The financial assistance provided by the government is only NT $ 7000 or so a month (NT $ 5000 a month last year) per child, and that has to cover the exoenses of food, shelter, clothing, transportation, education and recreation.
曾有人因政府對每位寄養兒童提供經費補助，而以「經營副業」的眼光看待寄養家庭，令他們難以釋懷。因為一個月七千多元的補助（去年五千多元），包括了孩子食、衣、住、行、育、樂所有開支。