Reception of children and young people will have proximity to the family as a criterion

In addition to this change, there will now be a flexibility in the capacity of the institutions so that preference will be given to the reception of siblings. The goal is for siblings not to be separated.

Before institutionalization, according to the changes in the residential care organization model, a technical assessment must be made of the situation of children and young people, taking into account, “whenever possible, the geographical proximity of their family context”. In addition to this change in the residential care organization model, the flexibility of the capacity of institutions is also emphasized so that preference is given to the r…