For those who apply for licensed nursery schools, etc.

■Click here for the school selection site for parents, "Engashi support ★ Yokohama childcare"

Reservations for concierge consultation can be made on the web. From here, please.
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「Information on Midori Ward Childcare and Education Concierge」

• Please read "use guidance such as Yokohama-shi nursery schools" issued by Yokohama-shi well.
• Go to the garden in advance and check "Is it possible to pick up and drop off?" "Rules in the garden" etc.
• Please carefully check the documents required for the application and make sure there is no shortage.
• If you have any questions, please contact the ward office and check the correct information.

Regarding the application for use, we have created materials that are easy for beginners to understand. Please use it together with the usage guide.

It is distributed at the Midori Ward Office, local child care support bases, open spaces for parents and children, green sports centers, and municipal nursery schools in the ward. In places other than the ward office, the number is limited.
You can also download it from the City of Yokohama, Child and Youth Bureau website.

[FY2025 Usage Guide Materials (Midori Ward Version)]

[Documents to be submitted as necessary (excluding city common style)]

[Primary application in April]
The reception has been closed.
[Secondary application in April]
You can mail it to your ward office Children and Families Support Division or submit it at the counter, or apply online using your My Number Card.
・Application start date: Monday, January 6, 2025
・Application deadline: Monday, February 10, 2025
※In the case of mail, the deadline must arrive by the deadline, and in the case of the counter until 17:00. In the case of online application, the transmission up to 23:59 is valid.

[Primary application in April] We will notify you by early February 2025.
[Secondary application in April] Notification will be made around March 10, 2025.

It is distributed at the Midori Ward Office, local child care support bases, and open spaces for parents and children.
You can also download it from the City of Yokohama, Child and Youth Bureau website.

[Documents to be submitted to all persons (excluding city common style)]

[Documents to be submitted as necessary (excluding city common style)]

Please submit use application in the middle of the year and notification of change of desired facility to ward office Children and Families Support Division of your ward. The deadline is the 10th of every month (Saturday, Sunday, or the last weekday opening day if it is a holiday). (Must arrive by mail)
For example, the deadline for application for use in December 2024 is Friday, November 8, 2024.
Attention: If the documents are incomplete, we may not be able to accept your application. Please apply with sufficient time for the deadline.

Notification of usage adjustment results will be sent around 25 days before the previous month.
In principle, those who have decided to use the service will be contacted by telephone separately after the 21st of the previous month.

The number of licensed nursery schools in Midori Ward will be updated on the first day of each month.
In addition, the “Nursery School Admission Status” (City of Yokohama, Child and Youth Bureau website) discloses the number of licensed nursery schools and the number of people waiting for admission in all wards of the city.

Currently, if you live outside Yokohama City and wish to use a licensed nursery school in Yokohama City, you will need to apply through your local government in principle.
Specifically, please read "flow when we live outside Yokohama-shi and apply for authorized nursery schools of Yokohama-shi" (PDF file) by all means, and I would like application.

If you are currently living in Midori Ward, Yokohama and wish to use a nursery school outside Yokohama, you must apply through the Midori Ward Office in principle.
Please be sure to check with your local government in advance the application deadline and required documents, and submit all required documents to Midori Ward Office Children and Families Support Division at least one week prior to the deadline.
If the documents are incomplete, we may not be able to accept the application, so please check carefully before applying.
If you do not plan to move out of Yokohama City, you will also need a set of application styles for Yokohama City, so please prepare them together.

When applying for childcare leave benefits, etc., you may need "documents proving that you could not enter a nursery school".
In Yokohama-shi, we apply for the use of nursery schools and issue "reservation letter of advice" to person who was put on hold. If you have received a "Pending Notice" and need a separate proof of being on hold ("Pending Certificate"), submit a "Pending Certificate Grant Application" to the ward office Children and Families Support Division. please.
Please note that the ward office cannot provide information on childcare leave benefits, so please contact your employer or Hello Work.

The community-based childcare business is for children aged 0 to 2 years and has a capacity of 19 or less and is smaller than licensed nursery schools, so after 3 years old (No. 1 and No. 2 certification) We have set up a coordination framework with licensed nursery schools, certified children's schools, kindergartens, etc. as "Securing advanced destinations".
For more information, please refer to the following link.

Temporary childcare is a system in which elementary school studenｔ is kept (childcare) in order to reduce the burden on parents, such as when it becomes temporarily difficult to raise children at home due to work, illness, hospitalization, etc. of parents or when they want to refresh themselves.

• As for the details about temporary childcare that we carry out in authorized nursery schools, please see this page.

Information on temporary childcare (Child and Youth Bureau Child Care Support Department, Childcare and Education Administration Division)

• As for the details about temporary custody of infants carried out in unlicensed childcare facilities, please see this page.

Temporary infant custody business (Child and Youth Bureau Childcare and Education Administration Division)

We can confirm list of childcare facilities in Yokohama-shi in child, child care support information publication system "here de search" (outside site).
For information on temporary childcare and non-licensed childcare facilities, please refer to the City of Yokohama, Child and Youth Bureau website.