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Request help for upbringing in full-time care
If you cannot ensure that your child is doing well in your home, then your child may live in foster care temporarily or for a longer period of time.
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Basic information
Full-time foster care means that your child lives with and is cared for by another family. Which foster family your child lives with and for how long, for example, depends on this:
- Age of the child
- Your child's stage of development
- Your child's attachments
- Possibilities for improving the upbringing conditions in your home
The foster parents are selected by the Youth Welfare Office together with you.
Only suitable people can become foster parents and take your child into their care.
Relatives (e.g. grandparents) can also be foster parents.
Full-time foster care can be temporary or permanent. It is a type of educational assistance. It can also apply to young adults.Requirements
- You are the parent or guardian of a child (the person with custody of the child).
- You are unable to care for and raise the child in a way that is good for the child.
- Full-time foster care is suitable and necessary.
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Procedure
- Contact the responsible youth welfare office.
- The youth welfare office will explain to you in a personal meeting what help is available.
- The youth welfare office will try to support you so that your child can continue to stay with you.
- If the youth welfare office and you come to the conclusion that it makes sense to place your child in a foster family, you can apply for "educational assistance".
- All parties involved (you, your child, the caregivers from the care facility and the youth welfare office) will meet for a help plan discussion. The help plan sets out how the help is to be organized and which goals are to be achieved.
- The youth welfare office looks for a suitable foster family. You can express your wishes. If there are several possible foster parents, you can help choose one.
- The youth welfare office regularly checks whether the help is still suitable.
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Necessary Documents
- identity card/passport
If a German identity card/passport is to be authenticated, a written proof of what this authentication is required for must be brought along.
- Proof of custody
For example: birth certificate, information from the custody register or decision of the family court on custody.
- identity card/passport
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Competent Department
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Social Services Department | Social Centre 1 | Young People’s Social Services | Blumenthal Amt für Soziale Dienste | Sozialzentrum 1 | Sozialdienst Junge Menschen | Blumenthal
- +49 421 361 63743
- Am Sedanplatz 7, 28757 Bremen
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Department for Social Services | Social Services Centre 1 | Youth Social Services | Burglesum Amt für Soziale Dienste | Sozialzentrum 1 | Sozialdienst Junge Menschen | Burglesum
- +49 421 361 63744
- Am Sedanplatz 7, 28757 Bremen
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Department for Social Services | Social Services Centre 1 | Young People’s Social Services | Vegesack Amt für Soziale Dienste | Sozialzentrum 1 | Sozialdienst Junge Menschen | Vegesack
- +49 421 361 63745
- Am Sedanplatz 7, 28757 Bremen
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Social Services Department | Social Centre 2 | Youth Social Services | Gröpelingen (Lindenhof) Amt für Soziale Dienste | Sozialzentrum 2 | Sozialdienst Junge Menschen | Gröpelingen (Lindenhof)
- +49 421 361 77231
- Hans-Böckler-Straße 9, 28219 Bremen
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Department for Social Services | Social Centre 2 | Youth Social Services | Gröpelingen (Ohlenhof, Oslebshausen) Amt für Soziale Dienste | Sozialzentrum 2 | Sozialdienst Junge Menschen | Gröpelingen (Ohlenhof, Oslebshausen)
- +49 421 361 82968
- Hans-Böckler-Straße 9, 28217 Bremen
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Social Services Department | Social Centre 2 | Youth Social Services | Walle Amt für Soziale Dienste | Sozialzentrum 2 | Sozialdienst Junge Menschen | Walle
- +49 421 361 88500
- Hans-Böckler-Straße 9, 28219 Bremen
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Social Services Department | Social Centre 3 | Youth Social Services | Findorff Amt für Soziale Dienste | Sozialzentrum 3 | Sozialdienst Junge Menschen | Findorff
- +49 421 361 99399
- Rembertiring 39, 28203 Bremen
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Social Services Department | Social Centre 3 | Youth Social Services | Mitte, Östliche Vorstadt Amt für Soziale Dienste | Sozialzentrum 3 | Sozialdienst Junge Menschen | Mitte, Östliche Vorstadt
- +49 421 361 99399
- Rembertiring 39, 28203 Bremen
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Social Services Department | Social Centre 4 | Youth Social Services | Huchting Amt für Soziale Dienste | Sozialzentrum 4 | Sozialdienst Junge Menschen | Huchting
- +49 421 361 79184
- Große Sortilienstraße 2-18, 28199 Bremen
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Social Services Department | Social Centre 4 | Youth Social Services | Neustadt Amt für Soziale Dienste | Sozialzentrum 4 | Sozialdienst Junge Menschen | Neustadt
- +49 421 361 89143
- Große Sortilienstraße 2-18, 28199 Bremen
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Social Services Department | Social Centre 4 | Youth Social Services | Obervieland Amt für Soziale Dienste | Sozialzentrum 4 | Sozialdienst Junge Menschen | Obervieland
- +49 421 361-89142
- Große Sortilienstraße 2-18, 28199 Bremen
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Social Services Department | Social Centre 4 | Youth Social Services | Woltmershausen Amt für Soziale Dienste | Sozialzentrum 4 | Sozialdienst Junge Menschen | Woltmershausen
- +49 421 361 63746
- Große Sortilienstraße 2-18, 28199 Bremen
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Department for Social Services | Social Services Centre 5 | Youth Social Services | Schwachhausen, Horn-Lehe, Oberneuland, Borgfeld Amt für Soziale Dienste | Sozialzentrum 5 | Sozialdienst Junge Menschen | Schwachhausen, Horn-Lehe, Oberneuland, Borgfeld
- +49 421 361 52682
- Kurfürstenallee 130, 3. OG, 28211 Bremen
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Social Services Department | Social Centre 5 | Youth Social Services | Vahr Amt für Soziale Dienste | Sozialzentrum 5 | Sozialdienst Junge Menschen | Vahr
- +49 421 361-58129
- Kurfürstenallee 130, 28211 Bremen
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Social Services Department | Social Centre 6 | Youth Social Services | Hemelingen Amt für Soziale Dienste | Sozialzentrum 6 | Sozialdienst Junge Menschen | Hemelingen
- +49 421 361 63740
- Pfalzburger Straße 69a, 28207 Bremen
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Social Services Department | Social Centre 6 | Youth Social Services | Osterholz Amt für Soziale Dienste | Sozialzentrum 6 | Sozialdienst Junge Menschen | Osterholz
- +49 421 361 63741
- Pfalzburger Straße 69a, 28207 Bremen
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Fees / Costs
The costs for help with upbringing in full-time care are largely borne by the youth welfare office. However, you must contribute to the costs to a reasonable extent. Please ask the responsible youth welfare office about this.
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Updated on 23.09.2026