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2024 Taiwan Health and Welfare Report

Figure 9-2 Number of Baby Care Centers and Children in Care, by Year

Number of Baby
Number of people Centers
Baby Care Centers
50,000 49,089 2,000
Children
45,000 43,404
38,585
40,000
34,551 1,500
35,000
29,114
30,000
26,428
25,000 23,066 1,000
19,750
20,000
15,000
500
10,000 808 907 1,034 1,141 1,267 1,373 1,506 1,640
5,000
0 0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Year
Source: SFAA
Section 4 Out-of-home Care 2. Facilitated family foster care services: Assisting local
governments to connect NGOs to provide foster
1. Improve Placement Services
care, with 1,028 households registering as qualified
(1) The MOHW commissioned NGOs to undertake foster families, 314 reserved foster families and 1,587
placement services for children and youth in placed children and youth in 2023. (Table 9-2).
need. As of the end of 2023, a total of 113
institutions were established, with an approved Chapter 2 Welfare for Women and
capacity of 4,095 beds. This represents a Family Support
decrease compared to 2022, as The Policy for
the Alternative Care of Children in R.O.C (Taiwan) In response to the structural changes of population
encourages institutions to move towards a and family, Taiwan's family policy was revised and passed
more family-like and small-scale residential care on May 3, 2021 by the 29th committee meetings at the
model. As a result, the number of beds in these Executive Yuan Social Welfare Promotion Committee.
institutions has gradually been reduced, as The amendments were promulgated, with 6 major
indicated in Table 9-1. goals: (1) Reinforce family education gender quality,
(2) In 2023, subsidies for professional in institutions and promotion of positive relationships in families, (2)
Advocate family values and inclusive diversity, promote
totaled NTD 117,367,209.
family harmony, (3) Develop lifecycle support system,
and exhibit family functions, (4) Establish economic

Table 9-1 The Information on Placement Institutions for Children and Youth 2019-2023

Year 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Number of Institutions 119 118 113 114 113
Approved Number of Beds 4,878 4,873 4,493 4,464 4,095
Males 1,398 1,336 1,230 1,179 1,098
Children
Females 1,397 1,326 1,315 1,190 1,099
Source: SFAA

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