Yokohama single-parent homes and other daily life support projects

We dispatch family life support members (helpers) to mother and child families, fatherless families and widows who are temporarily in need of housework and childcare due to job hunting or family illness, and help with daily life.

• FY2023 Flyer (PDF: 1,919KB)

Mothers of mother and child families, father and sons and widow welfare law, father of fatherless family, widow

• "Mother of mother and child family" and "father of fatherless family" are those whose spouse (including intimate relations) has died or has no spouse due to divorce, etc. A mother or father of a family who supports elementary school studenｔ under the age of 20 without having to marry.
• A "widow" is a person who was once a mother-child family, whose child is over 20 years old and has no spouse.

• Major changes in living environments (e.g., just after becoming a single parent, etc.)
• Necessary reasons for independence (commuting to school for skill acquisition, job hunting, etc.)
• Social reasons (illness, nursing, ceremonial occasions, work convenience, etc.)

※For service details, please refer to "Yokohama-shi single-parent homes, everyday life support project use rules" (PDF: 255KB).

• If you use for the same reason, short-term support is generally up to 6 months.
• Available frequency is 10 days a month, up to 240 hours a year. You will be responsible for all excesses.
• If you have children under elementary school age, you can use it regularly only if you work overtime at work. However, the frequency that can be used is 10 days a month, up to 240 hours a year.

From 2023, all those who have been issued a certificate of use will be free of charge.
※Expenses incurred at the time of service implementation will be borne by the actual cost.

For early morning and late nights other than the "dispatch time" in the table below, please contact the company directly. However, at any time of day, we may not be able to meet your request depending on the situation of the business. Thank you for your understanding.

[Documents to be submitted]

[Submission destination and submission method]
〒231-0005 6-50-10 Honcho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, City of Yokohama, Child and Youth Bureau Children's Family Division
Addressing Daily Life Support Project Manager
※It is recommended that you use special record mail.

After reviewing the application documents submitted and confirming that the applicant is an applicant for the use of the business, send the application to the Address who applied for, "Mother and Child, Father and Child and Widow Welfare and Health Law" We send "Certificate of Use of everyday life support project such as Yokohama-shi single-parent homes".
Please note that it will take about three weeks for this certificate to be sent.
In addition, the expiration date of the certificate is until December 31 of the year to which the application date belongs. For usage after January of the following year, please refer to the "Renewal" section.
If the application is made after November, a certificate of expiration date until December 31 of the following year will also be issued.

We send "everyday life support project use rule such as Yokohama-shi single-parent homes", "daily life support project registration application" with certificate.
After reading the usage rules, please contact one contracted company to select in advance, submit the "daily life support project registration application" and apply for registration.
In addition, the expiration date of user registration is until December 31 of the month to which the application date belongs. For usage after January of the following year, please refer to the "Renewal" section.

Once a contract with the contracted company has been concluded, please consult with the company about the dispatch request before using. Consultation method and application deadline vary depending on the company, so please check with the company. In addition, about dispatch date and time, we may not be able to meet your request depending on the situation of the company. Thank you for your understanding.
In addition, please contact the company by the date specified by the company to change (or cancel) the usage schedule. Please note that if you cancel after the deadline, you will be required to pay the cancellation fee specified by the business operator directly to the business operator.

If you wish to use the certificate after December 31 of the year to which the application date belongs, which is the expiration date of the certificate / user registration, you will need to renew the certificate. Please submit the “Certificate Grant Application Form” (PDF) and required documents to Yokohama City in November. Documents to be submitted at the time of renewal application are the same as when applying for a new application. Please refer to the "Submission of Application Form".
After receiving the certificate, you must apply for registration with the company by the third Friday of December.

Ｑ： I would like to ask for a transfer to a nursery school (school). Can I use it?
Ａ： It is not possible to use it only. As you list in "Yokohama-shi single-parent home life support project use rule (PDF: 255KB)" about the details of service contents that can be used, please confirm.

Ｑ： I would like to take care of my child when I get late at night at work. Can I use it regularly?
Ａ： If you have children under elementary school age, you can use it regularly only if you work overtime at work. However, the frequency that can be used is 10 days a month, up to 240 hours a year. Even if it is night shifts, etc., if you use during the set working hours, it will be used within 6 months as usual.

Ｑ： It is said that it will be used in 6 months, what should I do if you need assistance for more than 6 months?
Ａ： If you need more than 6 months of assistance, you will need to consider other services. If there is a reason such as it takes time to register or use other services, consult with the Children's Home Division about the scheduled registration date and the scheduled start date of use of other services, and then apply for continuous use Is possible.

Ｑ： When "Mother and child and father and son and widow welfare law and certificate of use of everyday life support project such as Yokohama-shi single-parent home" is issued by city, do family life support member (helper) be dispatched by all means?
Ａ： "Mother and child and father and son and widow welfare law and certificate of use of everyday life support project such as Yokohama-shi single-parent home" is document proving that it is household which can use everyday life support project. About dispatch of member of home life support (helper), we have you talk with user company and decide after adjusting the date and time. Please note that we may not be able to meet your request depending on the situation of the business operator.

Ｑ： I have used a daily life support project several years ago. I also want to use it again. Can I apply again?
Ａ： You can re-use it only if it is a different reason from the previous one. There is a column for "Reason for Support" in the application form, so be sure to describe the current situation.

Ｑ： I don't know how long the certificate is valid, how long it can be used, and when to renew.
Ａ： For example, if you apply for a certificate in April, the validity period of the certificate will expire on December 31 of the year in which the application date belongs. If you start dispatching a family life support member (helper) in September, the service period is until the end of February. The certificate will be used by the end of February, when the certificate expires, so an application must be submitted in November to renew the certificate.