Outline of Welfare Measures for Fatherless Families, etc.

Income security	Provision of child rearing allowance	Fatherless families with parents being divorced (refer to Detailed Data 1)	Recipients: 1,083,317 persons *2 Eligible children: 1,639,523 persons *1	Measures for independence	Housing measures
Livelihood guidance, etc.	[1] Living support facilities for fatherless families [2] Welfare centers for fatherless families [3] Recreation homes for fatherless families [4] Placement of counselors for independence of fatherless families [5] Daily living support services for fatherless families [6] Day-care measures (priority enrollment)	Facilities: 256 *2 Facilities: 57 *3 Facilities: 4 *3 Counselors: 1,622 *1 Cases: 4,455 *1
Pension for fatherless families *4	Recipients: 112,707 cases *1
Survivor's basic pension *4	Recipients: 4,987,013 cases *1
Loans of welfare funds for mothers with dependent children	Low or no-interest loans to fatherless (widow) households	Loans: 45,118 cases *1	Taxation	Tax measures
Loans of welfare funds for widows	Loans: 1,135 cases *1

(Note) The figures indicated with $ ^{*} $ 1 are as of the end of FY2012,

$ ^{*} $ 2 from “FY2012 Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services”, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat, MHLW (as of the end of March 2013).

$ ^{*} $ 3 from FY2012 “Survey of Social Welfare Institutions”, and

*4 from “FY2012 Annual Report of Employees' pension and National Pension”. The figures include all recipients regardless of the relationship, including those under the former Act.

## Detailed Data 1 Child Rearing Allowance

Purpose	The promotion of child welfare by contributing to the stable lives of fatherless families resulting from divorce, etc. and their independence (allowance also provided to motherless families from August 2010)
Recipients	·Mothers with custody of, or other guardians (grandparents, etc.), who are caring for their children (* prior to the first March 31 after their 18th birthday or with specific disabilities younger than 20; hereinafter the same) but who receive no living expenses from the fathers due to divorce of their parents, etc.·Fathers with custody of and sharing living expenses with children that do not receive living expenses with the mothers due to the divorce of their parents, etc.
Monthly amount of allowance	One child: ¥41,020Two children: ¥5,000Additional amount per child for the third child on: ¥3,000
Income limit	The annual income of recipients of the previous year must be less than ¥1.30 million (2-person households)An annual income of ¥1.30 million or more but less than ¥3.65 million results in the amount of the allowance being reduced by ¥10 up to ¥31,430 in units of ¥10 and according to the income.With guardians rearing orphans, etc. the annual income of the previous year must be less than ¥6.10 million (6-person households).
Methods of provision	Anyone qualified to receive the allowance applies for it and then the prefectural governor or the mayor or head of a town/villages with a welfare office authorizes it and the allowance is then provided via financial institutions 3 times a year (in April, August, and December).
Provision status (as of the end of FY2012)	Number of recipients: 1,083,317 (fatherless households: 986,670, motherless households: 64,784, others: 31,863)Breakdown of fatherless households by reason
Separated {Divorced: 877,162Others: 1,513Widowed: 7,863Unmarried mother: 92,270Disabled father: 4,767Deserted: 3,095	Breakdown of motherless households by reason
Separated {Divorced: 56,451Others: 38Widowed: 6,083Unmarried father: 592Disabled mother: 1,384Deserted: 236

Source: Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau, MHLW

## Detailed Data 2 Changes in Number of Loans from Welfare Funds for Fatherless Families and Widows

Source: Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau, MHLW