Linke on families

The Left wants eight hours of basic daycare for every child, plus early and late shifts where needed. Daycare centers would be funded according to need so that children have equal opportunities regardless of background.

The Left wants eight hours of daycare a day for every child. Early and late care would be offered when needed. Breakfast at daycare would be free. Daycare centers would get enough money.

Negotiated wage increases would be fully reimbursed to providers so that centers paying union rates are not disadvantaged. A skilled-worker drive would ensure that every form of training is paid. Binding emergency plans would apply during staff shortages, and time for preparation and follow-up work would count toward the staffing ratio. Housekeeping staff would also be paid a living wage. At the federal level, Hamburg would push for a Kindergrundsicherung (basic child benefit).

The Left wants to double funding for open child and youth work, youth social work and family support. Expansion would focus on areas with few facilities or where many people live in poverty.

The Left wants twice as much money for youth centers and family support. There would be more places for children and teens to meet. Poor neighborhoods would come first. Children and teens would have a say in their districts.

A binding planning process would align the expansion with neighborhood needs and involve residents and children. In new developments, such facilities, family centers and counseling sites would be standard and barrier-free. For staff, the plans include reimbursed wage increases, equal pay and fixed quality standards. Youth associations would be adequately funded and offer programs to prevent violence. Every district would get child and youth councils with their own budgets, along with a plan for civic education against right-wing extremism.

The Left wants to ban deprivation of liberty and locked facilities in youth welfare and rejects the planned facility at Klotzenmoorstieg. Instead, youth welfare services and psychiatry would cooperate more closely and decentralized services would be set up.

The Left does not want locked homes for young people. No one in youth welfare should be locked up. A planned home at Klotzenmoorstieg should not be built. There would be smaller services in many places instead.

The program opposes plans for a partly locked facility at Klotzenmoorstieg. More counseling centers and housing places would be created for young homeless people. Therapeutic and psychosocial services for underage refugees would be expanded.