Children, Youth and Young Adults

Over the last two decades, the State of Israel has made considerable efforts to improve the system of services for children and youth at risk, with the focus on community-based services, systematic data-driven planning, and inter-ministerial and inter-agency collaboration. Throughout this period, the Children, Youth, and Young Adults Team at MJB has influenced the national agenda through studies of the needs of children, youth, and young adults at risk and the service system designed to address them.

In 2024, along with continuing to assist policymakers and service developers at the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of the Negev, Galilee, and National Resilience in coping with the challenges brought on by the Israel-Hamas War, the Team will assist them in addressing risk situations of children, youth, and young adults in general, and with social mobility in particular. The team will continue to advise the government ministries and disseminate annual statistical abstracts in addition to our ongoing research program.Throughout this period, MJB’s Children’s Team has influenced the national agenda through studies of the needs of children and youth at risk, and the service system designed to address them.

In 2021, the Children's Team will continue to assist policymakers and service developers in addressing the increased risk situations for children resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic by undertaking international reviews describing what is being done in other countries, providing consultation to government ministries, participating in round table discussions and providing ad-hoc rapid response services such as surveys and focus groups.