The National Board of Institutions (Sis) will increase its capacity with an additional 100 places, the authority announces in a press release.
The approximately 600 places currently in use within youth care will become over 700 by the end of March 2025.
"The children and young people who need the care that only Sis can offer must receive it. Therefore, our most important task here and now is to address the shortage of places", says Director-General Elisabet Åbjörnsson Hollmark in a comment.
She notes that it will require "tough priorities", and that they will need to utilize all places "that can be made available at all". This may involve going from six young people per unit to seven or eight. To ensure that the quality of care is not affected, they will increase staffing at Sis homes.
