• Provision of individual support to affected welfare recipients by assigning the “Livelihood Rehabilitation Supporters,” etc.

4. Rebuilding of welfare services for persons with disabilities (increase the Provisional Special Fund to Support Persons with Disabilities) (applied in the affected 3 prefectures) 2 billion yen

In order to ensure stable and ongoing provision of services at disability welfare service offices in disaster-hit areas, financial assistance is given for the following projects.

① Development of the Reconstruction Support Centers for Disability Welfare Services (a tentative name) and implementation of the following support:

• Securing of orders for the Employment Service Offices for Persons with Disabilities and reconstruction of their distribution channels

- The transition to the new service system based on the Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act and the Child Welfare Act

• Provision of support in accordance with the needs of children and persons with disabilities

② Establishment of facilities to resume business operation at in-home long-term care offices

#### 5. Rebuilding of childrearing services (increase the Fund for Children (applied in the affected prefectures)) 1.6 billion yen

In order to build and strengthen the childrearing service system comprehensively and integrally for the recovery of nursery schools in the affected areas, financial measures are taken as a priority when childrearing related facilities are combined and their functions are diversified as follows based on the reconstruction plans formulated by affected municipalities.

• Joint construction of the certified center for early childhood education and care and the regional childrearing support base centers

- Diversification of functions of the childrearing service, by offering overtime childcare and temporarily keeping sick children, etc., in addition to the ordinary nursing care

【Recovery of the Tohoku region through the creation of medical devices】

Plan medical innovation and the recovery of the local economy in the Tohoku area through the creation of innovative medical devices.

#### 1. Implementation of projects for the promotion of the indigenous creation and development of innovative medical devices in the Tohoku area (increase the Fund for the Recovery of the Regional Medical Care (applied in the affected 3 prefectures)) 4.3 billion yen

In order to attract companies and plan for job creation through the creation of innovative medical devices by making the most of the Tohoku area’s strength, and thus restoring the local economic activities in the region, promote the concept of the “Special Reconstruction Zone” that combines measures concerning the tax system, the relaxation of pharmaceutical regulations, and such (in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

• Provision of financial support for clinical trials conducted in cooperation with companies, universities, and medical institutions in the affected 3 prefectures (for 5 years)

【Ensuring of the health of disaster victims】

Ensure the mental and physical health of disaster victims

#### 1. Ensuring of the health of disaster victims (increase the Provisional Special Fund for the Urgent Establishment of Infrastructures of the Long-term Care Facilities (applied in the affected prefectures)) 2.9 billion yen

In order to prevent the deterioration of the health conditions caused by the prolonged stay in temporary housings, financial support is provided for the following projects.