While the prefectural government paid for a clean-up of the grounds as well as a device for testing the radiation levels of food and a staff member to operate it, the orphanage had to rely on outside assistance for other aid such as uncontaminated food, monitoring of radiation exposure, and trips outside of the prefecture.
As of March 2013, though certain surfaces have met the target level of radiation, some hot spots still reached 50 times the official safe amount.
[2] In 2013, the Japan-America Society of Southern California sponsored a program to bring children from various orphanages affected by the Fukushima Disaster to the United States.
The purpose of the program was to both encourage cultural exchange between Japan and the US as well as offer the children time away from the radiation and rebuilding of their homes.
[3] The program was discontinued in 2017, as the Japanese government's increasing use of the fostering system greatly reduced the number of children in participating orphanages, including Fukushima Aiikuen.