For children who care for and care for their families, so-called "young carers," the government will start a model project to support household chores and secure consultations from next year, and will provide intensive support over a three-year period. It is a policy.
Children who care for and care for their parents, grandparents, and siblings at home are called "young carers," and according to a national survey, about one in 17 second-year junior high school students is a full-time second-year high school student. Approximately 1 in 24 respondents say they have a family to take care of.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to carry out a model project in cooperation with local governments next year in order to intensively support young carers over the next three years.
Specifically, it is
advanced, such as
▽ assigning
a coordinator who receives consultation and connects to welfare services
,
▽
dispatching helpers to support housework and childcare of siblings, and
▽ securing opportunities for children to share their worries on SNS etc. We will subsidize half to full cost to local governments that are engaged in such efforts.
In addition,
we will provide assistance for
training of related organizations to detect young carers at an early stage, and
for fact-finding surveys to understand support needs.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has included the necessary costs in the budget request for the next fiscal year, and will consider a support system from the next fiscal year based on the results of the model project.