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About Child-rearing Family Support Coupon (Kosodate Katei Ouen Coupon)

子育て家庭応援クーポンのお知らせ

2023/03/14 Tuesday Announcements, Culture and Leisure

If you show your child-rearing family support coupon at participating stores such as supermarkets and restaurants in the prefecture, you can receive benefits such as discounts and services.  It can be used by households with children under the age of 18 and households with pregnant women.  The symbol mark below indicates whether the location accepts the coupon.

Click here (https://www.shoshika.pref.mie.lg.jp/) for information on location and benefits offered by sponsoring stores.

Clique aqui to see the Mie Prefecture Child-rearing Family Support Coupon (Kosodate Katei Ouen Coupon) Terms of Use (Japanese)

By obtaining a support coupon, you are deemed to have agreed to the terms in this document.

How to get the child-rearing family support coupon

  • Via homepage

Go to https://www.pref.mie.lg.jp/D1KODOMO/000125826.htm, enter “youngest child’s date of birth or expected date of birth”, open coupon image, save as screenshot canvas or print to use.

  • Via postcard

Fill in the required information on a return postcard (oufuku hagaki) and send it to the secretariat.  You will receive a postcard with a printed support coupon to use freely

For details, refer to the Mie Prefecture website (https://www.pref.mie.lg.jp/D1KODOMO/000177550.htm).

Contact information (Japanese only)

Mie Prefecture Child and Welfare Department Declining Birthrate Division

Phone number: 059-224-2404

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Mie Omoiyari Parking Usage Permit System ~ Extending the period of use for expectant and nursing mothers ~

2023/03/14 Tuesday Announcements, Culture and Leisure

三重おもいやり駐車場利用証制度について ～妊産婦の利用期間を延長します～

Mie Prefecture issues “Omoiyari Parking lot” usage certificates to people with disabilities, elderly people who need nursing care, expectant mothers, injured people, and others who have difficulty walking.

When using the Omoiyari Parking Lot, please post your usage card on the rearview mirror, etc., so that it can be easily seen from the outside of the car.

From April 1, 2023, we will extend the period during which pregnant and nursing mothers can use the facility so that they can go out with their infants without worry.

Before extension: From the acquisition of the mother and child health handbook(boshi kenko techo) to 1 year and 6 months after childbirth

After extension: From the acquisition of the Mother and Child Health Handbook(boshi kenko techo) to 2 years after childbirth

In the case of multiple birth (twins, triplets, etc.), up to 3 years after birth.

Click here to see the leaflet (service in Japanese only) extending the period of use for expectant and nursing mothers.

About the extension application procedures

  1. Starting March 1, 2023 (Wednesday), the Child and Welfare Department Community Welfare Division (Kodomo Fukushi-bu Chiiki Fukushi-ka) will start accepting advance applications (electronic applications and mail applications only).
  2. From April 3, 2023 (Monday), the Child and Welfare Department Community Welfare Division, prefectural welfare offices (Hokusei, Takidokai, Kihoku, Kinan), public health centers (Suzuka, Tsu, Matsusaka, Iga ), and the application (electronic application, mail application, window application) will be accepted at the counter in charge of each municipality.

*For details on the system, please see the flyers (service in Japanese only) or the prefectural website (https://www.pref.mie.lg.jp/UD/HP/73426012526_00001.htm), service in Japanese only.

If you need assistance in a foreign language, please contact the Mie Consultation Center for Foreign Residents (MieCo). The phone number is 080-3300-8077.

Contact information (Japanese only)

Mie Prefecture Child and Welfare Department Community Welfare Division

Phone number: 059-224-3349

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