Promoting support for families with multiple problems such as poverty in life Amendment law enacted June 5, 15:19
The revised Social Welfare Law was approved and passed at the House of Councilors plenary session to promote support for families whose children have been withdrawn for a long period of time and have multiple problems such as poverty in their lives.
Amendments to the Social Welfare Law, etc. were voted at the plenary session of the House of Councilors on the 5th, and were approved by the majority of the LDP/Komeito parties and the Japan Restoration Society.
With the protracted hikikomori, and the "8050 problem" in which parents in their 80s must support children in their 50s, the amended law includes measures to promote support from local governments. ..
Specifically, it is said that it will provide financial support to local governments that have a comprehensive response system, such as unifying the consultation service for multiple problems such as the poverty of life and nursing care that these families have. I will.
In addition, measures to strengthen the management base of the social welfare corporation, which plays a key role in welfare services, are included in order to realize a “local symbiotic society” in which local residents support each other's lives.