The Executives of Danish Local Government Welfare Services is a membership organisation based in the Danish city of Vordingborg.

Areas of Intervention

• Children and young people
• Children at risk of social exclusion
• Homeless
• Older people 
• People with addiction
• People with physical disabilities
• People with mental disabilities
• Mental health
• Public Health
• People who are socially vulnerable
• People in situations of difficulty or precarity
• Migrants
• Social Integration
• Beneficiaries of minimum income
• Poverty
• Recipients of care
• Foster care

Responsibilities/ Services

The purpose of the association is to bring together and represent municipal directors/head of departments in the field of social, health and labour market in Denmark. They:

• Create networks across the country
• Share knowledge
• Ensures dialogue between government authorities/legislators/political level and the practical implementing level
• Seeks influence

The municipalities are

• Responsible for conducting social services
• Responsible for allocation of social benefits
• Authority concerning social services
• Provider of social services