Kinderschutz e.V.

Kinderschutz e.V. — widely known as KINDERSCHUTZ MÜNCHEN — is a non-profit provider of child and youth welfare services based in Munich, Germany. It was founded on 3 March 1901 by Munich women and men under the chairmanship of the publisher and writer Georg Hirth, with the aim of promoting children's and young people's development and protecting them from neglect and mistreatment. The association is registered in the Munich register of associations and is recognised as a non-profit, charitable organisation. Over more than 120 years the organisation has continuously adapted its work to social needs. In its founding years it focused on residential care (Heimerziehung), separated by gender, and on the supervision of apprentices in an apprentice home. After the Second World War its main task was taking on guardianship for children and young people who had lost their parents. In 1948 the association changed its name to "Kinderschutz und Mutterschutz e.V." and broadened its remit to advise and support mothers and their children in difficult circumstances. In 2008 it returned to its original name, Kinderschutz e.V. Today Kinderschutz e.V. describes itself as a committed provider of child and youth welfare, of day-care facilities, and as a guardianship and legal-care association. Its services in and around Munich span a broad spectrum of social work: outpatient family support (Ambulante Erziehungshilfe), counselling for sexual abuse and violence, migration and refugee services, community-based social-space services, social work at schools, residential education, supported living arrangements, therapeutic day-care centres, child day-care facilities (Kitas), guardianship (Vormundschaft) and legal care (rechtliche Betreuung), as well as psychosocial court accompaniment. The association is non-partisan and non-denominational and reports more than 650 employees across around 50 facilities in and around Munich. It is financed predominantly through public funds and pursues exclusively and directly charitable and benevolent purposes for the benefit of the general public. Its registered office is at Franziskanerstr. 14 in Munich. Since early 2012 the association has been led by an executive board (geschäftsführender Vorstand) alongside an elected honorary supervisory board (Aufsichtsrat); Dr. Anna Laux serves as executive board chair (Geschäftsführende Vorständin).

Kinderschutz e.V. was founded on 3 March 1901 in Munich by local women and men, under the chairmanship of Georg Hirth (1841–1916), the publisher, writer and journalist who edited the Münchner Neueste Nachrichten, a predecessor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. The association's purpose was to promote the development of children and young people and to protect them from neglect and mistreatment. In its founding years the association's work centred on residential care (Heimerziehung), separated by gender, and on the supervision of apprentices in an apprentice home. The newly founded association soon opened an educational institution for girls at Hohenaschau Castle, whose premises were made available by Freiherr Theodor Cramer-Klett. This was followed by an educational institution for boys in Niederaltenburg (municipality of Weyarn), made possible by a generous donation from Marie Gräfin Wilding de Radali. Hirth's successor as chairman was the paediatrician Carl Seitz, who led the association until 1921. In 1921 Amalie Nacken became deputy chairwoman; she was instrumental in the association's membership in the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband, founded in 1924, and through a foundation enabled the establishment of a boys' home in Munich-Pasing (operated until 1939) and a girls' home in Dachau. The Amalie Nacken children's home named after her was dissolved in 2010. In 1936, while retaining its independence, the association was affiliated with the National Socialist People's Welfare organisation (NSV), and a party member and NSV commissioner was appointed to its board. Three years later the authorities placed the association under the supervision of the Lord Mayor of Munich. During the Second World War, bombing raids destroyed its office. After 1945 the Kinderschutz e.V. received organisational, personnel and financial support from the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband. Its main task became taking on guardianship for children and young people who had lost their parents in the turmoil of war. At the first members' meeting after the Second World War, on 7 October 1948, a name change was decided: the association was henceforth called "Kinderschutz und Mutterschutz e.V." A corresponding amendment to the statutes stipulated that the association would in future also offer counselling and support to mothers — often already in employment — and their children in difficult circumstances. In 1952, a mothers' convalescent home (Müttergenesungswerk) was opened in Siegsdorf with funds from the Elly-Heuss-Knapp Foundation. In 2008 the members' meeting decided on a further name change. After 60 years the association returned to its original name from 1901: Kinderschutz e.V. At the beginning of 2012 the association's structure was changed: it is now led by an executive board (geschäftsführender Vorstand) and an honorary supervisory board (Aufsichtsrat) elected by the members. Over more than 120 years the association has repeatedly rebuilt or discontinued projects and facilities, always in response to current social and socio-political needs. The need for family-supplementing, round-the-clock care and provision for children and young people remains as relevant today as it was at the founding. Today the association is active in outpatient family support, supported living arrangements, social work at schools, residential education, animal-assisted education, semi-residential services, counselling for sexual abuse, migration and refugee work, community-based social-space services for children, families and neighbourhoods, guardianship, legal care, psychosocial court accompaniment and child day-care facilities. It is non-partisan and non-denominational and has more than 650 employees in around 50 facilities in and around Munich. It is financed predominantly through public funds and pursues exclusively and directly charitable and benevolent purposes for the benefit of the general public.

• 2012

  Association structure changed: an executive board and an elected honorary supervisory board now lead the organisation.

• 2010

  The Amalie Nacken children's home is dissolved.

• 2008

  Members' meeting decides to return to the original name Kinderschutz e.V.

• 1952

  A mothers' convalescent home (Müttergenesungswerk) opens in Siegsdorf with funds from the Elly-Heuss-Knapp Foundation.

• 1948

  At the first post-war members' meeting on 7 October, the association is renamed 'Kinderschutz und Mutterschutz e.V.' and its remit is broadened to support mothers and children.

• 1939

  Boys' home in Munich-Pasing ceases operation.

• 1936

  Association affiliated with the National Socialist People's Welfare organisation (NSV) while retaining its independence.

• 1924

  Association joins the newly founded Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband, supported by Amalie Nacken.

• 1921

  Amalie Nacken becomes deputy chairwoman.

• 1902

  Paediatrician Carl Seitz succeeds Georg Hirth as chairman (until 1921).

• 1901

  Kinderschutz e.V. founded in Munich on 3 March under the chairmanship of Georg Hirth.

Non-profit, non-partisan and non-denominational provider of child and youth welfare in and around Munich, financed predominantly by public funds and dedicated to charitable and benevolent purposes.

• Ambulante Erziehungshilfe

  Outpatient family support services.

• Beratung bei Missbrauch/Gewalt

  Counselling for those affected by abuse and violence.

• Betreute Wohnformen

  Supported living arrangements for young people.

• Heilpädagogische Tagesstätte

  Therapeutic day-care centre.

• Kindertageseinrichtungen

  Child day-care facilities (Kitas).

• Migration – Geflüchtete

  Services for migrants and refugees.

• Psychosoziale Prozessbegleitung

  Psychosocial support during court proceedings.

• Rechtliche Betreuung

  Legal care services.

• Soziale Arbeit an Schulen

  Social work at schools.

• Stationäre Erziehungsangebote

  Residential education services.

• Tiergestützte Erziehungsangebote

  Animal-assisted education services.

• Vormundschaft

  Guardianship services.

• Sozialräumliche Angebote

  Community-based social-space services for children, families and neighbourhoods.

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2. 2Geschichte - KINDERSCHUTZ MÜNCHENkinderschutz.de
3. 3Über uns - KINDERSCHUTZ MÜNCHENkinderschutz.de
4. 4Satzung - KINDERSCHUTZ MÜNCHENkinderschutz.de
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