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)	Recipients: 1,055,181 persons *1
Eligible children: 1,615,541 persons *1	Measures for independence	Housing measures	Special consideration for public housing
Livelihood guidance, etc.	[1] Fatherless family daily living support facilities
[2] Maternal and child welfare centers
[3] Rest homes for fatherless families
[4] Counselors for independence of families
[5] Daily living support services for families
[6] Day-care measures (priority enrollment)	Facilities: 265 *1
Facilities: 59 *2
Facilities: 4 *2
Counselors: 1,574 *1
Cases: 5,608 *1
Pension for fatherless families	Recipients: 99,045 cases *1
Survivor's basic pension *3	Recipients: 4,755,053 cases *1
Loans of welfare funds for mothers with dependent children	Low or no-interest loans to fatherless (widow) households	Loans: 49,779 cases *1	Tax measures	Income deduction for fatherless families, etc.
System of deducting interest from taxable income	Widow's deduction
Widower's deduction
Loans of welfare funds for widows	Loans: 1,327 cases *1	Income tax
Resident tax

Source: Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau, MHLW

(Note) The figures indicated with $ *1 $ are as of the end of FY2010, $ *2 $ as of October 1, 2010, and $ *3 $ for all recipients regardless of the relationship, and including 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 on)
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: ¥41,430Two 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 ¥31,650 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 FY2010)	Number of recipients: 1,055,181 (fatherless households: 969,973, motherless households: 55,389, others: 29,819Breakdown of fatherless households by reason
Separated {Divorced: 868,709Others: 1,514Widowed: 8,362Unmarried mother: 85,292Disabled father: 2,550Deserted: 3,546	Breakdown of motherless households by reason
Separated {Divorced: 49,118Others: 19Widowed: 5,299Unmarried father: 458Disabled mother: 281Deserted: 214

Source: Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau, MHLW

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