Those who are considering using non-approved childcare facilities

Non-licensed childcare facilities are a general term for childcare facilities that have not been approved as child welfare facilities based on the Child Welfare Law.

In order to set up and operate unlicensed childcare facilities, it is necessary to meet the national notice's "Standards for Guidance and Supervision of Non-licensed Childcare Facilities" from the viewpoint of ensuring the safety of elementary school studenｔ and appropriate childcare standards. It is targeted for supervision, and Motoichi carries out on-site inspection once a year.

Childcare facilities spend most of the time of their lives, and depending on their environment and childcare content, they may affect not only the child's safety and health, but also healthy development. When deciding on a childcare facility to leave your child, refer to the “How to Choose a Good Childcare Facility (Notice of the Childcare Division, Child and Family Bureau, Ministry of Health and Welfare)”, and actually visit the facilities. Please check.

In addition, the installers of the facilities subject to notification are required to submit the following "posting of service contents" and "grant of contract contents", so please refer to these as well.

It is obligatory to post the service content to be posted in a place that is easy for users to see.

・Name or name of the installer and the name of the manager of the facility

・Size and structure of buildings and other facilities

・Name and Location of the facility

・Date of business

・Time of opening

・Matters concerning the contents of the services to be provided and the amount to be paid by the user for the provision of such services, and
If any changes have been made to these matters, the details of the most recent changes and the reasons therefor.

・Admission capacity

・Number of nursery teachers and other staff or schedule

・Training status of training for installers and staff

・Type of insurance contracts, insurance accidents and insurance claims for infants to be nursed

・Name, location, and details of alliance medical institutions

・How to respond to emergencies

・Emergency disaster countermeasures

・Matters concerning measures for the prevention of abuse

The following contents are required to provide written documents to users.

・Name and address or name of the installer

・Matters concerning the amount to be paid by the user for the provision of such services

・Name and Location of the facility

・Name and address of the facility manager

・Details of services provided to such users

・Type of insurance contracts, insurance accidents and insurance claims for infants to be nursed

・Name, location, and details of alliance medical institutions

・Name and contact information of the staff in charge of receiving complaints from users

※If a meal fee, enrollment fee, cancellation fee, etc. are added separately in addition to the usage fee for the service, the fee shall be clearly specified to the user in a delivery document.

☆We issue "certificate" to facilities subject to notification that meet all of the "Non-licensed childcare facility guidance and supervision standards".
☆List of on-site survey results and certificate issuance status (PDF: 261KB)
☆On the page of the child and child care support information disclosure system "Here de Search" (outside site), the results of on-site surveys for 2020 and 2021 are posted.

PDF How to Choose a good childcare facility 10 Articles (Notice of Childcare Division, Child and Family Bureau, Ministry of Health and Welfare) (PDF: 167KB)