Key points decided

Summer care for children to improve in 2025

Where to take the children in summer? Working parents in particular are faced with this question.

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Every sixth child in Tyrol is left unattended at home during the summer vacations - according to a survey by the Tyrolean Chamber of Labor. The state and social partners are now promising significant improvements for the coming year. 

For many families, childcare during the vacations is almost impossible to manage. Many childcare facilities are closed. Working people who cannot count on the help of grandma and grandpa quickly reach their limits. 

Next year, however, there should be a significant easing of the situation. Together with the social partners, the province of Tyrol wants to expand childcare services. In addition to the municipalities, the AK is the main provider. With the "Summer School Plus" and the children's holiday campaign, it has already been offering a range of services for families for years. The state supports the AK summer school with 500,000 euros annually. This funding was extended in a government meeting on the holiday.

More funding for childcare in municipalities
Together with the municipal association, an increase in funding for needs-oriented childcare was also agreed. It is planned that Kinder Bildung GesmbH will draw up a concept for improving summer childcare with the involvement of the social partners. Municipalities can then draw on this.

The government and social partners are confident that it will be much easier for Tyrolean families to organize childcare in the summer from 2025. "With good education, we are opening up all opportunities for our children, and with the necessary childcare, we are making it easier for parents to combine family and career," says LH Anton Mattle, summarizing the goals.