What is the Yokohama Child Care Support System?

From July 1, 2023, we will start the following three initiatives as support expansion measures for child-rearing households.

　Reduce the one-hour assistance reward (use fee) from 800 yen to 500 yen.
　(Weekdays from 7:00 to 19:00. After hours, it will be increased by 100 yen.

　In addition to the reward (use fee) for the assistance, a 500 yen benefit will be paid from Yokohama City per hour to both members who provided the assistance activities.
　[Example: 1 hour during the daytime on weekdays]
　Remuneration (use fee) 500 yen + benefit 500 yen = 1,000 yen
　Please refer to the following URL for details.

　We will distribute an 8-hour trial ticket to those who have registered as members in households with children born on or after April 1, 2023.
　Even if you have completed membership registration and additionally register children after the second child, you will be eligible for distribution.
　Please refer to the following URL for details.

With the revision of the position of COVID-19 infection under the Infectious Diseases Act on May 8, 2023, the Yokohama Child Care Support System will basically respect independent choices regarding infection control measures in daily life and leave it to individual judgment.
However, please note that depending on the period when the infection is spreading rapidly, infection control measures may be strengthened.

The Yokohama Child Care Support System is an activity based on the consent of members. Infection measures should be considered in advance meetings so that both members can work comfortably. Also, please note that we may not be able to accept the desired activity, or coordinated activities may be canceled.

About information about new coronavirus infectious disease, we publish related article on Yokohama-shi homepage and update from time to time, so please use that as well.

・About information about COVID-19 infection

・About COVID-19 infection (outside site)
・Precautions at home when there is a person suspected of being infected with COVID-19 (outside site)

The Yokohama Child Care Support System Business aims to expand the connection between people by leaving and taking care of children in the area, and to support child care throughout the area. We have the person who wants to take care of the child and the person who takes care of the child register as a member to support encounters with neighbors who meet the conditions.
Homepage (outside site) of Yokohama child care support system

Both those who want to take care of their children and those who take care of them will be asked to first receive an enrollment explanation so that they can know the mechanism.

Membership briefings are held in each ward. Schedule of enrollment briefing (outside site)

The qualifications of the members are as follows.

Those who live in Yokohama and have a small child (elementary school studenｔ up to 6th grade in elementary school at least 57 days old)

Flow up to membership registration for those who want to leave their children

Person 20 years or older who lives in Yokohama city, is healthy, understands and enthusiasm for child care support.
You can register as both members, both serving as providing and using members.

Providing members and those who wish to be both members are required to attend the training conducted by the secretariat separately from the briefing. Qualifications are not required.

Flow up to membership registration of those who take care of children and those who also serve both

Mechanism and Flow

For example, you can get help from the providing member in such a case.

We want you to keep your child for reasons such as going to hospital, school events, ceremonial occasions, employment, etc.
We do not take care of sick children.
I would like to ask you to pick up and drop off at a nursery school or kindergarten.
I want to refresh myself and have my own time for shopping, learning, beauty salons, etc.

As a general rule, the required time from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
We don't have any accommodations.

After the aid activities are completed, please pay the reward (use fee) directly from the member to the providing member. A minimum of one hour's reward (use fee) will be charged.
If it exceeds 1 hour, it is calculated in 30 minutes.
The remuneration (use fee) was revised on July 1, 2023.

For use from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm Monday to Friday

For Saturday, Sunday, Holiday and New Year holidays
In the case of use before 7:00 am or after 7:00 pm Monday to Friday

In case of emergency, we take out “Providing Member Accident Insurance”, “Liability Insurance”, “Child Accident Insurance”, and “Training and Meeting Accident Insurance”.
The insurance fee is paid by the headquarters secretariat. You don't have to go to a member.

Starting in January 2023, single-parent families (households receiving Child Raising Allowance), social security receiving households, and resident tax-exempt households will receive up to 24,000 yen per month per child from January 2023.
Please refer to the following URL for details.

Click here for the contact information of each branch office. (External site)