With the passing of the era of economic take-off, gradually, young people no longer want to raise their salary, get married, have children, buy a car, buy a house, and even the "five children" that people used to talk about are not mentioned much. According to a survey conducted by the Manpower Bank, in the minds of office workers, a family's monthly income must be at least $80,000 in order to raise a child; however, in reality, the average monthly income of a family is only $72,000, and the difference between the two is a deterrent.
According to Yahoo News Taiwan, more than 60% of the parents of economic and education of children pressure, the impact of the epidemic impact aggravated. The Family Support Foundation announced on March 17, 2021, the "2021 Parenting Knowledge and Life Situation Survey", the data showed that the top three sources of parental stress are economic (70.3%), education (64.8%) and parenting (46.0%) children. Since the promotion of the new life of epidemic prevention, the survey shows that more than 30% (36.8%) of the parents indicated that their income has decreased and the pressure of taking care of their children has increased (36.2%).
In order to promote the physical and psychological development of children and adolescents and to meet their diverse welfare needs, the Government and non-governmental organizations provide various financial subsidies and service measures.
Provide individualized services (counseling, consultation, negotiation, counseling), community outreach services, social welfare consultation and referral, parenting activities, parent-child recreational activities, supportive and growth groups, education and training, child and youth training, public participation, advocacy and facilities (e.g., library, gymnasium).
(Child and Youth Welfare Services Center Service Points: https: //reurl.cc/DZWWM6)
Provides general and disadvantaged families and their children with individual family services (counseling, interviews, consultation, counseling), social welfare counseling and referrals, parenting activities (parenting, respite, etc.), supportive and developmental groups, education and training, lectures, workshops, general family support services, facilities such as parent-child space, library, etc., occasional day-care services (in some of the centers), and community outreach services.
(Social Welfare Services Center Service Points: https: //reurl.cc/V5yyZY)
In order to help families in special circumstances to resolve their livelihood difficulties, emergency care is provided, including emergency living assistance, child subsistence allowance, child education subsidy, injury and illness medical subsidy, child care subsidy, legal proceedings subsidy and business start-up loan subsidy.
(Family Support Ordinance for Families in Special Circumstances: https: //reurl.cc/aN66y9)
Children and adolescents in low- and middle-income households experiencing hardship; children and adolescents and their children experiencing hardship as a result of pregnancy or childbirth; and children and adolescents who are assessed by the competent authorities to be incapable of raising their children and who have no dependents or whose dependents are incapable of supporting them, will be subsidized by the law to the tune of NT$1,900 per person per month.
(Measures for Subsidizing the Living Support and Childcare and Medical Expenses of Vulnerable Children and Juveniles: https: //reurl.cc/zWmmkQ)
Subsidize the premiums for universal health insurance for children and adolescents under the age of 18 in low- and middle-income households.
(Children's and Teenagers' Medicaid: https: //reurl.cc/bnZ6dv)
For children in low-income and low-to-moderate-income households, recipients of emergency living assistance, children under the Child and Youth Protection Notification and Handling System, children placed in correctional institutions and foster homes, and children with developmental delays who have been evaluated by county (city) authorities as having a need for assistance, assistance is provided in the form of payment of unpaid health care insurance premiums, fees for therapeutic training and evaluation for children with developmental delays, hospitalization and nursing care costs that should be borne by the child himself/herself during the period of hospitalization, and fees for parentage testing for the purpose of verifying identity. Parent-child identification fees.
(Measures for Subsidizing the Living Support and Childcare and Medical Expenses of Vulnerable Children and Juveniles: https://reurl.cc/vgynGj)
Provide vulnerable families with living assistance to help vulnerable families in crisis to tide over the difficult times, so as to ensure that the rights and interests of children and adolescents will not be jeopardized, which includes emergency care, medical assistance, schooling assistance, specialized services for vulnerable families, and positive counselling for children and families with special circumstances, and so on.
(World Vision Taiwan Service Center: https: //reurl.cc/V5yyg5)
Provide financial support services for children and youth to help stabilize their lives, enhance their education, and develop their abilities, and provide a monthly adoption fee of $1,700 per person for those who meet the eligibility criteria for adoption.
(Eligibility and Content: https: //reurl.cc/95dzkx)
(Taiwan Family Support Foundation Service Center: https: //reurl.cc/KrVV5n)
Social Welfare Enquiry Hotline: 1957
Dad and mom call-in parenting hotline service: 0800-532-880 (I want to help you)
National Homeschool Counseling Hotline: 412-8185 (add 02 to your cell phone number to help me)
To make good use of social welfare resources to accompany every parent and child to tide over the difficult hurdles in life.
If you have any questions about the above information, please contact the above organizations. Or you are welcome to leave a message to us at Sunyu Academy and we will try our best to answer your questions.
Source:
Department of Social and Family Affairs, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan
