27 Temporary Shelter 310 Facilities for Children with Special Needs 19 Group Home 625 Sub-total 2,421 Households Headed by Child 2 Adoption 285 Foster Parents 990 Respite Care before Adoption 423 Sub-total 1,700 Sending back home or to acquaintances 725 Facilities Protect by Foster Care Others Total 4,846 121. As of 2017, the average number of children per caregiver in child care facilities stood at 5.9. The Enforcement Decree of the Child Welfare Act states that the legal standards are three children per caregiver for infants and toddlers from zero to two, seven for kids from three to six, and ten for children above seven. Under the current situation, however, one caregiver might possibly have to look after 19 children alone. 122. Children subject to protection may be protected under the system until they turn 18, and they are entitled to support for self-reliance according to the Child Welfare Act; however, a special case worker to support self-reliance is assigned to each Si/Gun/Gu or to a child welfare facility. Otherwise, none is assigned. In addition, there were some cases where a special case worker has never been in touch for five years after the termination of the protection service or a child was not given the kind of support he or she wanted. The Survey of Self-Reliance Status and Needs of Children Graduating from State Protection Service released in 2016 by the Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health & Welfare shows that the most needed support for the first 5 years is living expense (39.3%), housing expense (37.9%), and self-reliance support (5.9%). 2) Questions 123. What is the government's plan to promote alternative care such as foster homes rather than child welfare facilities? 124. Does the government have any plan to increase the number of caregivers in alternative care system and provide high-quality training for them in order to offer more devoted nurturing environment to children? 125. Please present the self-reliance status of children graduating from the state protection

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