In the next fiscal year, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will continue to provide support for children who are caring for their family members, so-called "young carers," until the lives of children and families are improved after municipalities gather information. I decided to set up a system.
A "young carer" is a child who takes care of a family member for reasons such as illness. supposed to go up.
There are concerns about the impact on academic ability and mental and physical disorders, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to provide new subsidies next year for municipalities that are developing a system to continue to provide support.
Specifically, the information on children grasped by teachers and welfare officials is centrally collected by assigning persons in charge to each municipality, and the lives of children and families are improved in cooperation with education and welfare departments. Follow up until
In addition, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has started a model project to assist local governments in assisting with household chores and securing consultations from this fiscal year. From next fiscal year, we will add a project to dispatch interpreters for hospital and administrative procedures as support for children with disabilities.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare plans to include the related budget in the budget request for next fiscal year's budget.