Tasks - Vienna Youth and Family Offices

Matters pertaining to public youth welfare, notably the implementation of the Federal Youth Welfare Act and the Vienna Youth Welfare Act
Official tasks under the Vienna Act on Children's Daycare Centres and the Vienna Act on Daycare Facilities (approval and supervision)
Crisis prevention by offering information, training and promotion measures for families in Vienna
Specific family policy tasks within the competence of the Province of Vienna
Public relations, planning, research and knowledge management in the field of youth welfare
General matters relating to the protection of children and young people (Vienna Act on the Protection of Children and Young People)
Issuing performance licenses under the Vienna Act on the Protection of Children and Young People
Central authority tasks as set forth in the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption

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