Organizational reform was conducted on April 1st.

Child Affairs Department established to promote childcare policy.

On April 1st, the city established the Child Affairs Department to promote children and childcare policy. Bringing together all of the different activities and efforts relating to children and childcare under one department allows for more flexible and effective policy. The following explains the purpose of the Child Affairs Department.

Duties of the Child Affairs Department

The Child Affairs Department is comprises of the Health and Welfare Department’s former Child Care Support Section and the Board of Education’s Lifelong Learning Promotion Section’s former Children and Youth Sub-Section. The new department will be divided into the Children and Youth Section, the Child Development Section, and the Child Care Support Section.

Children and Youth Section (Ext, 2711)	Cultivation of youth groups/development of mentors, daycare,regional children’s clubs (Former dept.: Lifelong Learning Promotion Section), children’s centers (Former dept.: Social Education Center), and more.
Child Development Section (Ext, 2731)	Nursery schools, childcare center, anything related to the Children and Family Support Center, supporting single parent families (Former dept.: Child Care Support Section, Child Care Support), and more.
Child Care Support Section (Ext, 2751)	Child allowance (New), elementary student allowance, elementary student rearing allowance, infant medical financial support (Former dept.: Child Care Support Section, Child Upbringing), private kindergarten financial support (Former dept.: School Affairs Section),and more.

The Child Affairs Department is conducting business on the 4th floor of the city office’s main building.

Renaming of Organizational Names

To change organizational names to something more easily understood, all organizations ending with Room (or Shitsu) will now end with Section (or Ka)instead. The English name of the following section will change as follows.

Old Name	New Name
Citizen Counseling and Information Center	Citizen Counseling and Information Section

Inquiries: Planning Management Section Ext. 2113

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