Disadvantaged families often worry about food insecurity. To ensure a healthy environment for schoolchildren to grow up, the Education Department launched the Happiness Safeguarding Station program, collaborating with more than 2,000 branches from four major convenient stores in New Taipei City. By following the principle of helping those in urgent need but not those constantly poor, the program provides emergency assistance to students under 18 (including dropouts) and children in need, and each individual is offered a suspended meal equivalent to NT$80 to satisfy their urgent needs. In addition to providing meals, the convenient stores also report schoolchildren’s information to the High-Risk Family Service Management Center. The city government activates the social and educational care assistance system to respond to actual needs of individuals through active care notification and search assistance. From 2013 to the end of June 2021, the cumulative number of recipients, the total meal expenditure, and private donations have reached 34,937, NT$4.02 million, and NT$12.83 million, respectively.

Competent Authority：The Education Department × Convenience Store Chains