Assistance and Support

In order to promote the creation of a residential environment conducive to child-rearing, as well as to ease the financial burden, a subsidy is provided to cover part of the initial costs associated …

All children aged 3 to 5 attending prechools, kindergartens or nursery schools, and children aged 0 to 2 in need of childcare who come from households exempt from residential taxation are eligible fo…

Childcare services are provided to parents and guardians who find it difficult to care for their children at home, due to work or illness. You may apply to use this service once your child turns 3 mo…

This service offers hourly childcare when their parents or guardians need it to attend weddings or funerals, visit hospitals, or just relax (it may be used up to 14 times a month). Eligible Children…

　When parents or guardians are temporarily unable to care for their child at home due to illness or childcare fatigue, they may ask for their child to be placed in the care of a children's home or i…

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…

This is a system that offers loans of various types, such as education funds, in principle without interest, in order to promote the economic independence of single parent families and the welfare of…

This center brings together those who want support for child-rearing ("Requesting Members") and others who want to support parents in child-rearing ("Providing Members" ). Members provide mutual supp…

When a child is sick and cannot be cared for at home for reasons such as a parent or guardian's work schedule, the child can stay in a sick child daycare room at a clinic. Eligibility criteria for t…

In Fukuoka City, childcare centers and other facilities may be used once the child is 3 months old. For those who need childcare from the end of maternity leave (after 8 weeks) to 3 months of age, a …

These government-subsidized childcare facilities are operated by companies for the children of their employees.   If a regional quota is established, local children in need of childcare can also use …

Businesses approved by Fukuoka City provide childcare for children aged 3 months to 2 years old who need it, together with their employees' children, at facilities within the business establishment. …

This is a business licensed by Fukuoka City providing attentive childcare for those who need such care, aged 3 months to 2 years, in a relatively small environment of 6 to 19 children.

This is a business licensed by Fukuoka City which provides attentive childcare to a small number of children aged 3 months to 2 years in a family-like environment for children in need of such care.

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…

Unlicensed Childcare Centers are childcare facilities that have not been approved under the provisions of the Child Welfare Law. The applicable age ranges, service contents, and fees vary from facil…

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…

The Fukuoka City Child Rearing Support Concierge is a specialist counselor who takes inquiries from parents. After listening to the wishes and working conditions of the household, the Concierge offer…

This is a when an establishment approved by Fukuoka City provides childcare services for children (from age 3 months on up) needing care at the child's home. Contact for inquiries Child and Fam…

When parents or guardians are temporarily unable to care for their child at home due to illness or childcare fatigue, they may ask for their child to be placed in the care of a foster home institutio…