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and online seminars to ensure that every girl quasi-public cooperation agreements with local
enjoys the opportunity to develop freely in a governments, resulting in a signing rate of 93.82%.
gender-equal environment. The online film festival 3. As of the end of December 2023, there were
was viewed 4,311 times, and the promotional 1,640 baby care centers with 44,347 children
videos were viewed 12,000 times. under care in Taiwan as shown in Figure 9-2.
These included 1,200 private baby care centers
Section 3 Childcare Services
with 33,051 children under care. Among them,
1. Subsidies for public and quasi-public childcare: 960 centers had signed quasi-public cooperation
Families that sent children under the age of 2 to agreements with local government, resulting in a
quasi-public home-based childcare providers signing rate of 97.07%. Additionally, there were 440
or childcare centers received monthly subsidies public institutions run by private baby care centers
between NTD 8,500 to NTD 12,500. For children (including 150 public community baby care centers)
enrolled in public institutions, monthly subsidies with 13,996 children under care.
range between NTD 5,500 to 9,500 in subsidies
each month. An additional NTD 1,000 is provided for 4. To increase the supply of public childcare places,
the second child, and an additional NTD 2,000 for fund under the Forward-Looking Infrastructure
the third child and subsequent children. At the end of Program was secured by the MOHW to continue
December 2023, a total of over NTD 6,460,590,000 the roll-out of public community baby care centers.
was allocated for these subsidies (including children 413 community care centers were approved as of
between the age of 2 and 3), benefiting an average the end of 2023 and 302 have been established.
of 76,158 individuals per month. 5. Community-based family support services were
implemented, with 202 parent-child centers (public-
2. As of the end of December 2023, there were 71
home-based childcare service centers nationwide privately collaborative resource centers) for childcare
that oversaw 27,281 childcare providers caring established by the end of December 2023. These
for 26,838 children under the age of 2 (Figure centers provide childcare and early childhood care
9-1). Among them, 22,611 providers had signed consultations, parenting workshops, and other
services, benefiting over 35,290,000 individuals.

Figure 9-1 Number of Family Childcare Providers and Children under Age 2 in Care, by Year

Number of people Number of children age under 2 in childcare
Childcare Providers
28,000 27,547
27,099 27,134 27,281
27,000
26,240 26,272 26,161
25,750 26,838
26,000 25,754 25,603
25,364 25,379
25,000
24,015
24,000

23,000

22,000

21,000
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Year
Source: SFAA
Notes: The public and quasi-public childcare policy was implemented on August 1, 2018. Family childcare became a part of family care and was
entitled to childcare allowances and cares are not classed as childcare personnel, therefore the number of people decreased in 2018.

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