Housework and child-watching helpers for single-parent households with children up to junior high school age

For single-parent households with children who have not finished compulsory education, the city supports the use of home helpers within 2 years of becoming a single parent, while attending school to acquire skills, while job hunting, during illness, weddings or funerals, or when children in grade 3 of elementary school or younger need watching because of work. You can ask for watching children, simple cooking and help with meals, cleaning, laundry, and pick-ups to and from daycare or after-school clubs (pick-ups alone are not allowed). In principle once a day, up to 12 times a month, for 1 to 8 hours a day between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. The user cost per hour is ¥0 for households on public assistance or exempt from resident tax, ¥150 for households at the Child Rearing Allowance payment level, and ¥300 for other households. Book an interview by phone or at the counter; use is decided after review. Once approved, apply for the whole month by phone or email by 4 p.m. on the 20th of the previous month (or the last business day before it if it falls on a closed day).