The youth welfare office informs, advises, supports, educates and protects children, young people, single parents and families. It ensures the welfare of children and provides the necessary help in the event of parenting difficulties, delinquency of young people, social and economic hardship or in custody and maintenance matters. It also provides support in the search for suitable child daycare.

The youth welfare office is also responsible for more than 180 daycare centers and over 25 school facilities. With its wide range of services from education to leisure, it is aimed at all Stuttgart families.

 What youth welfare offices do (simple language) PDF-File 988,52 kB describes the tasks of a youth welfare office in simple language.

Youth Welfare Office mission statement
The  Stuttgart Youth Welfare Office mission statement PDF-File 232,46 kB provides information on services, principles and quality assurance.

Annual report Youth Welfare Office
The current  annual report of the Youth Welfare Office (PDF, not barrier-free) PDF-File 6,70 MB provides an overview of the fields of work and activities of the Youth Welfare Office.

100 years of the Youth Welfare Office
Founded on April 1, 1921, the Stuttgart Youth Welfare Office celebrated its centenary in 2021. With the publication  100 Years of the Stuttgart Youth Welfare Office. 1921-2021 (opens in a new tab), the office looks back on a century of child and youth welfare in Stuttgart. Dealing with border-crossing behavior and violence The  guidelines for dealing with border-crossing behavior and violence by employees of the Youth Welfare Office PDF-File 389,16 kB regulate the procedure.

Crisis and emergency service (KND)
Phone 0180 5110444 Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The  Youth and Family Advice Centers of the Youth Welfare Office (opens in a new tab) take over the KND. Monday to Friday from 4 p.m. to midnight, at weekends and on public holidays from 12 p.m. to midnight, the  eva crisis and emergency service (opens in a new tab) takes over.

Online counseling service
Anonymous and free online counseling service offered by the Bundeskonferenz für Erziehungsberatung e. V.:  www.bke-elternberatung.de (opens in a new tab) (for parents),  www.bke-jugendberatung.de (opens in a new tab) (for young people aged 14 and over).