Yokohama City Life Independence Support System Business Promotion Guidelines

For supporters involved in the independence support of the poor in life, based on the trends in the country and the progress of efforts so far in Yokohama City, with the aim of showing the basic concept of support for the poor in life, "Yokohama City Living Independence Support System Business Promotion Guidelines ".
These guidelines respond to issues that have been seen from the status of implementation of support so far, enforce the revised law that clarifies the basic philosophy of this system, and incorporates the philosophy of this system into the 4th Yokohama City Community Welfare and Health Plan. In response to this, we aim to share the purpose of this system with not only the staff directly involved in the support of the poor in life, but also with various local actors, and aim to provide effective support according to the local circumstances.

1 Background and Purpose of Formulation of Business Promotion Guidelines
2 Progress of initiatives in Yokohama City
[Column] Support for experimental project
3 Relationship between Yokohama City Community Welfare and Health Plan and Business Promotion Guidelines
[Reference] The 4th Yokohama City Community Welfare and Health Plan
Trends in the Four Countries (Movements to Realize a Community-Friendly Society)
Composition of the Five Guidelines

1 social security
2 Number of elderly households (single, multiple households)
3 Number of persons with disability certificate
4 Number of households receiving Child Raising Allowance
5 Children receiving Subsidies for School Expenses
6 Children's poverty rate
7 High school dropouts
8 Number of people in withdrawal status (estimated value)
9 Situation of poor living without housing (number of people in a homeless state)
10 Number of Suicides
11 Number of unemployed persons
12 Citizens' Awareness of Life

1 Goals of the System
2 Perspectives for achieving the goals
Contents to be implemented in city limits to achieve 3 goals
4 Positioning of the Living Independence Support System in the 4th Yokohama City Community Welfare and Health Plan
5 Contents to be implemented in each ward to achieve the goals

1 Independence consultation support project
[Practical examples] Creation and distribution of "Material Sheet" (Midori Ward's efforts)
[Practical examples] Outreach Partner Training (Sakae Ward Initiatives)
[Column] Youth support station
[Column] Jobs pot
[Column] Yokohama City Life Independence Support Facility is Makaze
2 Housing Security Benefits
3 Employment preparation support project
4 Temporary Life Support Project
5 Household Improvement Support Project
6 Snuggling-type learning support project
[Column] Snuggling-type life support project
7 Authorized employment training business for the poor
[Column] Yokohama City Employment Training Business Support Center

1 Early grasp of the poor in life in cooperation with taxes and public dues divisions
2 Creating relationships through case studies with each section in the agency and related organizations
[Column] Tsurumi Ward Living Consultation Supporters Network
3 Integrated operation with the welfare protection system
4 Team development utilizing the Support Coordination Meeting
[Column] Status of Support Coordination Meetings
5 Establishment of a meeting body to share information among related organizations
6 Support for securing housing
7 Cooperation with free low-cost medical treatment business
8 Cooperation with Food Bank and Food Drive Activities
9 Response to persons with withdrawal status
10 Cooperation with Suicide Countermeasures

1 Basic Approach
[Column] Local connections and support activities promotion projects
2 Specific initiatives
[Practical examples] Social Participation Promotion Project (Isogo Ward Initiatives)
[Practical examples] ~ Through the Hazawa Project ~ (Kanagawa Ward Initiatives)
[Practical examples] Community Support Team (Kanazawa Ward Initiatives)
[Practical examples] Regional network construction support project (Midori Ward's efforts)
[Practical examples] Regional network construction support project (Sakae Ward's efforts)