Question 28601 — children

Summary

Mr. Didier Martin draws the attention of the Secretary of State to the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the operation of social assistance for children (ASE). In France, 300,000 children are entrusted to the ASE in order to provide them with the education and security that they do not have in their family. Even if certain establishments offer these vulnerable children quality supervision and support allowing them to grow up in better conditions and to flourish, dysfunctions exist within certain homes. In her report of July 3, 2019, MP Perrine Goulet attempted to “identify the dysfunctions of the institution and [to] provide lasting solutions for the 300,000 children entrusted to the ASE”. She highlights the disparate functioning of the ASE between departments (amount of aid, budget allocated to the ASE) and the difficulties of management of this policy. She also emphasizes the need to improve the health and education of children taken care of in establishments. More recently, a report from Zone Interdite, “Minors in danger”, broadcast on Sunday January 19, 2020, highlighted certain serious dysfunctions, notably in an establishment in Côte-d'Or. Dilapidated premises, idle and out-of-school adolescents, prostitution, care suffering from severe psychological disorders, recruitment of unqualified staff and without criminal record checks: the list of failures of certain establishments is long. These alerts have sparked a lot of legitimate emotion and concern. These vulnerable children must be protected and given the chance to develop in a safe environment conducive to their development. He would like to know the measures which have been proposed and implemented to enable all establishments to provide adequate, humane and secure care for these vulnerable children who have the right, like every child in the Republic, to grow up in the best conditions.

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