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For those who wish to apply for use such as nursery schools in April 2025
Last Updated November 7, 2024
※Nursery schools, etc.…Facilities and businesses such as licensed nursery schools, certified child institution (use of childcare), home-based childcare business, small-scale childcare business, and in-house childcare business (regional frame).
- Usage guide distribution time and points to note
- Standards and Concepts in Certification and Usage Adjustment
- 2025 use application style downloading
About end of acceptance of primary application in April, 2025
Acceptance of primary application was finished on Wednesday, November 6, 2024.
When withdrawing the use application itself (withdrawal of all gardens) or withdrawing a part of the desired facility, (2) of "To those who have applied for use (primary application) such as nursery schools from April 2025" Please confirm.
The second application for April will be accepted from (Mon) on January 6, 2025 to (Mon) on February 10, 2025 (must arrive at the deadline).
For details, please refer to the usage guide for Yokohama City and Kohoku Ward versions.
For those who have applied for use (primary application) such as nursery schools from April 2025 (news)
(１) About return to all of you who applied for use
We send "to all of you who applied for use" to person who applied by mail to Yokohama-shi child blue and youth bureau authorization, use adjustment office work center (we send to one applied from outside the city) not).
If you do not receive any information even in December 2024, please contact the ward office child and family support section of your ward.
(２) When withdrawing use application (primary application) such as nursery schools from April, 2025
When withdrawing the application itself (withdrawal of all gardens) or withdrawing a part of the desired facility, the reception and deadline are as follows.
Oh Reception desk (mail, window entrance)
Ward Office Children and Families Support Section of your ward
※Online submission is not allowed.
Oh Deadline Date
The deadline must arrive on Friday, December 27
Information on the timing and points to note
（１） Distribution time of styles such as usage guidance and application in 2025
Style distribution such as 2025 use guidance, payment authorization application
Date of publication: From Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Distribution start date on paper: From Thursday, October 10, 2024
Distribution location: You can download it from the Kohoku Ward Childcare Homepage and distribute it at ward offices.
※The style varies depending on the year. If you are applying for 2025, please be sure to use the 2025 style.
※Distribution on two papers will start on Thursday, October 10, 2024. From Tuesday, October 1, Reiwa 6 to Wednesday, October 9, Reiwa 6
Please note that during the period, you can only obtain it from the website.
April 2025 Application deadline for primary application (online, mail, window reception)
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 (postmark valid)
Acceptance of primary application in April 2025 has been closed.
※Only the addition, order change and missing documents of the desired garden will be accepted until Thursday, November 28, 2024 (postmark valid).
※Even if you submit the payment authorization application and the use application (for nursery schools, etc.) as missing documents after November 6, the application will be subject to secondary use adjustment.
Online application for use of daycare centers
About use application such as nursery schools in Yokohama-shi, we can apply online using my number card. (For applications for use from November 2024 to March 2024, please refer to "[Start of use in 2024] Online application for use of nursery schools.")
You can see the details on how to apply from the following Yokohama City website.
≪Yokohama-shi website≫
https://translate-en.city.yokohama.lg.jp/kosodate-kyoiku/hoiku-yoji/shisetsu/riyou/hoikuriyou/online-hoikuriyou-r7.html
Notification of the result of the primary application in April 2025
Monday, January 27, 2025 (planned)
If you do not receive the usage adjustment result, we will respond to telephone inquiries at the ward office child and family support section of your ward after Thursday, January 30.
I can't answer before that.
（２） Reference date (primary application) for use from April 1, 2025
Monday, September 30, 2024
※Record date…At the time when judging the working status of parents when adjusting the use of nursery schools, etc.
（３） Application for children who need individual assistance
If you wish to apply for a nursery school for children with disabilities or children who need individual assistance or medical care, you will need to apply in advance, so be sure to come to the Kohoku Ward Children and Families Support Division Childcare Office (3A) before applying.
In addition, please be sure to bring your child to the facility you wish to use and visit it.
Consultation Desk ：Ward Office Childcare Section 3F 3A window
Contact: ：Telephone 045-540-2280 Childcare
General inquiries
<Dial for exclusive use of child and child care support system>
Please call here for general inquiries about how to write documents.
Telephone ： 045-664-2607
FAX ： 045-211-4253
Opening period: Until Sunday, January 26, 2025
※However, except from Saturday, December 28, 1996 to Sunday, January 5, 1997)
Opening time: From 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (including weekends and holidays)
Standards and Concepts in Certification and Usage Adjustment
"Standards for Yokohama City Benefit Authorization and Use Adjustment" stipulating standards and ways of thinking in certification and use adjustment
About "specific operation of standard about Yokohama-shi payment authorization and use adjustment", please refer to the following Yokohama-shi website.
You can see it.
≪Yokohama-shi website≫
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2025 use application style downloading
Usage guide and insert materials
Before applying, be sure to check the Yokohama City version and the Kohoku Ward version (★ mark), both usage guidance.
Also, please check the enclosed material (☆ mark).
| Materials | Remarks |
|---|---|
| ★Use guidance (PDF: 5,955KB) such as Yokohama-shi nursery schools in 2025 | This is the usage guide for Yokohama City version. |
Documents required for application for nursery school use
The style varies depending on the year. If you are applying for 2025, be sure to use the 2025 style.
Person applying for 2024 can download from page of "to one hoped for the use such as nursery schools in 2024".
| Required documents | Online application | Application by mail | Window application | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Documents to be submitted in 2025 (PDF: 661KB) | Not required | No. | No. | Please submit all of them. |
| Reply envelope | Not required | No. | ・April Application for admission: No. ・After applying for admission in May: Not required | Please put a 110 yen stamp and fill in the address (name of the applicant guardian, Address). We use to send news after application from Yokohama-shi. |
| Benefit certification application and certification contents confirmation slip (PDF: 807KB) | Not required | No. | No. | I need one for each child. In the case of a sibling application, the number of people is required. ★Example of entry (PDF: 1,001KB) |
| Use application (for nursery schools, etc.) (PDF: 1,369KB) [both sides] | Not required | No. | No. | I need one for each child. In the case of a sibling application, the number of people is required. If there are more than 10 desired facilities / businesses, please contact us. Fill out the attached sheet (reference style) (PDF: 409KB) and submit it. ★Example of entry (PDF: 1,535KB) |
| My Number Entry Form (PDF: 514KB) | Not required | No. | No. | ★Example of entry (PDF: 666KB) |
| My number identity verification document attachment mount (for mail application) (PDF: 689KB) | Not required | No. | Not required | Required for mailing. |
| Documents proving that childcare is required | No. | No. | No. | For details, please refer to <Documents proving that childcare is required> below. |
| Time Schedule (PDF: 323KB) | Those who are required | Those who are required | Those who are required | Please submit the following documents. |
| Identity Confirmation Documents | Not required | No. | No. | Please submit identification documents only for the benefit certified guardian who makes the application. You need both 1 and 2. For details, please refer to the Yokohama City version usage guide page 19. １．Number Confirmation Documents ２．Identity Confirmation Documents |
| Situation requiring childcare | required documents | Example of entry |
|---|---|---|
| ・ Those who are employed (including job offer) ・ Self-operated business ※Those who work more than 64 hours a month | ・2025 employment certificate (Portable Document Format) (PDF: 351KB) | ・Entry example of employed person (fixed employment) (PDF: 308KB) |
| When a parent is ill or injured | Medical certificates, etc. | Those with difficulties in childcare and names of injuries and illnesses |
| When a parent has a disability | Copy of Handbook for Persons with Disabilities | ・Handbook for the physically handicapped: A copy of the part where the notebook number, personal column, disability name, grant history, etc. can be confirmed ・Love Notebook (Nursing Handbook), Mental Handicapped Health and Welfare Handbook: A copy of the notebook number and the part where the personal column can be confirmed |
| When caring for a sick person or care recipient | ・Copy of medical certificate of sick person or certificate of person with a disability of person receiving care, copy of identification of person insured by The Long-term Care Insurance ・Time Schedule (PDF: 323KB) | ・The name of the sick person, the period, and the state of need for nursing care. ・Time schedule that shows that you are engaged in nursing care |
| When attending a school (commuting school) | ・Certificate of attending school and attending school ・Time Schedule (PDF: 323KB) | ・Certificate issued by the tsusho (commuting) destination ・Time schedule of attendant |
| When parents go to school | ・student registration certificate ・Materials that show the timetable | If the timetable cannot be submitted, the time schedule must be submitted. |
| When preparation for childbirth or rest after childbirth are necessary | Copy of Maternal and Child Health Handbook | Copy of cover and part where the expected date of delivery (birth) can be confirmed |
If you apply for siblings at the same time, please attach a copy of the number of siblings.
| required documents | Examples and Remarks |
|---|---|
・Night shift certificate (PDF format) (PDF: 83KB) | If you have a regular night shift at least twice a month, you need to submit it. Please ask your employer to fill it out. ※As an alternative to the night shift certificate, it is also possible to write "There is a night shift at least twice a month" in the remarks column of the work certificate No.18. ※In addition, it is necessary to submit a certificate of employment. |
| Pledge and certificate about employment such as nursery teachers (PDF: 732KB) | Parents with childcare qualifications engage in childcare work at licensed nursery schools, certified children's schools, Yokohama nursery rooms, licensed baby/infant nursery schools, small-scale childcare businesses, home-based childcare businesses, and in-house childcare businesses in the city. Submission is required if you have a job offer. ※ The form has a job entry field. Please submit it after obtaining proof of your place of employment. ※ In addition, it is necessary to submit a certificate of employment. |
| Certificate of attendance (Usage) (PDF: 360KB) | Application Please submit if elementary school studenｔ is using Yokohama Nursery Room or Kawasaki Certified Nursery School, graduated, or using paid childcare facilities such as unlicensed nursery schools or kindergartens. ※ A copy of certificates such as a certificate of attendance or a contract, or a document certifying graduation does not need to be in the specified format (you can understand the contract details such as usage time, frequency of use, contract period, usage fee, etc.) . |
| ・Petition for a decrease in the number of working days (PDF: 434KB) And ・Copy of service usage plan and support plan for children with disabilities | If the number of working days has decreased due to attending a parent-child attending a local nursing center, "copy of service usage plan and support use plan for children with disabilities" and "claim that the number of working days has decreased" Submission of "is required. |
| Sibling child reduction registration form and enrollment certificate (PDF: 412KB) | If your sibling (upper child) is using either Yokohama Nursery Room, Special Needs School Kindergarten, elementary school studenｔ Development Support, Medical elementary school studenｔ Development Support, or Company-led Childcare Services. ※Please submit after the use of the facilities and businesses of the children below is decided. ★Information on Submissions (PDF: 365KB) |
| ・Overseas income report (PDF: 301KB) [double-sided] And ・Certificates of income and deductions overseas | If you are working overseas during 2023, you must submit it. |
| Transfer Pledge (PDF: 195KB) ※Transference Agreement (PDF: 113KB) | If you live outside Yokohama at the time of application and plan to transfer to Yokohama by the day before the start date of using the nursery school, you need to submit a transfer pledge in addition to lease agreement, a real estate sales contract, or a copy of the construction contract. If you live with a relative residing in Kohoku Ward, please submit a transfer pledge and a transfer agreement. |
If you apply for siblings at the same time, please attach a copy of the number of siblings.
A typical example is posted. In addition, please confirm Yokohama-shi version use guidance pages 16-18.
| required documents | Remarks |
|---|---|
| Certification Change Application Form (PDF: 1,150KB) | Please submit if there is any change in the details of the benefits certification. Depending on the content of the change, it may be necessary to submit additional documents. |
| Change of application contents registration form (PDF: 1,059KB) [both sides] | Please submit if you change the facility / business you want to use, the order of your choice, and the intention to apply at the same time with your siblings. |
| Use application withdrawal form (PDF: 1,059KB) [both sides] | Please submit it when you withdraw your application. |
| Application for Cancellation of Use (PDF: 529KB) | Please submit when you decline a facility / business that has already been decided (offer) or leave the facility / business you are using. ※If you decline or leave the school due to moving out of Yokohama city or childcare at home, please also submit an application for cancellation of certification. |
| Application for cancellation of certification (PDF: 529KB) | Please submit it if you wish to cancel the benefits certification. |
| Employment certificate (PDF: 351KB) | If you have decided to use a facility or business such as a licensed nursery school, or if you are using it, and return to work from childcare leave, please submit it within two weeks. |
| Authorization (change) decision letter of advice re-grant application (PDF: 121KB) | Please submit when re-grant of notice of payment authorization decision is necessary. |
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Kohoku Ward Children and Families Support Division Childcare Manager
Telephone: 045-540-2280
Telephone: 045-540-2280
Fax: 045-540-2426
Email address: ko-kodomokatei@city.yokohama.jp
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