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Single Parents |
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■Consultations for Single Parents |
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Development Assistance Section, Children and Family Division |
Consultations on problems of single-parent families, employment, and general everyday living are available.
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■Single Mother Welfare Fund |
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Development Assistance Section,
Children and Family Division |
Loans are available if a member of a single-mother household raising a child under 20 years of age needs funds to start school or employment.
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■Single Parent Family Rest Home |
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Development Assistance Section,
Children and Family Division |
Single parents and their children (under 20 years of age) are able to use lodging facilities and amusement parks designated by Shinjuku City free of charge or at low rates three times a year (of which lodging is restricted to a maximum of two nights). This program is not for single parent use or use of the child only.
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■Subsidies to Support the Independence of Single Mothers |
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Development Assistance Section,
Children and Family Division |
Subsidies are available to a single mother raising a child under 20 years of age, who is receiving a Child Support Allowance or has an income level that makes her entitled to receive the allowance. The subsidies are paid when she enrolls at a designated job training seminar or applies to obtain a designated qualification to help her get a job. To receive the subsidies, consultations must be made in advance.
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■Subsidies for Hiring Housekeeping Assistants (Housekeeping and Child-Rearing Support Program for Single-Parent Families) |
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Development Assistance Section,
Children and Family Division |
Subsidies for hiring housekeeping assistants are available for single parents raising children who have not yet completed compulsory education.
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■Medical Subsidies for Single-Parent Families |
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Development Assistance Section,
Children and Family Division |
A Maru-Oya Medical Certificate is issued upon application to a single parent raising a child until the first March 31 after the child’s 18th birthday (under 20 years of age for those with a designated level of disability). The applicant and child must be enrolled in the required forms of health insurance and fall below a designated income level.
If you submit your health insurance card along with this medical certificate when receiving treatment at a medical institution, the personally borne expense (except the expense equivalent to the partial personally borne expense) will be subsidized.
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Welfare
