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Strong increase in foster home expenditure
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National child welfare – StatRes (discontinued), 2006

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Strong increase in foster home expenditure

The expenditure for national foster homes increased by 34 per cent in 2006. From 2004 to 2006, the expenditure rose by 87 per cent to NOK 812 million.

Total spending by the central government on child welfare came to NOK 4.3 billion in 2006, an increase of 9 per cent from 2005. The expenditure growth from 2004 to 2006 was NOK 900 million, or 25 per cent. The growth has mainly taken place within national foster homes and home-based services. The increase in expenditure for children’s institutions was more moderate - 4 per cent from 2005 and 16 per cent from 2004. In 2006, expenditure for children’s institutions totalled NOK 2.9 billion.

New expenditure concept for national child welfare service

With the launch of StatRes, the concept "operating expenditure" has been introduced for the national child welfare service. The introduction of this concept means that the total expenditure is approximately NOK 72 million lower at the national level. The change mainly consists of small changes in the entry of reimbursements. This has been done to ensure greater comparability with other areas in StatRes and a higher degree of correspondence with Statistics Norway’s macro statistics for general government.

Operating expenditures for national foster homes. Final figures 2004-2006.

Number of children in national child welfare up 7 per cent

The indicators for activities and services show that the strong expenditure growth is mainly related to the growth in the number of children, particularly in foster homes. In 2006, the number of children in the national child welfare service was 4 900, distributed on 11 000 stays and approximately one million treatment days. This is an increase in the number of children of 7 per cent from 2005 and 12 per cent from 2004.

The activity indicators also show that the increase was strongest in foster homes. From 2004 to 2006, the number of children in foster homes rose by 18 per cent, while the number of stays and treatment days rose by 27 and 54 per cent respectively.

Children’s institutions cost NOK 5 400 per day

Children’s institutions are the most expensive services in the national child welfare service and account for two thirds of total expenditure. The high level of expenditure is also reflected in the price per user in the regions, which amounted to NOK 5 400 per day in 2006, an increase of 3 per cent from 2005 and 23 per cent from 2004. Figures distributed by region show that the daily expenditure in Region East and Region South was NOK 1 000 lower than in the other regions. Oslo municipality had the lowest daily expenditure with NOK 4 150, while Region West had the highest daily expenditure with NOK 6 150.

National child welfare service and transfer of regional child welfare service

The central government is responsible for the most complex and resource-demanding measures of the child welfare service, such as child welfare institutions, national foster homes and home-based services. Until the 2003 reporting year, parts of the child welfare service was placed under the county municipalities and published in KOSTRA. The statistics published in KOSTRA are still available on http://www.ssb.no/kostra/ .

As of 1 January 2004, responsibility for the national child welfare service was transferred to the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir). Bufdir established five regions with delegated responsibility. In addition, Oslo municipality was given permanent responsibility for the national child welfare service, while Trondheim municipality was given temporary responsibility for its child welfare service for a four-year period from 2004.