## [8] Social Welfare and Relief for War Victims

## Social Welfare Implementation System

## Overview

## Outline of Social Welfare Implementation System

Welfare volunteer/

Child Welfare Volunteer (230,199)

(As of March 2013)

Counselors for persons with physical disabilities (8,330)

Counselors for persons with mental retardation (3,585)

(As of April 2013)

National government

Prefectures

(designated cities and core cities)

• Licensing and supervising social welfare corporations

• Licensing, supervising, and establishing social welfare facilities

• Administrative work for the placement into child welfare facilities (excl. nursery centers)

• Guidance to related administrative organization and municipal governments, etc.

Social Security Council

Local social welfare concils

Prefectural child welfare councils

(designed-city child welfare councils)

## Consultation centers for the rehabilitation of persons with physical disabilities

• 80 centers nationwide (as of April 2013)

• Inquiries concerning the entrance into rehabilitation facilities for persons with physical disabilities

• Consultation, evaluation, guidance for persons with physical disabilities

## Consultation centers for the rehabilitation of persons with mental retardation

• 82 centers nationwide (as of April 2013)

• Inquiries concerning the entrance into residential facilities for persons with mental retardation

• Consultation, evaluation, and guidance for persons with mental retardation

## Child guidance centers

• 207 centers nationwide (as of January 2013)

• Administrative work for the placement into child welfare facilities

• Child Consultation, inquiry, evaluation, guidance

• Temporary custody

• Commissioning foster parents/entrusted guardians

## Women's consulting offices

• 49 centers nationwide

(as of January 2013)

• Consultation, evaluation, inquiry,

guidance, etc. for females in need of

protective care

• Temporary protective care

## Prefectural welfare offices

• 211 offices nationwide (as of January 2013)

• Provision of public assistance

• Administrative work, etc. for the placement into midwifery homes and living support facilities for fatherless families

• Consultation, evaluation, guidance, etc. for fatherless families

• Wide area coordination of welfare services for the elderly

## Town and villages

• Provision of in-home welfare services, etc.

• Administrative work for the use of welfare services for persons with disabilities

## Town/village welfare offices

• 41 offices nationwide (as of January 2013)

• Content of administrative work is the same as that of city welfare offices

## Cities

• Provision of in-home welfare services

• Administrative work for the use of welfare services for persons with disabilities

## Municipal welfare offices

• 999 offices nationwide (as of January 2013)

• Provision of public assistance

• Administrative work for the placement into intensive-care old people's homes

• Administrative work, etc. for the placement into midwifery homes, living support facilities for fatherless families, and nursery centers

• Consultation, inquiry, guidance, etc. for fatherless families

## Number of welfare offices (as of April 2013)

Rural districts 208

Cities 999

Towns/villages 41

Total 1,247

Total number of welfare office employees: 145,025 (as of October 1, 2009)