Social- og Indenrigsudvalget 2019-20
SOU Alm.del Bilag 202
Offentligt
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Meeting of Danish Delegation and
Social Affairs and Health Committee
3
rd
of March 2020
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Homelessness
o The Ministry of the Environment and the Environment Committee in Parliament
oversee housing matters in Finland. Municipalities are responsible for housing
issues at a local level.
o There are between 4 000-5 000 homeless people in Finland. More than half of
the homeless are in the capital region.
o There are too few small, affordable apartments available for rent in the cities.
o Often homelessness is linked to other social problems, such as low income,
substance abuse etc.
o Kela (The Social Insurance Institution) is responsible for paying the general
housing allowance. In 2019, 380 000 households received housing allowances.
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Child Welfare- supporting those in need
o The aim is to identify at the earliest possible stage children and families who need
special support and assistance.
o Municipalities provide important services for families, such as, maternity and child
health clinics, family centres and access to social and health care professionals.
o We promote close cooperation between families, day-care centres, schools and
the social and health sector.
o If ecessary, special easures are take to safeguard a child’s well-being.
This
includes open services, being taken into care, substitute or institutional care.
o Approximately 18,000 children are placed outside the home.
o A child or youth placed into care has the right to aftercare until he/ she reaches
the age of 25.
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Social and Health Services Reform
o The Constitution guarantees equal social and health services for all; currently
however, this is not being implemented in practice.
o Municipalities are responsible for social and health services. There are 294
municipalities in mainland Finland, however, they are unable to finance and
organise high-quality social and health services.
o We want to transfer the responsibility for organising services to larger operators.
o In the future, 22 regions will be responsible for social and health services;
funding would mainly come from the state.
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Social and Health Services Reform
o The main objective of the reform is to improve basic services.
o The key issue of the reform is to integrate basic social and health care
services and specialised medical care.
o Our goal is to implement the new reform from 2023 onwards.