A total of 477,000 young people received youth care last year, a decline of 2.8% compared with the year before, a decline of 2.8% compared with the year before, according to Statistics Netherlands. Excluding the pandemic year 2020, this marks the first decrease since 2015, when municipalities took over responsibility for youth care and Statistics Netherlands began tracking the figures. The drop was mainly seen in youth assistance and youth protection, while youth probation services showed an increase.