Family Centre

North Rhine-Westphalia is to become a child-and family-friendly country in Germany. A milestone in this direction is the development of child day care centers to family.

They will be focal points in a new network that supports individual children and families comprehensive advice and support. Goal is to bring together education, education and care as the responsibility of child care centers with offers of advice and assistance to families. The promotion of children and family support can then be designed hand in hand.

The establishment of family centers contributes to the improvement of early childhood education and promotion. The reconciliation of work and family and preventive assistance is facilitated.

With the start of the kindergarten year 2007/2008, North Rhine-Westphalia about 1000 family centers. Of these, 261 bodies have already been certified and have the label “Family Center NRW obtained. Goal of the state government, in the long run, all of North Rhine-Westphalia nationwide to set up family centers.