When schools were ordered to close, emergency care services were provided by municipalities for certain groups of children
History
Country
Denmark
Policy Area
ECEC
Measure
Targeted opening of ECEC settings
Eligibility
Children of parents who could not stay at home, vulnerable children with special needs (e.g. certain pedagogical needs), and children who experienced problems at home (e.g. at risk of abuse etc.)
Type
Service
Start / Announced Date
11/03/2020
End Date
14/04/2020
Amount
N/A
Total Cost
N/A
Recipients
Children
Route to the child
Direct and indirect
Sources
Rostgaard, T. and Ejrnæs, A. (2020) ‘Denmark country note,’ in Koslowski, A., Blum, S., Dobrotić, I., Kaufman, G. and Moss, P. (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2020. Available at: http://www.leavenetwork.org/lp_and_r_reports/
European Union Agecy for Fundamental Rights (2020) Coronavirus pandemic in the EU: fundamental rights implications - Denmark. 4 May 2020. Available at: https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/dk_report_on_coronavirus_pandemic-_may_2020.pdf