and similar platforms. These are the findings of the new "School Bus" study.

The specialist outpatient clinic for addiction prevention and rehabilitation offers the first counselling center in Bremen specifically focused on eating disorders.

To offer support to parents, the online training program ISES! Kids will be available from October 2025. Many institutions in Bremen will receive licenses that they can pass on to families.

10.10.2025 – Women's Health in Tenever (FGT) offers results and recommendations from 6 years of practical experience in health promotion for women* within the framework of the Prevention Act in its new handbook.

October 6, 2025 – The conference for parents with and without a migration background, professionals, and representatives from politics and civil society will take place on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at the DGB House in Bremen. Registration is possible until October 20.