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 governorsMayors of designated citiesMayors of core cities	Prefectural facilitiesMunicipal facilitiesPrivate facilities	PrefecturesDesignated citiesCore cities	3/4	1/4	-	-
Mayors (*2)	Cities	3/4	-	1/4	-
Nursing homes for the elderly	Mayors of municipalities	Prefectural facilitiesMunicipal facilitiesPrivate facilities	Municipalities	-	-	10/10 (*4)
Women's protection facilities	Prefectural governors	Prefectural facilitiesMunicipal facilities	Prefectures	5/10	5/10	-	-
Child welfare facilities (*3)	Prefectural governorsMayors of designated citiesMayors of cities with child guidance centers	Prefectural facilitiesMunicipal facilitiesPrivate facilities	PrefecturesDesignated citiesCities with child guidance centers	1/2	1/2	-	-
Maternal and child living support facilities Midwifery homes	Mayors (*2)	Prefectural facilities	Prefectures	1/2	1/2	-	-
Municipal facilitiesPrivate facilities	Cities	1/2	1/4	1/4	-
Prefectural governorsMayors of designated citiesMayors of core cities	Prefectural facilitiesMunicipal facilitiesPrivate facilities	PrefecturesDesignated citiesCore cities	1/2	1/2	-	-
Day-care centers	Mayors of municipalities	Private facilities	Municipalities	1/2	1/4	1/4
Mayors of designated citiesMayors of core cities	Designated citiesCore cities	1/2	1/2	-	-
Nursing care homes for persons with physical disabilities (*5)	Prefectural governorsMayors of designated citiesMayors of core cities	Prefectural facilitiesMunicipal facilitiesPrivate facilities	PrefecturesDesignated citiesCore cities	5/10	5/10	-	-
Mayors of municipalities	Municipalities	5/10	-	5/10

(Note) *1. The placements (conventionally administrative dispositions) of maternal and child living support facilities, midwifery homes, and day-care centers were changed to implementation of maternal and child protection, implementation of midwifery, and implementation of day-care (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 day-care centers, maternal and child living support facilities, and midwifery homes but including establishments providing small-scale residence style child care 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.