How to claim usage fees for facilities, etc. (for parents)

If you are a company, please refer to the billing method for usage fees for facilities (for businesses).

The postage has been changed since October 1, 2024.
If you apply by mail, you may be returned from the post office if the postage is insufficient, and submission may be delayed.
Please note that if submission is delayed, payment may be delayed.
Please refer to the following link (post office page) for post-change postage.
The postage has changed since Tuesday, October 1, 2024. - Japan Post (japanpost.jp) (outside site)

①Facilities that have received "confirmation" of facilities eligible for free of charge from municipalities
　　　　　List of facilities eligible for free early childhood education and childcare (Yokohama City)
②When used by a child who has been certified for benefits
　　　　　About certification of the need for childcare
③The municipalities provide the benefits upon request from parents.

　However, with regard to the usage fee for the month when using the facilities and businesses listed below, the facility and business will charge the usage fee for the facilities, etc. on behalf of the guardian, so there is no need to request from the guardian.
・Educational part of kindergarten and special support school kindergarten
・Yokohama-shi private kindergarten custody childcare assistance business (city-type custody childcare)
・Children in Yokohama Nursery Room who are exempt from tax in the 0-2 year old class
・Tax-exempt households using the year-limited childcare business
・Those who have received a reduction in costs in the Yokohama City Temporary Childcare Business, Holiday Temporary Childcare Business, and 24-hour Emergency Childcare Business
・Those who have received a reduction in costs in the sick childcare business and post-sick childcare business

①Parents pay usage fees to gardens and businesses

②Parents write their name, validity period, etc. on the certificate pertaining to the provision of specific children and child care support, and request the garden / business to create it.

③In response to the request of the guardian, the garden / company will write the contents of the provided support in the certificate pertaining to the provision of specific child / child care support, create it, and issue it to the guardian.

④Parents attach a certificate pertaining to the provision of specific children and child care support received from the garden / business to the invoice and apply for benefits to Yokohama City.
　　Example When two facilities are used together, and when requesting from April to June
　　　　One invoice + two certificates (for 3 months) pertaining to the provision of specific child and child care support
　　※Billings are accepted quarterly. Please refer to the following website for details.

⑤Yokohama City conducts an examination based on the request of the guardian and transfers the facility usage fee to the guardian's account.

※In the figure, the certificate pertaining to the provision of specific child and child care support is omitted in the provision certificate.

The following documents are required for the request.
①　Facility Usage Fee Grant Application Form and Invoice
②　Certificate (provided certificate) pertaining to the provision of specific child and child care support
③　Bank name, branch name, account number, account holder (passbook, copy of cash card, screenshot of app and net account)

Please note that the style used for the usage fee grant application and invoice for facilities differs depending on the type of facility you are using.
　Those who are not enrolled in kindergartens, certified children's schools, or special needs schools……Facility usage fee grant application and invoice [A vote]
　Those who are enrolled in kindergartens, certified children's schools, and special support schools………Facility Usage Fee Grant Application Form and Invoice [B Form]

In principle, the holder of the transfer account for the use of facilities, etc. will be a certified guardian.
If you wish to transfer funds to an account in a name other than a certified parent, you will need the signature seal of the certified parent in the delegation column in the form.
In the case of a format without a delegation column, please submit the following power of attorney and attach it to the facility usage fee grant application and invoice.

※A power of attorney is not required for the form of the application form and invoice for the facility etc. currently described on the website because there is a delegation column in the form.
※Please be careful not to omit the power of attorney and the power of attorney in seal.

・Do not use vanishing ballpoint pens, correction fluids, correction tapes, or shachihata marks.
　The documents will be incomplete and you will need to resubmit.

・When making corrections, draw a double line on the correction and fill in the correct contents in the margin.

　Please fill in the parent's name, certification period, etc. before making a request for the "certificate pertaining to the provision of specific children and child care support", and request the facility to create it.
　Required for each month and for each facility.
　There are one month's worth and three months' worth of style. Please choose according to your convenience.

※ The Yokohama Child Care Support System requires a "Aid Activity Report and Receipt" (for free application) instead of a certificate provided.
※ This certificate is created by the facility.
　If the contents of this certificate are created or modified without permission from the facility, you may be charged with criminal offenses.
　Please note that we will check with the facility if you have any doubts.

※This is a document attached to the user of the Yokohama Child Care Support System.

It is now possible to apply for free benefits via electronic application.
※Only for the first time, user registration (individual) of the electronic application system is required.

〒231-0015 9th floor Kannai Arai Building 1-8 Onoue-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi
Childcare and Education Benefits Division, Yokohama City Children's Aomori Bureau, Child and Youth Bureau, etc.
※It's not a ward office.
※Only mail and electronic application will be accepted.

※Attention※
The postage has been revised from October 1, 2024.
Please note that if there is a shortage, submission may be delayed and payment may be delayed.
Please refer to the following link (post office page) for the revised postage.
The postage has changed since Tuesday, October 1, 2024. - Japan Post (japanpost.jp) (outside site)

・Non-licensed childcare facilities (facility type)
・City-type custody childcare unconducted schools that provide custody and childcare for children at kindergartens, certified children's schools, and special support schools
・Ward office Children and Families Support Division　※The number is limited.

You can also request a commercially available envelope. In that case, please fill in the above address and write in red on the upper left of the envelope "Invoice for use of facilities, etc."
In addition, since the address is described on the last page of the “Guide to Payment of Usage Fees for Facilities, etc.”, it is also possible to cut it out and attach it to the envelope.

For inquiries about free preschool education and childcare, please contact the Phone number below.
Telephone: 045-840-6064
FAX： 045-211-4253　
Opening time: From 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (including weekends and holidays)
(Excluding December 28 to January 3)