The Taoyuan City Government said it plans to train 5,000 babysitters over the next two years, in conjunction with other subsidies, in the hope that young couples would be more inclined to have children due to availability of childcare and financial aid.
According to Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦), Taoyuan is a young city, with an average age of about 37.
The city government plans to offer parents NT$30,000 for every child born in Taoyuan, and to give an additional NT$3,000 for every child under the age of three in hopes that the financial burdens on young families would be lessened, Cheng said.
Cheng said the city government last year started mandatory training for babysitters, adding that more than 2,200 people qualified.
“We are looking to train an additional 2,300 people in hopes of meeting a target of 5,000,” Cheng said.
With an average of 20,000 babies born in the municipality each year, the training of professional babysitters is only one focus of the city government, Cheng said.
“We are also looking into establishing at least one public childcare center in each borough, with each center capable of accepting between 30 and 90 children,” he added.
The public childcare centers are expected to cost about NT$9,000 per month, compared with private childcare centers that cost about NT$15,000 per month. Public centers should be more affordable for young families, Cheng said.
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