Grant for improving childcare worker treatment Not used to add wages Accounting Auditor Dec 29, 11:37

Of the grants the government has paid to childcare facilities in the two years up to fiscal 2017 to increase childcare worker wages, more than 700 million yen has actually been used to increase wages or may not be used A survey by the Board of Audit and Inspection found that it was highly likely.

In order to secure childcare human resources, the government has paid subsidies for the purpose of increasing the wages of childcare facilities by increasing the operating expenses of childcare facilities according to the average length of service and the position of the employed nursery teachers. Is.

The Board of Audit and Inspection extracted more than 6,000 of the childcare facilities nationwide for FY2016 and FY2017 to determine whether the grant was used properly. It turns out that more than a million yen was actually or was not likely to have been used to add wages.

Many childcare facilities answered that they had forgotten about the reason.

The Board of Audit and Accounting is asking the municipalities through the Cabinet Office to confirm and provide guidance on whether the grants are being used properly.

The Cabinet Office has stated, "I want to give guidance to properly use things that should not happen."