The Ministry of Labor now accepts applications for "School Subsidy for Children of Unemployed Workers" until 10/14!

The Ministry of Labor (MOL, 勞動部) will begin accepting applications today for the "School Subsidy for Children of Unemployed Workers" (失業勞工子女就學補助) for the first semester of the 2021 academic year. The school subsidies are applicable to the following: children of public and private high school vocational schools and children of public and private colleges. Applications will be accepted until October 14th.

The MOL stated during the application period for the “School Subsidy for Unemployed Workers”, applicants must not participate in government agencies’ employment-promoting measures or programs. Therefore, if they participate in the An Hsin Immediate Work Program (安心即時上工計畫), they cannot apply for school subsidies. If they are already eligible for tuition exemption from the Ministry of Education (MOE, 教育部) or applying for other government education subsidies, they cannot apply for the education subsidy for children of unemployed workers.

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The Ministry of Labor introduced the "School Subsidy for Children of Unemployed Workers." Photo/provided by the Ministry of Labor

• Applying for "School Subsidy for Children of Unemployed Workers" must meet one of two conditions:

1. Unemployed workers who have resigned involuntarily before the application deadline, have been unemployed for more than one month (that is, unemployed before September 14, 2021) and have been paid unemployment benefits after verification.
2. The worker was employed before the application deadline (October 14, 2021) but resigned involuntarily within the previous year (that is, from October 14, 2020, to October 13, 2021) and the unemployment benefit was verified. And the employment period has not exceeded 3 months in the previous year.

In addition to the above conditions, the applicant and his or her spouse’s 2020 comprehensive income should be less than NT$1.48 million. Other conditions are that the applicant has not applied for the old age pay before October 14, 2021 and has not participated in government agencies’ employment promotion measures, plans, and their children are studying in vocational high schools or colleges. Applicants can either send a paper application by registered mail or use the online application system of the MOL to apply for subsidies for children of unemployed workers to apply with natural person online certificates.

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The Ministry of Labor accepts applications for "School Subsidy for Children of Unemployed Workers". Photo/provided by the Ministry of Labor

In addition, the amount of subsidy for each student in each semester is: NT$4,000 per child in public high schools; NT$6,000 per child in private high schools. Children from public vocational schools will receive a subsidy of NT$13,600 per child; children from private vocational schools will receive a subsidy of NT$24,000 per child.