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In order to ensure appropriate care for child, and cancelled the limitation of receiving
disadvantaged groups, following the trends of low parental leave allowance and disadvantaged
birth rates, population aging, rapid change of social subsidization. In December 2022, 236,415 people
structure and family functions, with promotion of the benefitted, accounting for 81.37% of children under
wellbeing and rights of all citizens as the mission, age 2 that month (290,548 children). In 2022,
the government has planned and integrated welfare 402,955 children benefitted. The MOHW subsidized
policies for women, children and youth, the elderly, a total of NTD 15,158,940,000, as shown in Figure
and the persons with disabilities. By combining family 9-1. It should be noted that the decrease in the
and community resources, it meets the visions which number of newborns each year, as well as the
are guaranteed rights, supportive families, a friendly choice between childcare allowance and daycare
society, and progress for all. subsidy, has influenced the number of recipients.
In 2022, there was an increase of 4 thousand
Chapter 1 Children and Youth Welfare recipients for daycare subsidy, which affected the
number of recipients of this particular subsidy.
The Social and Family Affairs Administration (SFAA)
of the MOHW adopted measures relating to the "Plan for 2. Living assistance for vulnerable children and youth:
Addressing the Declining National Birth Rate (2018-2024)" A subsidy amounting to NTD 2,047-2,479 is granted
of the Executive Yuan to facilitate related government each month to children and youth in hardship from
departments to co-build a birth-friendly environment. This middle-low income households; children and youth,
includes initiatives such as providing child-care subsidies as well as their offspring, in hardship resulting from
for children under the age of 2, promoting the public and pregnancies or births; children and youth evaluated by
the quasi-public childcare services, improving legislation competent authorities of the county (city) government
related to children and adolescents, and constructing to be nurtured without supportive capabilities, to
a social safety net. Additionally, early intervention have no legal supporters or that their living is not be
services for children with development delays are being supported by legal supporters. As of the end of 2022,
implemented. In addition, the following policies are being a total of 108,574 children received a total allowance
of over NTD 2,433,130,000 accumulatively.
implemented to provide children and adolescents with
more diverse welfare and protection services. 3. Emergency living assistance for children and
youth from vulnerable families: Emergency living
Section 1 Welfare and Subsidization
assistance of NTD 3,000 is granted monthly to
1. Child-raising allowance for children aged under 2: disadvantaged children and youth in hardship,
To implement the policy of "Raising Children Age from vulnerable families, with emergency financial
0~6" by President Tsai. Since August 2021, SFAA difficulty, or requiring childcare. As of the end of
increased the subsidy for each child by at least NTD 2022, a total of 2,779 children and youth were
5,000. The amount was increased for the second subsidized with over NTD 45,610,000 in total.

Figure 9-1 Subsidization of Childcare Allowance for Children under the Age of 2 Over the Years

Number of children
receiving the subsidies
500,000
447,765
450,000 431,589
422,159
402,955
393,641
400,000
350,000
300,000
263,520 258,364
250,000
200,000
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Year
Source: SFAA

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