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Parenting of single parent
Last update date February 1, 2021
- Child Raising Allowance
- medical expenses subsidies for single-parent families
- Financial assistance for children's school
- Discounts, reduction and exemption systems
- Survivor's pension
- social security
- Other support information
- Gender Equality Center Forum
Child Raising Allowance
Please refer to the "Child Raising Allowance" page.
In addition, please see "bookmark of single-parent family" which summarized summary of welfare system related to mother and child family, fatherless family and widow.
medical expenses subsidies for single-parent families
This is a system in which Yokohama City pays a portion of the co-payment when a single-parent family, such as a mother-child family or a father-son family who joins the employee health insurance receives a doctor due to illness or injury. For more information, please see "medical expenses Grants for Single-parent Homes".
Contact information
National Health Insurance Section, South Health and Welfare Center, Insurance and Pension Division (19th window)
Phone: 045-341-1128
Financial assistance for children's school
| System | Overview |
|---|---|
| Subsidies for School Expenses | We provide school supplies, school trips, school lunches, etc. for those who have difficulty in sending their children to Yokohama City elementary and junior high schools. |
| Loan of maternal and child father and son widow welfare fund (loan of study preparation fund, study fund) | Mother and child father and son widow welfare fund is loan system for independence support of mother and child family or fatherless family. Even if you apply, you may not be able to make a loan depending on the examination. This is a system that will be repaid in the future, so please make a reasonable borrowing and repayment plan. |
| A tuition assistance system | Yokohama High School Scholarship、Reduction and exemption system for municipal high school tuitionAnd so on. |
Discounts, reduction and exemption systems
There are discounts and exemptions for transportation expenses, utilities, etc. for single-parent households.
System |
Overview |
|---|---|
| Special tickets for buses and subways | Free special tickets for city buses, private buses (except when getting on and off outside the city), municipal subway, Kanazawa Seaside Line will be issued to households receiving Child Raising Allowance and households entering the mother and child life support facility. |
| JR Commuter commuter pass discount | Child Raising Allowance recipients will be issued a qualification and purchase certificate to purchase a JR commuter pass at a discount of 3%. |
| Reduction of water rates | medical expenses subsidized households such as single-parent families, there is a system to reduce or exempt the amount equivalent to the basic charge of water and sewerage usage fees upon request. Please contact the Water Works Bureau Customer Service Center. |
| Reduction of fees for oversized garbage | Single-parent households receiving welfare Medical Certificate have a system to reduce fees. For more information, please contact Minami Ward Oversized Garbage Reception Center. |
Survivor's pension
When a person who is enrolled in National Pension Plan (Kokumin Nenkin) or a person who satisfies the qualification period for receiving the basic retirement pension (in principle, 25 years) dies, the "wife with child" or "child" whose livelihood was maintained by that person Will be paid until the end of the year when the child reaches the age of 18 (or until the age of 20 if you have a first or second grade disability). Please contact the following inquiries.
Type of public pension, etc. Basic Pension for Survivors
Contact information
National Pension Plan Section, South Health and Welfare Center, Insurance and Pension Division (20th window, 2nd floor)
Phone: 045-341-1129
Yokohama South pension Office (outside site)
Phone: 045-742-5511
social security
social security is a system that helps people live on their own power as soon as possible while ensuring a minimum level of life, depending on the situation and degree. Please contact the following inquiries.
When you have trouble with your life
Contact information
Minami Ward Health and Welfare Center Life Support Section (5th floor, 51st window)
Phone: 045-341-1203
Other support information
Please refer to the support for single-parent families.
Gender Equality Center Forum
This is a gender equality center in Yokohama City that offers women's employment, entrepreneurship, mental and physical health support, DV consultation, sexual harassment, etc., personal computer courses, child care support, etc., and lends facilities.
For inquiries to this page
Minami Ward Health and Welfare Center Children and Families Support Division
Phone: 045-341-1148
Phone: 045-341-1148
Fax: 045-341-1145
Email address: mn-kodomokatei@city.yokohama.jp
Page ID: 806-731-556
