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Subject	Current Status of Support for Low-Income Mother-Child Families 20020108

Current Status of Support for Low-Income Mother-Child Families

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2002 January 8

(1) Object of Support

The object of support is as follows: the low-income mother-child family which
consists of mother with children under 18 years old (under 20 in case of his/her
school attendance), who is the head of a family and whose income falls below
the standard of support in 2000. [Standard of support in 2000: a family of four
whose combined monthly income is ￦1,000,000 (US $770 or less) and its assets
are less than ￦45,000,000 (US $35,000)]
As of the end of 1999, the number of mother-child families supported by the
Mother-Child Welfare Act was 56,125 households and the number of family
members was 154,172. Also 54,426 (97%) of the total number of mother-child
families were being protected but 1,699 (3.0%) remained unprotected.

Table. Current Status of Mother-Child Families by the Applied Laws
(As of the end of 1999, unit : households)
------+-------------------------------+----------------------+------------------------+---------
Total | Type of Mother-Child | Type of Livelihood | Type of Temporary |National
N & % | Habitat Protection | Protection | Livelihood Protection |Reward
+-------------------------------+----------------------+------------------------+for
|Sub Home Welfare No. |Sub Housing Self |Sub Livlihood Self |Persons
|total facili- protec-|total support|total support|of
| ties tion | | |Distin-
| | | |guished
| | | |Services
------+-------------------------------+----------------------+------------------------+---------
56,125|24,418 21,744 975 1,699 |17,490 5,529 11,961 |14,045 5,437 8,608 | 172
100.0 | 45.3 38.7 1.7 3.0 | 31.2 9.9 21.3 | 25.0 9.7 15.3 | 0.3
------+-------------------------------+----------------------+------------------------+---------

(2) Contents of Support

(a) Protection at home

- Support for the educational expenses of children:
For the purpose of preventing the vicious cycle of poverty and promoting
self-reliance and self-support of low-income mother-child families, the government provided support of ￦9,387,000,000 (US $7,220,000) for 20,303 children (in middle and vocational high schools) of low-income mother-child families in 2000.

- Support for the expense of rearing children:
For the purpose of supplying fostering expense and promoting the healthy growth of low-income mother-child families with children under six years old, ￦1,316,000,000 (US $1,012,300) for 9,132 children was provided in 2000 by the government.

- Loan for rehabilitation fund:
For the early independence and the stable life of low-income mother-child families, the government provided a rehabilitation fund of ￦4,000,000,000 (US $3,077,000) for about 400 households in 2000. The loan to each household was less than ￦12,000,000 (US $9,230) on condition that an annual interest of 8.0% (fluctuating rate) be paid and the installment be refunded within five years following a five year grace period.

- Support for living in permanent rental homes:
For stable residences for the homeless low income mother-child families, the
government provided permanent rental homes for 27,244 households in the first half of 2000.

(b) Protection Facilities

- Mother-child protection facilities:
Mother-child protection facilities are established and managed to secure a
basic livelihood for homeless low-income mother-child families and to establish a basis for their independence. The period of protection is less than three years and if it is deemed necessary, it is possible to prolong it for a period of one year within
two years after the first three year protection expired. The support rovisions
include cost of living, educational expenses of children, cost of vocational training, fuel expenses for heating, taxes, cost of auxiliary textbooks and general educational books, cost of school supplies, transportation expenses, cost of the lunch program at school, loan for the rehabilitation fund, support for a permanent rental home, childcare support, and support for resettlement expenses to achieve independence at the time of leaving the protection facilities. Thirty-nine protection facilities provided accommodations for 1,031 households nationwide as of December 2000.

- Mother-child self-support facilities:
Mother-child self-support facilities are established and managed to lay the
foundation for the independence of mother-child households which leave the
mother-child protection facilities but have insufficient preparation for independence and to lay the foundation for the independence of homeless low income households. The period of protection is less than three years and if necessary, it is possible to prolong it for a period of one year within two years after the first three year protection expired. The support provisions include educational expenses of children, cost of vocational training, cost of living during the period of vocational training, loan for rehabilitation fund, support for permanent rental housing, and childcare support. Three self-support facilities nationwide provide accommodations for 56 households.

As of the end of 1999, a total of 41 mother-child protection facilities nationwide were operated, including 38 protection facilities and 3 self-support facilities.

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