[For FY2022] Percentage of usage fees (childcare fees) when using childcare and educational facilities outside the city (out-of-city gardens: response to COVID-19 infection)

※Percentage of usage fees due to COVID-19 will end up until FY2022 (for March 31, 2023).　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　The usage fee (childcare fee) is not usually prorated due to holidays, etc., but the usage fee (childcare fee) will be reduced (reduced) in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection. If you live in Yokohama City and use childcare and educational facilities outside the city, we will respond on a daily basis according to the criteria for the location of the facilities.

Last Updated March 23, 2023

To Parents

In accordance with the standards of the municipalities where the garden is located, we will respond on a daily basis for usage fees set by Yokohama City. The basic way of thinking and calculation methods, such as target facilities and businesses, are almost the same as in the case of city gardens (Click here for the daily correspondence of usage fees for childcare and educational facilities in the city).

・If the facility is closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection, please download "registration form (word: 30KB)" and request the entry of the suburban facility you are using (please apply early in the month following the closing of the park).
・The “registration form Gardening Status” filled out by the facility must be submitted to Yokohama City from the facility.
※When registration form arrives, we will check with the facilities and local governments from Yokohama City if necessary.

To all of the facilities

"From a parentregistration form (word: 30KB)If there is a request to fill in, please check the status of attending the park and fill in it.
Once filled out,Electronic application form (outside site)Or submit it to the City of Yokohama, Child and Youth Bureau Childcare and Education Certification Division by mail. (Please submit by the middle of the following month when the park was closed.)
If necessary, we will check with the facilities and local governments from Yokohama City.

About refund of usage fee when it becomes prorated calculation

If the usage fee is changed due to prorated calculation, a notice will be sent from Yokohama City to parents and suburban facilities.
Please note that refunds are different between licensed nursery schools (private) and other facilities.
①In the case of licensed nursery schools (private)
・“Delivery Notice” that describes the changed usage fee (childcare fee) (approximately two months after notification. Example: July will be notified around September to October) and a “Refund Notice” (scheduled for the month following the delivery notice) will be sent to inform you of the refund amount.
・In addition, only if the "financial institution name" column of the refund destination is blank in the refund notice, it is necessary to return the "account confirmation slip" enclosed with the refund notice.
・The amount notified in the refund notice will be returned by bank transfer (approximately 4 months after notification).
※We do not send you a "Refund Transfer Notice (Notification of when and how much money will be transferred to which account)" when the refund is transferred. Please check your bankbook.

②Other than licensed nursery schools (private) (licensed nursery schools (public), certified children's schools, small-scale childcare businesses, etc.)
・Please refer to the usage fee (childcare fee) change notice for the amount of usage fee (childcare fee).
・Regarding the timing and method of refund of usage fees (childcare fees), the handling differs depending on the facility, so please check with the facility (in the case of a publicly licensed nursery school, the local government) for details.
　
※Yokohama City will notify each facility that the usage fee has been changed.

Contact information

Matters related to refund of usage fees

[Refund of licensed nursery schools (private)]
Child and Youth Bureau Childcare and Education Certification Division
TEL045-671-0259

[Refunds other than licensed nursery schools (private) (authorized child institution (childcare use), small-scale childcare business, home-based childcare business, in-house childcare business (regional frame))]
The response differs for each garden. Please contact each garden.

Percentage of usage fees (to which registration form submits)

Child and Youth Bureau Childcare and Education Certification Division
TEL 045-671-0255
(When submitting registration form by mail, the 10th floor of Kannai Arai Building, 1-8 Onouecho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 231-0015

　Please send it to the City of Yokohama, Child and Youth Bureau Childcare and Education Certification Division Usage Fee Section)