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Households receiving child allowance payments are required to submit Child Allowance Subsidies status forms every year in June.

In order to support the healthy development of children, and provide for stability in households raising children, a Child Allowance Subsidy is provided to homes with children of junior high school age and younger. Quarterly subsidies are provided in October, and then February and June of the following year. The payments come in lump sums and are provided via electronic transfer into families’ bank accounts.

Child Allowance Subsidies status forms have been sent out to eligible families at the beginning of May. Please read the enclosed guide, fill out all of the necessary items on the application, and mail it back with all necessary paperwork to the “Fukuoka City Children’s Allowance Call Center”. All applications must be received by June 30th. Households will be contacted by the center in the case of any missing or incomplete information. If all paperwork was completed correctly, and a family is found to qualify for the payments, a Notification of Child Allowance Subsidy Payments will be mailed out in the beginning of October.

Also, those who have moved, or have a new child in the family, please register at the Child Rearing Support Section of your ward office. Those qualifying will be recognized the month following their application. Those who have had a new child, or who have moved at the end of the month, may not have been able to apply for the subsidy. In such cases, you should complete processing within 15 days and applicants may then be able to receive payments which will include the month of the application.

For further information, please contact the Fukuoka City Children’s Allowance Call Center by phone at 092-711-5099.

And Fukuoka city has one more announcement about an extension of donation collections for the Kumamoto/Oita Earthquake.

Collection boxes are located on the first floor of the Fukuoka City Hall, and at ward and branch offices. You may donate at the Fukuoka City Hall location between 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Donations are being accepted at the ward and branch offices weekdays between 9:00 AM and 5:30 PM. The Bank of Fukuoka and Nishi-Nippon City Bank have also set up donation accounts. Collections have been extended to June 30th. Your continuing support is appreciated.

If you have any questions, please contact the Disaster Prevention and Crisis Management Section of city government by phone at 092-711-4056.