Assistance and Support

When a single-parent family or a widow/widower needs:    (1) temporary daily living support such as help with housework or childcare due to job hunting, temporary illness (excluding infectious diseas…

For children whose parents are not home after school due to work or other commitments, an after-school program is set up in elementary schools (except for some of them) as a place for children to pla…

This system provides assistance to those who are struggling, due to financial reasons, to pay for necessary expenses such as school lunches (at public elementary and junior high schools only) and sch…

This is a facility for single mothers raising children under the age of 18 who are unable to care for their children by themselves, due to various issues in their lives. Staff at the facility will p…

About the Single-Parent Family Support Center The Fukuoka City Single Parent Family Support Center is a welfare facility offering a variety of counseling for single parent families and widows. We …

Consultation Desk Family and Child Consultation Room (in the Childcare Support Section of each ward in Fukuoka City) The Family and Child Consultation Offices of each ward's Child Rearing Suppo…

The Child Allowance System provides a stipend to those who are raising children. This allowance is intended to contribute to both family life stability and to the healthy development of the children …

To help children develop their individuality, abilities, and self-esteem, beyond the influence of the environment in which they were born and raised, electronic coupons will be issued to subsidize th…

Egao-Kan is a comprehensive counseling center for children aged 0 to 20. Children and their parents or guardians may receive general or specialized counseling and support on various issues related to…

For children having difficulty adjusting to social life due to their family environment, school friendships, or for other environmental reasons, we provide necessary inpatient or outpatient psycholog…

Aiming to stabilize the lives of single-parent households and promote independence, this allowance is provided to children who do not share the same standard of living as their father or mother, for …

To promote sound child development and welfare, this allowance is provided to guardians supporting children who have lost one or both of their parents (including those who have become severely disabl…

About the Single-Parent Family Support Center The Fukuoka City Single Parent Family Support Center is a welfare facility offering a variety of counseling for single parent families and widows. We …

It is a parent's natural obligation to pay child support. When a couple with minor children divorces, one of them will be designated as the custodial parent. The custodial parent is responsible f…

In an effort to improve the health and welfare of parents and children in single-parent families, as well as children without parents, medical expense subsidies are provided.Those Eligible for Subsid…

To help them prepare for matriculation or employment, this reserve fund lends money to single parents enrolled in a training institute who aim to acquire qualifications that will enhance their chance…

This pension is available to the spouses or children with dependents who were supported by someone who was enrolled in the National Pension Plan when he/she died. *The payment is made until the end o…

When a person enrolled the Employees' Pension Plan (including those enrolled in a Mutual Aid association for a period of time) dies, this pension is paid to surviving family members, such as a spouse…

The subsidy covers a portion of the course fees paid by single parents when they start taking, complete, or pass a high school equivalency examination that develops skills leading to employment (excl…

The Family and Child Consultation Offices of each ward's Child Rearing Support Section are close at hand for residents to receive counseling related to children, family problems, and how to become in…