Youth policy in the Netherlands is undergoing major changes in pedagogical focus, structure, funding mechanisms and the role of local municipalities and provincial or central governments. Several key players feel that a shift from a mainly risk-oriented, agency driven policy towards a more demand-led policy, flexible and open to all, has the potential to realise a youth field that is more efficient and effective than a youth field that takes a fire-fighting position or a youth field focused on control and prevention and therefore not able to get engaged with the people that need it the most. The consciousness is (re)gaining ground that the upbringing of children is a shared responsibility and a society should invest in accessible, basic social pedagogical infrastructure supporting people in their daily lives