{"id":6578,"date":"2026-01-27T12:04:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ehdk.nl\/?page_id=6578"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:19:18","slug":"integrated-family-support-why-this-deserves-attention-now","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ehdk.nl\/en\/expertise-2\/integrated-family-support-why-this-deserves-attention-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrated family support: why this deserves attention now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>72% of parents in families involved with youth care face issues such as debt, psychiatric problems, and\/or addiction.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>30% of parents receive no treatment for these issues, even though this is often where the core of the problem lies.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">30% of children could return home \u2014 or might never have been placed out of home \u2014 if their parents had received the support they needed.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#BEDBF7&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;Integrated family support: why this deserves attention now&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_font=&#8221;Bebas Neue||||||||&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; title_font_size=&#8221;64px&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FF9FB0&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;-102px|auto||auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/ehdk.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pexels-mikhail-nilov-7929447-1.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;pexels-mikhail-nilov-7929447 (1)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#28232a&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Bebas Neue||||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#28232a&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;64px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;50px|50px|||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><\/em><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where do we see opportunity for improvement?<\/h1>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help and support for young people and the family are often fragmented across different laws, funding streams, desks and organizations. In families with high stress and stacking problems, ten to fifteen parties are regularly involved: from youth care and debt assistance to mental health care, compulsory education, work &amp; income and WMO support. Everyone works hard, but not together as one.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professionals often don\u2019t know who else is involved with the same family. There\u2019s a lack of direct communication: people don\u2019t know each other, don\u2019t have each other\u2019s contact details, and schedules are full. On top of that, privacy regulations make information sharing complex. As a result, coordination can take weeks \u2014 during which debts increase, stress levels rise, and children experience growing pressure.    <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This presents a major opportunity: by organising support around families as one coordinated approach, we can intervene earlier, restore stability more quickly, and more often prevent the need for intensive youth care.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;Bebas Neue||||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;48px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Sample case study &#8211; Sam  <\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Sam&#8217;s story makes this concrete. Sam is 17 and lives in a youth care facility. He and his sisters were adopted from Colombia. From an early age, it was apparent that Sam struggled: he could suddenly become very angry and was extremely restless as a toddler. Sam is smart and started at grammar school, but became increasingly overstimulated and lost concentration. He came in contact with wrong friends and at 15 he attempted suicide.      He is now receiving trauma therapy in the institution and it is helping him &#8211; but it comes late and is hugely invasive.  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>What Sam himself says gets to the heart of the matter: his mother had been asking for help for years when he was little, but that help never came. It raises a painful question: what if she had received support when Sam was one, two, or three years old? Would he be living in a residential facility today? Could his suicide attempt have been prevented? It shows what happens when parental issues are left unaddressed and we only step in once a child is already in deep crisis.    <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#BEDBF7&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||1px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#28232a&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Bebas Neue||||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#28232a&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;64px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;50px|||50px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is needed?<\/h1>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Families like Sam\u2019s primarily need clarity, coherence, and timely support. That starts with a single point of contact who sees the family as a whole and works with them to understand what\u2019s really going on. Not a series of disconnected interventions, but support based on one shared, explanatory analysis \u2014 developed by professionals from different fields, together with the family.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on that analysis, we can do what multi-stressed families consistently need most: restore the basics. Before placing children in intensive care programmes or removing them from their homes, we address the root causes of stress and instability at home. That means tackling debt, ensuring a healthy and safe living environment, creating more calm and stability for parents, building daily structure, and making space for parents to work on their own challenges. Only when that foundation is solid can there be room for parenting \u2014 and for children to grow up feeling safe.   <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/ehdk.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EHDK-Office-15-scaled.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;EHDK-Office-15&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#F5A93F&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#28232a&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Bebas Neue||||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#28232a&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;64px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;50px|||50px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<div data-shortcode-id=\"4.2.0.0-1770089909750\" data-quickaccess-editable=\"yes\" class=\"et-fb-popover-tinymce\">\n<div class=\"mce-content-body\" contenteditable=\"true\" style=\"position: relative;\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our approach<\/h1>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EHdK works in partnership with youth care services, mental health and addiction care, and organisations in the social domain to establish integrated family teams: one team around the family, with one plan, one point of contact, and clear communication lines. Setting up these teams involves three steps: <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Exploration with a working group<br \/>Together with the municipality and relevant organisations, we explore what is needed to establish an integrated family team. We determine which partners should be part of the team, how to organise access and coordination, how to handle data safely, what operational and financial agreements are required, and what this approach demands from both professionals and leadership. <\/li>\n<li>Pilot and evaluation<br \/>We start with a pilot team that supports families using the integrated approach. Throughout the pilot, we continuously monitor key questions: Are we able to respond more quickly? Is there a clear, shared analysis and plan? Do families experience the support as truly coordinated? 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At present, one integrated family team is active in the municipality of Smallingerland. In addition, exploratory work is underway in two other municipalities in Friesland, and funding for family support in the Friesland and Drenthe regions has been secured through the IZA transformation plans. 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