Leeuwarden wants to help more people out of welfare to work: ‘Everyone counts’

The municipality of Leeuwarden wants to guide more people from assistance to work in the coming years. In doing so, more emphasis must be placed on the personal situation and possibilities of residents. That says alderman Marcel Visser, who is responsible for, among other things, participation and is chairman of the labour market region. The municipality is working on a new approach in which residents are classified according to their opportunities to participate in the society