Current status of child development support
Updated: July 2026, 2
Current status of child development support seen through data
With the revision of the Child Welfare Act in 2012, the system of support for day care facilities for children with disabilities has been classified into the following four categories.
・Child development support
・Medical child development support
・Day services such as after school
・Support for visiting nursery schools, etc.
On this page, we will analyze the current state of child development support based on materials released by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
Changes in the number of establishments by prefecture
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on June 3, 6,
According to the materials of the 1st “Study Committee on Day-to-day support for children with disabilities (held online)”:
Comparing FY26 and FYXNUMX, we can currently see the following changes in the number of establishments.
*Excerpt from [Document 3] Current status of day care support for children with disabilities, etc.
Looking at the above materials, the numbers have doubled in most prefectures from FY26 to FY2.
However, there are clear differences in the density of the number of establishments depending on each prefecture, and there are also cases where the number of establishments/thousand people exceeds 1.00.
As there are many prefectures that do not have child development support, it is thought that child development support is not yet in place.
