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2024 Taiwan Health and Welfare Report

Figure 9-6 Number of "Rehabilitation Bus," 2009 – end of 2023

No. of Vehicles
2,500
2,207 2,242 2,257 2,311
2,164
2,065
2,000 1,892 1,962
1,741
1,554
1,500
1,332
1,010
1,000 941
673
476
500

0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Year
Source: SFAA

398,000 special license plates and accessible Section 1 Second Phase of Strengthening
parking space permits were issued. System and Strategies Project
5. As of the end of 2023, there were 2,311 "Rehabilitation 1. Designed four major strategies: "Expanding family
Bus" in Taiwan (Figure 9-6) and the number of service resources to provide accessible services,"
beneficiaries was approximately 3,840,000.
"Optimizing protective service delivery to enhance
6. Guidance was provided for local governments to risk management," "Strengthening mental illness
establish the sign language and communication and suicide prevention services, improving front-end
access real-time translation (CART) information prevention and crisis management mechanisms,"
centers, the scope of service, and procedures. and "Enhancing interdepartmental network resource
By the end of 2023, there were 380 certified sign deployment to expand public-private collaborative
language interpreters and 267 CART personnel. services."
2. Implemented five key focuses: "Promoting the
Chapter 5 Strengthening the Social strengthening of the community mental health
Safety Net system," "Enhancing forensic psychiatric system,"
To address the complex and diverse social issues, "Strengthening interdisciplinary and public-private
the Executive Yuan approved the "Strengthening collaborative services," "Continuously expanding
Social Safety Net Program" (2018-2020) on February social welfare service centers resources and
26, 2018, allocating nearly NTD7 billion. This initiative protective services," and "Strengthening human
aimed to expand local social work manpower, establish resource utilization and professional tenure." Actively
social welfare service centers, develop early warning established 71 community mental health centers, 49
systems, integrate networks, and harness the power Clubhouse, 4 forensic psychiatric wards, 156 social
of civil society. The goal was to build a service system welfare service centers, and 11 child protection area
centered around families and rooted in communities. In medical integration centers to construct a more
addition, the second phase of the project (2021-2025) resilient and sustainable support system for families
was approved on July 29, 2021, with an investment of and communities.
NTD40.7 billion. It aimed to deepen the social safety
net through four key strategies and five major areas of
focus.

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