Welfare for Residents with Disabilities/ 障がい者福祉

Welfare for Residents with Disabilities Section, Welfare for Residents with Disabilities Division  

Phone: 048-930-7778/ Fax: 048-953-7785

 If a person has a physical disability (e.g., vision, hearing, equilibrium function, spoken language, mastication, limbs, cardiac function, kidney function, respiratory function, bladder/ rectum function, small intestine function, liver function, permanent disorder in immune function caused by human immunodeficiency virus), a Certificate of Physical Disability will be issued by Saitama Prefectural Government upon application with the prescribed medical certificate. One who has this certificate can receive various welfare services depending on the degree of disability (some services have requirements).

＊Available services:

• Provision of Jiritsu shien iryou (medical rehabilitation service)  自立支援医療（更生医療）の給付
• Provision of prosthetic device expenses  補装具費の支給
• Provision of daily life goods  日常生活用具の給付
• Discount on railways and bus fares  鉄道・バス運賃の割引
• Provision of welfare taxi coupons or subsidy coupons of automobile fuel fees  福祉タクシー利用券または自動車燃料費助成券の交付
• Tax deduction/ reduction  税金の控除・減免
• Subsidy to the fee for acquiring a driver's license certificate  自動車運転免許取得費の補助
• Discount on toll road fees  有料道路料金の割引
• Use of home welfare services (e.g., home-visit bathing service, home-visit hairdressing service, house renovation, vehicle modification)  在宅福祉サービスの利用 （訪問入浴・訪問理美容・居宅改善・自動車改造費の補助など）

 If a person with intellectual disability makes an application, the examination will be carried out at the judgement institution and a rehabilitation certificate will be issued if he/she is applicable. If he/she has this certificate, a various welfare services are available depending on the degree of disability (some services have requirements).  

＊Available services:

• Provision of daily life goods  日常生活用具の給付
• Discount on railways and bus fares  鉄道・バス運賃の割引
• Provision of welfare taxi coupons or subsidy coupons of automobile fuel fees 福祉タクシー利用券または自動車燃料費助成券の交付
• Tax deduction/ reduction  税金の控除・減免
• Subsidy to the fee for acquiring a driver’s license certificate  自動車運転免許取得費の補助
• Discount on toll road fees  有料道路料金の割引

 A person with a certain form of psychiatric disorder is eligible to obtain a Certificate of Mental Disorder upon application with the prescribed medical certificate by the prefectural government. Additionally, those who have this certificate can use several welfare services depending on the degree of disability (some services have requirements).

＊Available services:

• Provision of daily life goods  日常生活用具の給付
• Discount on railways and bus fares  鉄道・バス運賃の割引
• Provision of welfare taxi coupons or subsidy coupons of automobile fuel fees 福祉タクシー利用券または自動車燃料費助成券の交付
• Tax deduction/ reduction  税金の控除・減免
• Subsidy to the fee for acquiring a driver’s license certificate  自動車運転免許取得費の補助
• Discount on toll road fees  有料道路料金の割引

 Those who have intractable diseases or other diseases for which no cure has been established and those who have a disability level specified in the Act on Providing Comprehensive Support for the Daily Life and Life in Society of Persons with Disabilities, Article 1 designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, may use various welfare services depending on the degree of disability (some services have requirements).

＊Available services:

• Provision of prosthetic device expenses  補装具費の支給
• Provision of daily life goods  日常生活用具の給付

 This service provides consultation on admission or commuting to residential facility care or day care facilities depending on the type and degree of disability. 

 Holders of the Certificate of Physical Disability, Certificate of Rehabilitation, Certificate of Mental Disorder, and certificate for persons with intractable diseases, having difficultly to continue daily lives, can use life assistance services including in-home nursing care, companion support, activity support, short-stay services. User co-payment is determined based on the income of the previous year.

 When a family member of a child/ person with mental/ physical disability is unable to care the person for some reason, the City will subsidize the nursing care fees if a caregiver is designated in advance and temporarily entrusted with the care of the person. Please note that a kin within second-degree relatives and a spouse of the child/ person with disability cannot be a caregiver. 

 A family member of a child/ person with mental/ physical disability cared at home

 Less than 4 hours: 2,500 yen; 4 hours and more: 5,000 yen, up to 50,000 yen per person within the fiscal year. 

Benefit Section, Welfare for Residents with Disabilities Division

Phone: 048-930-7779/ Fax: 048-953-7785

 Various subsidy programs are available for those who have severe mental or physical disability.

*Application is necessary to receive these allowances.

 Those who are residents of Misato City and enrolled in health insurance system and who meet the following criteria are eligible to receive the subsidy with income and other restrictions. 

• One who has a Certificate of Physical Disability of 1^st , 2^nd, or 3^rd degree  身体障害者手帳の1・2・3級
• One who has a Certificate of Rehabilitation of A○, A, or B degree  療育手帳のA○・A・B
• One who has a Certificate of Mental Disorder of 1^st degree  精神障害者保健福祉手帳1級
• One who is 65 years old with a certain disability and certified as disable under the Latter-stage Elderly Medical Care System  65歳以上のかたで一定の障がいがあり、後期高齢者医療制度の障がい認定を受けたかた

*Excluding one who became 65 years old or older and newly became a person with severe mental/physical disability on and after April 1, 2015. 

 The allowance is provided to severely disabled children under the age of 20 who require constant care in their daily lives at home. Income or other restrictions apply. 

 The allowance will be paid to a person who is raising a child with a certain mental or physical disability. There are restrictions including income or others to receive the allowance. 

 The allowance will be paid to a person who is 20 years old or older and is a resident of Misato City with severe mental or physical disability requiring constant care in daily life at home. There are restrictions including income or others to receive the allowance.

 The allowance will be paid to a person who has any one of Certificate of Physical Disability of 1^st or 2^nd degree, Certificate of Rehabilitation of A○ or A, or Certificate of Mental Disorder of 1^st degree. There are restrictions including income or others to receive the allowance.

 It is a system under which if a guardian (healthy person under the age of 65) supporting a person with mental/ physical disability (e.g. holder of Certificate of Physical Disability of 1^st to 3^rd degree, Certificate of Rehabilitation of A○ to C, or Certificate of Mental Disorder of 1^st or 2^nd degree) pays monthly premiums in accordance with the age of the enrollment time and if the guardian dies in the future, a pension benefit will be paid to the disabled person.

 A person with mental/ physical disability and is a resident of Misato City is eligible to receive welfare taxi coupons which subsidize the first ride fare or automobile fuel subsidy coupons (with eligibility criteria). 

Welfare for Residents with Disabilities Section, Welfare for Residents with Disabilities Division

Phone: 048-930-7778/ Fax: 048-953-7785

 The benefits for the medical expenses will be paid to those aged 18 years or older with a Certificate of Physical Disability when they undergo surgery or other treatments at designated medical institutions to lighten or improve their disabilities (co-payment limits vary depending on his/her income). 

 Children (under 18 years of age) who are currently physically disabled or have a current illness that, if left untreated, will leave them with a certain level of disability in the future are eligible for a medical expense benefit if their symptoms are lessened by surgery or other treatment and they are deemed to be able to lead an easier daily life (co-payment limits vary depending on his/her income). 

 This program reduces the medical cost burden for patients with mental disorders who receive medical treatment at designated medical institutions. In principle, 10% of the medical fee is to be borne by the patient and the maximum co-payment amounts are set in accordance with his/her income.

 Phone: 048-953-3699

 This facility provides the opportunity to have creative activities and productive activities besides toileting and eating assistance for those who need them during daytime.

  Phone: 048-953-4789

 This facility aims to supply services such as trainings to progress necessary knowledge and abilities through productive activities and offering opportunities to those who have difficulty to work for companies in general.

Welfare for Residents with Disabilities Section, Welfare for Residents with Disabilities Division

Phone: 048-930-7778

 This is a Multi-purpose exchange space located on the 1^st floor of Mizunuma Shimin Center (civic center). Please coordinate with each other when using the space. Registration is required at the administration office. 

Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Closed: Year-end and New Year holidays (December 28 - January 4)

(Please inquire before using.)

Phone: 048-953-1521/ Fax: 048-953-4779

 To work for a long-period and in stable condition at suitable workplaces for those with disabilities, the Work Support Center supports them with consultations about employment. Additionally, consultations from employers of a person with disability are accepted. Reservation is required to have a consultation. 

 Phone: 048-930-7794

 This center provides consultation on your child’s development. Experts such as Psychologists and/or occupational therapists are available to help you (reservation required). 

Phone: 048-952-0066

 This facility provides group rehabilitation programs and private functional trainings for preschool children with mental or physical disability, and consultation for guardians etc. To use this service, you need to have a beneficiary certificate of Outpatient Benefits for Children with Disabilities (criteria of user’s copayment may be applied).