Department of Social Welfare

Playing a tour guide for the Taipei Expo, Yu-Hsiu Chou, Director of the Department of Social Welfare, Taipei City Government, introduced the Inclusive Society section to visitors from the Buddha's Light International Association. Its thematic scenarios ranged across issues of childcare, social diversity, education, and keeping company with the elderly, including: “Pets and the Fun City” and “The City Is Your Arena”; “Liver Well Together” and “Age Well Together”; “Educational Innovation and Beyond,” which created for children various possibilities for learning; and “We Are All in Taipei,” which attends to voices for diverse social groups. The entire Taipei City was represented as a friendly and inclusive space for people of all age groups to enjoy their lives in.Director of the Department of Social Welfare plays a tour guide, explaining Taipei City Government’s childcare policy: “HAND IN HAND PARENTING ”

To meet the spirit of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and ensure that adults with intellectual disabilities who have severe emotional and behavioral problems can successfully reintegrate into their community and maintain a stable quality of life after acute medical care, the Taipei City Government commissioned the Taipei Yongming Home for the Disabled to operate the Emotional Behavior Support Center. The center adopts Positive Behavior Support as its service philosophy. The center conducts functional behavior assessment, and promotes appropriate alternative behaviors through concrete behavior strategies. Through a relay service of 3 to 6 months, the goal is to establish a service model for adults with intellectual disabilities and severe emotional and behavior problems that can serve as a reference for other care systems to learn from.Emotional Behavior Support Center commences operation in September 2022

The Taipei City Government has been working hard to realize housing justice. Since 2015, we have made many efforts, including establishing cross-departmental task forces, to make Taipei a city where every citizen can afford to live in. 40% of social housing households are provided for people with multiple disadvantages, elderly people living alone, and people with disabilities, who particularly suffer discriminations in the rental housing market. It also promotes the pilot project of NPOs’ renting and subletting social housing to disadvantaged people, thus providing more diversified residential options for the disadvantaged.The 8-year outcome presentation of Taipei City Housing Justice Task Force, with a book on housing justice published

The Taipei City Center for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault commissioned the Teacher Chang Foundation to implement the Men’s Growth and Family Service Center (Men's Talk). Its 2022 survey on men’s knowledge of childcare found that unmarried and young men who have no childbirth and childcare experience are prone to anxiety and worry. For this reason, the center promoted the Parenting Tutorial Program for Protection of Children in 2022 to meet the need for assistances in parenting. Men’s Talk is also planning to launch the following services in 2023: “Daddies’ Support Group,” “Counseling Workshop for Couples Trying to Conceive,” and other relevant courses, which offer mental support for men on their way to becoming a father.In its press conference, Men’s Talk promotes its role as “daddies’ support group,” which offers mental support for men on their way to becoming a father