Additional and Extension of Childcare Subsidy are Being Provided to Increase Access for the Two-Year-Olds to Attend Preschool MOHW and MOE Jointly Support Young Families in Childcare
Announced Date：2020-02-06
Announced Unit：Office of the Secretary
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as MOHW) and the Ministry of Education (hereinafter referred to as MOE) jointly held a press conference on November 7, 2019, at which Shih-Chung Chen, Minister of Health and Welfare, announced that starting in January 2020, when children who have reached the age of two and wish to continue to stay in public childcare, quasi-public nanny, or quasi-public childcare centers, MOHW would provide a childcare subsidy so that parents would have ample time for preschool transition.