Language: English
Question 258 · Federal question
What is the authority of the Youth Welfare Office in Germany?
German original (as asked in the real test)
Was darf das Jugendamt in Deutschland?
- A Es entscheidet, welche Schule das Kind besucht.
- B Es kann ein Kind, das geschlagen wird oder hungern muss, aus der Familie nehmen. ✓ Correct answer
- C Es bezahlt das Kindergeld an die Eltern.
- D Es kontrolliert, ob das Kind einen Kindergarten besucht.
Translation
What is the authority of the Youth Welfare Office in Germany?
- A It decides which school the child attends.
- B It can remove a child from the family if the child is being beaten or has to starve. ✓ Correct answer
- C It pays the child benefit to the parents.
- D It checks whether the child attends a kindergarten.
Explanation
The Youth Welfare Office can remove a child from the family if the child is being beaten or starved, since protecting children from danger is its core task. It does not decide school choice, pay child benefit or check kindergarten attendance.
Tips
- Removing a child from danger is the Jugendamt's protective power, its most serious task.
- Child benefit goes through the Familienkasse, and school choice stays with parents and schools.
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