The Taichung City Council cares about the social welfare of vulnerable children, and on May 21 it proposed the creation of a 'Volunteer Academy,' and promotion of a 'Diverse Rest Period Service Plan for Parents of Disabled Children' to allow the merging of social and educational resources. Director-general of the Social Affairs Bureau Wang Xiu-yan (王秀燕) recommended that the Volunteer Academy entail cross-unit collaboration comparable to that of the 'Little Heads of Household Plan.’The 'Diverse Rest Period Service Plan for Parents of Disabled Children' could help local organizations and schools work together to set up diverse rest periods for parents during the summer and winter vacations.

Council member Chang Liao Wan-chien (張廖萬堅) said that, as a result of the current low birth rate in Taiwan, schools have a large number of empty classrooms. There are also a large number of volunteers in schools, and social and governmental resources could be combined with those of the Education Bureau to create a Volunteer Academy. Teachers that have taken early retirement and volunteers could be put to use so that volunteers in schools no longer just direct traffic: in the morning there would specialized courses in formal social work, and in the afternoons after lessons there would be visits to child care centers and families to identify and provide assistance to high-risk families.

Huang Gui-shu(黃國書), meanwhile, promoted the 'Diverse Rest Period Service Plan for Parents of Disabled Children.’He said that 1754 children of preschool age carry disability manuals. In primary schools there are more than 5,000, in junior middle schools there are over 3,000, and in senior middle schools there are 94.

He suggested not differentiating between preschool and school-age children: the Social Affairs Bureau would promote a 'Diverse Rest Period Service Plan for Parents of Disabled Children' aimed at all disabled children in the city. Particularly during the summer and winter vacations, the Department of Social Welfare would help provide resources and institutions, etc. as assistance, and the Education Bureau would provide a name list to help the parents of disabled children across the city.

Director-general Wang proposed that the Department of Social Welfare help the local organizations and schools to work together to organize diverse rest periods during summer and winter vacations, which would see disabled children stay in accommodation near to their homes. The Social Affairs Bureau opened the first Family Welfare Service Center in Dongshih District, and is about to open its second service center serving Peitun District and East District. It will be make use of its ability to care for families to providing them with assistance close to their homes – sparing no effort in caring for vulnerable members of the community.

Council member Chang Liao-Nan-Lun (張廖乃綸)expressed concern about the establishment and implementation of childcare centers and Childcare Resource Centers. Director-general Chang said that that there are currently 5 publicly-funded, privately run childcare centers that can definitely be implemented, including those in Shanhai and Peitun District. The city government will also work with registered daycare centers and community nanny system; what's most important is to keep nanny fees within a certain limit, without inflating prices as a result of subsidies.