Ratio of children left in foster parents 90% of local government plans March 17 4:50 on March 17
To raise children who live away from their parents due to abuse etc. in a more family-friendly environment, the country has set a numerical target for the ratio of foster parents, but about 90% of local governments nationwide have set this target from the beginning. It turns out that we have a plan that does not reach.
More than 44,000 children have lived away from their parents due to abuse, etc., of which the proportion entrusted to foster parents is 20.5% as of the end of March last year, a low percentage among developed countries It has become.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has set a goal of raising the entrustment rate of children under the age of 3 to over 75% by 1940, and is calling on local governments across the country to formulate and implement a promotion plan based on this goal.
Examining the status of this plan, it was found that as of 5th of this month, the Oita prefecture out of 70 prefectures and ordinance-designated cities in total had set the entrustment rate for children under the age of 3 above the national target. We found that only six local governments, including Fukuoka and Fukuoka City, left the remaining 90% short of their targets from the beginning.
Some local governments set the commission rate at the 20% level.
Kanae Doi, the representative of Japan, an international human rights organization called Human Rights Watch, said, "The situation is now critical for children. The government understands the importance of growing up in a homely environment and the government has decided to plan for it. You should ask them to recreate them. "