A DPP candidate in Taiwan's Yilan County is pitching a monthly cash payment for young families — good news for parents of small children in Jiaoxi if she wins.

• Wu Ya-zhen, running for Jiaoxi township chief, promises NT$3,600 a month for every child aged 0 to 3 to ease the cost of raising kids.
• She frames it as a fix for Yilan's "three shortages" — fewer young people, fewer children, and fewer local activities as the population drains away.
• The plan pairs the handout with a jobs-and-industry push from DPP county chief candidate Lin Kuo-chang, aimed at keeping young people working and starting families locally.
• The pledge came at a parent-child bead-craft event hosted by lawmaker Chen Chun-yu, a soft-campaign setting to court young families.

Outlook: The proposal now becomes a campaign promise heading into the election, and its fate depends on whether Wu wins the township race.