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Number of people 40,000
35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000
5,000 0
Baby Care Centers
23,066 19,750
Children
26,428
1,034 1,141
2018 2019
38,585
Figure 9-3
Number of Baby Care Centers and Children in Care, by Year
34,551 29,114
2016 Source : SFAA
2020 2021
Year
808
907
2017
1,267
1,373
Infrastructure Program was secured by the MOHW to continue the roll-out of public community baby care centers. 348 community care centers were approved (including 168 privately-run childcare centers established by the government, 172 community public childcare centers and 8 employee child care centers) as of the end of 2021 and 197 have been established.
5. Community-based family support included 193 parent-child centers (public-privately collaborative resource centers) for childcare that provided child care consultations, parental education, and other services approximately 27,510,000 times.
▏Section 4 Out-of-home Care 1. Improve Placement Institutions
(1) The MOHW commissioned NGOs to undertake out-of-home care for children and youth in need. As of the end of 2021, there were 113 placement institutions (Table 9-1).
(2) In 2021, subsidies for professional in institutions totaled NTD 100,182,741.
2. Assisting local governments to connect NGOs to provide foster care, with 1,042 households registering as qualified foster families, 277 reserved foster families and 1,633 placed children and youth in 2021. (Table 9-2).
Table 9-1 The Information on Placement Institutions for Children and Youth 2017-2021
Year
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Number of Institutions
124
122
119
118
113
Approved Number of Beds
5,211
5,076
4,878
4,873
4,493
Children
Males
1,583
1,485
1,398
1,336
1,230
Females
1,565
1,500
1,397
1,326
1,315
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Source : SFAA