Increased financial support to increase the number of child counseling centers Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications February 24, 4:08
To prevent child abuse, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications plans to expand its financial support by raising the ratio of the country's installation costs from 50% to 70% in order to encourage local governments to increase the number of child guidance centers.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has set up a new fiscal year to support these municipalities' efforts to increase the number of child guidance centers and to set up new ones to prevent unending child abuse. The policy is to expand support.
Specifically, in addition to raising the national burden of child counseling centers from the current 50% to 70%, the cost of setting up a “temporary shelter” to urgently protect children suspected of being abused, Expand support.
In order to improve the treatment of professionals working in the child guidance center, the necessary expenses will be provided to the local government so that the monthly salary of the child welfare officer can be increased by 8000 yen and the monthly salary of the child psychology officer can be increased by 20,000 yen. doing.
With regard to child guidance centers, in addition to the prefectures and government-designated cities that are required to set up child guidance centers, the government wants to improve them in core cities, etc., and intends to encourage new establishments with this financial support.