Detailed Data 2 Cost-Sharing Ratio of Placement Expenses of Social Welfare Facilities

Facility type	Bearer of the right to placement (*1)	Classification of facilities for placement	Payer of the expenses for placement (*1)	Cost sharing
National government	Prefectures Designated cities Core cities	Cities	Towns and Villages
Public assistance facilities	Prefectural governors
Mayors of designated cities
Mayors of core cities	Prefectural facilities
Municipal facilities
Private facilities	Prefectures
Designated cities
Core cities	3/4	1/4	-	-
Mayors (*2)	Cities	3/4	-	1/4	-
Nursing homes for the elderly	Mayors of municipalities	Prefectural facilities
Municipal facilities
Private facilities	Municipalities	-	-	10/10
(*4)
Women's protection facilities	Prefectural governors	Prefectural facilities
Municipal facilities	Prefectures	5/10	5/10	-	-
Child welfare facilities (*3)	Prefectural governors
Mayors of designated cities
Mayors of cities with child guidance centers	Prefectural facilities
Municipal facilities
Private facilities	Prefectures
Designated cities
Cities with child guidance centers	1/2	1/2	-	-
Living support facilities for fatherless families Midwifery homes	Mayors (*2)	Prefectural facilities	Prefectures	1/2	1/2	-	-
Municipal facilities
Private facilities	Cities	1/2	1/4	1/4	-
Prefectural governors
Mayors of designated cities
Mayors of core cities	Prefectural facilities
Municipal facilities
Private facilities	Prefectures
Designated cities
Core cities	1/2	1/2	-	-
Nursery centers	Mayors of municipalities	Private facilities	Municipalities	1/2	1/4	1/4
Mayors of designated cities
Mayors of core cities	Designated cities
Core cities	1/2	1/2	-	-
Nursing care homes for persons with physical disabilities (*5)	Prefectural governors
Mayors of designated cities
Mayors of core cities	Prefectural facilities
Municipal facilities
Private facilities	Prefectures
Designated cities
Core cities	5/10	5/10	-	-
Mayors of municipalities	Municipalities	5/10	-	5/10

(Note) *1. The placements (conventionally administrative dispositions) of living support facilities for fatherless families, midwifery homes, and nursery centers were changed to implementation of maternal and child protection, implementation of midwifery, and implementation of childcare (service agreement relationship based on public laws), respectively, pursuant to the partial revision of the Child Welfare Act.

$ ^{*} $ 2. Including the heads of towns and villages in which welfare offices are established. For towns and villages in which welfare offices are established, the towns and villages are responsible for the payment of placement expenses and cost sharing and the cost sharing ratio remains the same as that of cities.

*3. Child welfare facilities excluding nursery centers, Living support facilities for fatherless families, and midwifery homes but including establishments providing small-scale residence style childcare services (hereinafter referred to as “family homes”) and establishments providing children's self-reliant living assistance services (hereinafter referred to as “self-reliance assistance homes”).

$ ^{*} $ 4. With the abolishment of subsidy for protection expenses of nursing homes for the elderly, etc. and tax resource transfer in FY2005, all placement expenses of welfare facilities for the elderly are now paid by municipalities (including designated cities and core cities).

*5. “Nursing care homes for persons with physical disabilities” under the former Act on Welfare of Physically Disabled Persons became “social participation support facilities for persons with physical disabilities” in October 2006 with the enforcement of the Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act.