When a child has a disability

Please refer to the following page. We introduce welfare systems and available welfare services such as employment, training, and life support.

If you are worried about mental and physical development, such as slow language, unable to play with friends, worry about hearing, or restlessness, please contact the following.

Depending on the content and degree of the disability, a notebook (a certificate of the physically handicapped, a notebook of love (a nursing notebook), a health and welfare notebook for the mentally handicapped) will be issued. For more information, please refer to the following website.

• Handbook for the Physically Handicapped under the age of 18, Handbook for Love (Nursing Handbook)

Minami Ward Health and Welfare Center Children and Families Support Division Child-rearing Support Section (2nd floor, window 25)

Phone: 045-341-1152

Fax: 045-341-1145

• Health and Welfare Handbook for the Mentally Handicapped, Handbook for the Physically Handicapped, Handbook for the Disabled, Handbook for Love (Nursing Handbook)

Minami Ward Health and Welfare Center Elderly and Disabled Support Division (23rd floor on the 2nd floor)

Phone: 045-341-1142
Fax: 045-341-1144

The "Local Activities Home for Persons with Disabilities" is originally set up by Yokohama City as a base facility to support local life for children with disabilities and persons at home and their families. For more information about the home and the location of the implementation, please see the Local Activities Home for Persons with Disabilities.

Parents raising children with disabilities under the age of 20 (generally part of grades 1-3 and 4 of physical disabilities, or in a state in which they need constant care in their daily lives due to intellectual or mental disorders) Provide benefits. Please refer to the Special Child Raising Allowance for details.

Minami Ward Health and Welfare Center Children and Families Support Division Child-rearing Support Section (2nd floor, window 25)
Phone: 045-341-1152
Fax: 045-341-1145

It is provided to severely disabled children under the age of 20 who need constant care in their daily lives (generally part of physical disability grade 1.2 and those with an intelligence index of 20 or less). Please see welfare allowance for children with disabilities for details such as target persons.

Minami Ward Health and Welfare Center Children and Families Support Division Child-rearing Support Section (2nd floor, window 25)
Phone: 045-341-1152
Fax: 045-341-1145

If a baby within two years of birth of Yokohama City National Health Insurance has a congenital disorder or abnormality, a "childcare allowance for disability" will be paid according to the degree of the disorder. You can apply if you have been subscribed continuously from birth to application. Please apply within 2 years from the time the disability appears. For more information, please refer to the following page.

Minami Ward Health and Welfare Center Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section (2nd floor, window 19)
Phone: 045-341-1128
Fax: 045-341-1131