– We propose to set aside NOK 20 million for one-to-one follow-up of young people who either commit repeated and serious crimes, or are at risk of ending up in criminal environments, says city council leader Eirik Lae Solberg (H) to Oslo newspaper.
In the additional recommendation to next year’s proposed budget, they write that the increase of NOK 20 million means that the scheme will have funding of NOK 25 million next year.
Strengthens the one-to-one effort
– In the districts with the most vulnerable young people, the one-to-one efforts are strengthened, among other things, with more mentors. In addition, new districts are being considered for inclusion in the scheme, the city council writes in a press release.
– We will use mentors who accompany the young people for large parts of the day, says Lae Solberg to Avisa Oslo.
The changes come after the government put extra funds on the table for the municipalities on 1 November. Oslo gets around NOK 640 million extra to this year’s and next year’s budget.
– Small change
– When the city council has now received a much greater room for action from the state, we had expected a bit more fuss, writes APS group leader Marthe Scharning Lund in an email to NTB.
She calls the increase “small change”.
– It is a declaration of bankruptcy, she writes.
In the additional recommendation, the city council also proposes, among other things, to give the Prindsen reception center NOK 12.3 million annually in fresh funds for measures and increased security.
The Prindsen reception center is a municipal emergency service in the center of Oslo for people with substance abuse problems, and was temporarily closed in October by the Norwegian Labor Inspection Authority due to concerns about the safety of the employees. It reopened on Friday last week.
The city council will also set aside 105.6 million to increase the districts’ social assistance budgets, and 131.4 million more to buy housing for the disadvantaged.
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