NCJ Number
141347
Date Published
1991
Length
94 pages
Annotation
The annual activities of Norway's municipal social service departments, namely, social care, child welfare and institutions for children and youth, and institutions for alcoholics and drug addicts, were surveyed to describe the various kinds of assistance, the number of recipients in 1990 compared to previous years, social service personnel, and the operating costs.
Abstract
The Social Care Act of 1964 provides Norway's legal basis for economic assistance and allows economic assistance to be granted if an individual cannot take care of himself/herself or his/her dependents. The number of social care cases totaled 165,400 in 1990, a 2-percent increase over 1989. Norway's Child Welfare Act authorizes the municipal boards of health and welfare to intervene when children are not properly cared and provided for by their parents and when the child is delinquent or in other ways behaving deviantly. A total of 23,100 children received assistance in 1990. There were 769 beds in homes for children and youth, 273 beds in psychiatric hospital units for children and youth, and 141 beds in other institutions. The statistics on institutions for alcoholics and drug addicts show 2,500 beds to be available in different types of institutions. 32 figures, 36 tables, and 3 appendixes