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Welfare Benefits for Children and Infants

 

Child Allowance

To ensure a stable livelihood, the healthy growth of children and an improved quality of life, child allowances are provided to parents raising children of elementary school age and younger. However, this excludes those whose income is at a designated amount or higher.

Infant's Medical Expense Allowance

Kawaguchi City works to improve the quality of health of infants and promote welfare by offering a medical expense allowance that partially covers medical expenses to make it easier for infants and preschool children to receive the medical treatment they need.

Benefits for Single-Parent Families

School Entrance Allowance for Children of Single-Parent Families

This allowance subsidizes the cost of elementary and junior high school entrance preparation expenses for children of single-parent families.

Widow's Welfare Fund

Kawaguchi City offers loans to ensure economic independence to fatherless families.

Asahikan

This facility assists fatherless families in stabilizing their lives and developing independence in order to support themselves.

Child Support Allowance

A child support allowance is available for fatherless families and to a mother or other person who takes care of the children of a father who is disabled. However, an income ceiling restriction applies.

Financial Assistance for Medical Costs for Single-Parent Households

By offering a medical expense allowance that partially covers medical expenses to single-parent households or foster families caring for children without parents, this program works toward stabilizing their lives, developing independence in order to support themselves and promoting the welfare of single-parent households. However, an income ceiling restriction applies.

For further information concerning the Child Allowance or Child Support Allowance, contact:
Child-Raising Support Section, 1st Floor, City Hall
Tel: 048-258-1110, ext. 2622

For further information concerning Financial Assistance for Medical Costs for Infants and for Single-Parent Households, contact:
Child-Raising Support Section, 1st Floor, City Hall
Tel: 048-258-1110, ext. 2622

For further information concerning the School Entrance Allowance, Widow's Welfare Fund, Asahikan, contact:
Child-Raising Support Section, 1st Floor, City Hall
Tel: 048-258-1110, ext. 2614

 

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