National Preventive Mechanism As a result, they end up in the paradoxical situation of needing more time for their development due to multiple problems, but getting less than others of the same age. In other words, the child and youth welfare organisations endanger the success that they themselves worked so hard and persistently for together with the minors. ¾¾ The legal entitlement to assistance by young adults should be embedded in legislation and case management should be improved. Problems at the interface between institutions operated by child and youth welfare authorities and care for persons with disabilities Problems at the interface The commissions are also often confronted with problems occurring at the interface between child and youth welfare organisations on one hand and care facilities for persons with disabilities on the other. These problems become manifest when minors, who are initially cared for in child and youth welfare facilities, require a place that corresponds better to their needs in institutions and facilities operated under the Equal Opportunities Act (Chancengleichheitsgesetz) or the Act on Persons with Disabilities (Behindertengesetz). Besides the difficulty of finding a place, in many cases approval of funding is problematic and time-consuming. As a result, these minors often remain in child and youth welfare facilities, where the situation as far as care is concerned is no longer appropriate to their needs. This creates extreme stress for these minors and the other residents, which can result in unacceptable conditions in the facility. On the other hand, there are difficulties at the interface between being under care and ageing out of care when young adults reach the age of 21 but have not yet completed their education/training. When a child and youth welfare facility does not also have a permit under the Equal Opportunities Act or the Act on Persons with Disabilities, it is not possible to retain the young adults in this facility. The NPM is also aware of individual cases in which a non-bureaucratic solution could be found. However, this is not a satisfactory situation. A possibility for continued care beyond the age of 21 in exceptional cases should be enshrined in the law. This could prevent young adults from dropping out of their training because they just cannot make it without intensive support. ¾¾ Minors have to wait much too long for a place in a facility for persons with disabilities. ¾¾ Continued care beyond the age of 21 in exceptional cases. 110