Jugendamt

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Jugendamt (German: Youth office) is a German and Austrian local agency set up to promote the welfare of children. Each district (Kreis) or district-free city (kreisfreie Stadt) has its own Jugendamt. Its structure is flat, with no centralised (state or federal) coordinating office. In Germany the youth offices were created during Weimar Republic by the Reich Youth Welfare Act (Reichsgesetz für Jugendwohlfahrt) of 1922, in force since 1924. Since the local organizations function independently there is no federal administrative supervision.