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

## Social Welfare Implementation System

## Overview

## Outline of Social Welfare Implementation System

Welfare volunteer/

Child Welfare Volunteer (225,247)

(As of March, 2011)

Counselors for persons with physical disabilities (9,562)

Counselors for persons with mental retardation (4,107)

(As of April 2009)

National government

## Prefectures

(designated cities and core cities)

• Licensing and supervising social welfare foundations

• Licensing, supervising, and establishing social welfare facilities

• Administrative work for the placement into child welfare facilities (excluding day care 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

• 77 centers nationwide (as of April 2009)

• 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

• 78 centers nationwide (as of April 2009)

• 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 April 2012)

• Administrative work for the placement into child welfare facilities

• Child Consultation, inquiry, evaluation, guidance

• Temporary custody

Women's consulting offices

• Commissioning foster parents/entrusted guardians

• 49 centers nationwide

(as of April 2011)

• Consultation, evaluation, inquiry, guidance, etc. for females in need of protective care

• Temporary protective care

## Prefectural welfare offices

• 211 offices nationwide (as of April 1, 2012)

• Provision of public assistance

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

• 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 April 1, 2012)

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

## Cities

• Provision of in-home welfare services

• Provision of medical/health care services for the elderly

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

## Municipal welfare offices

• 997 offices nationwide (as of April 1, 2012)

• Provision of public assistance.

• Administrative work for the placement into special nursing homes for the elderly

• Administrative work, etc. for the placement into midwifery homes, maternal and child living support facilities, and day-care centers

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

## Number of welfare offices (as of April 1, 2012)

Rural districts 211

Cities 997

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