The Family Department grants families with low incomes financial support for the holiday care of their child/children under certain conditions. This funding will continue in 2023.
Financial Support for Holiday Care
Official Name of Signatory
State of Carinthia (Austria)
Delegation
Europe
Website of the Signatory
Name of the person presenting the Good Practice
Eggert Maria
Position/Job Title of person presenting the Good Practice
Head of the Carinthian Family Department
Aim of the Good Practice
Many families have problems covering their financial expenses and do not know how to ensure that their children are looked after during the summer and autumn holidays. In order to enable children from low-income families to take part in a summer holiday and/or an autumn holiday campaign (supervised holiday week/s), the Family Department of the Province of Carinthia provides financial support. This funding will continue in 2023.
Target Group of the Good Practice
The target group are low-income families.
Implementation period
From July 2021 and still ongoing.
Consistency over time
Due to the requirement, the measure was already extended to the autumn holidays in 2021.
Evaluation of the Good Practice
The measure has already been extended to the fall vacations in 2021.
Key stakeholders and partnerships
None