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Home services for families with children help in daily life

From Helsingin Sanomat · () Finnish

Translated from Finnish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Helsinki offers home services for families with children to support daily life, parental well-being, and child welfare.
  • The service is tailored to each family's needs, providing assistance with household chores or childcare to allow parents rest.
  • Client fees for these services were eliminated last year to lower the barrier for seeking help.

Helsinki is providing practical support for families with children through its home services, aiming to ease daily life and enhance the well-being of both parents and children. This service is designed to be flexible, with the specific needs and content of the support planned in collaboration with each family.

Assistance can range from help with household tasks to childcare, offering parents much-needed rest. The goal is to provide tailored support that addresses the unique circumstances of each family, particularly those facing challenging life situations. This proactive approach aims to strengthen early support for families when they need it most.

We tailor the support to be just right for that specific family. The support can include, for example, help with household chores or childcare, so the parent can rest.

— Emilia HokkanenEmilia Hokkanen, head of family home services and social guidance, explains the personalized nature of the support.

To ensure accessibility, client fees for the family home services were completely removed last year. This decision was made to significantly lower the threshold for families to seek help, making the support more readily available to those who qualify and require it.

Client fees were completely removed last year so that the threshold for seeking help would be as low as possible.

— Helsinki CityThe city's rationale for eliminating fees for family home services.
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Originally published by Helsingin Sanomat in Finnish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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