The Toyama Prefecture Employment and Independence Support Center for Maternal and Child Families, etc., established by Toyama Prefecture, has started a new subsidy program for usage fees.
- The following is content from the press release -
(Head office: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Representative Director: Ryota Sakai), the Toyama Prefecture Employment and Independence Support Center for Single-mother Families has launched a new subsidy program for usage fees for the post-divorce parenting application "raeru". Under this project, single parents in the prefecture who wish to use raeru's "manned support plan" to coordinate parent-child exchanges and other services will receive a subsidy of up to 30,000 yen for the usage fee.
Outline of Assistance
Eligible applicants are single parents residing in the prefecture who wish to have parent-child exchanges with their children (aged 3-15) and separated parents. The subsidized "Manned Support Plan" is a support menu that includes scheduling of parent-child exchanges and online parent-child chaperoning, etc. The monthly fee starts at 5,000 yen (tax included).
https://hitorioyanavi-toyama.jp/support/1554
About Rael
Rael" is a post-divorce parenting application developed to reduce the burden of communication between parents before and after divorce and to support the healthy growth of their children. In addition to canned text and AI support, third-party support by support staff is also available, providing an environment where emotional confrontations can be avoided and safe interactions can take place.
Since its release in August 2022, more than 9,000 people have registered and over 10,000 parent-child exchanges have taken place to date. We have helped children continue their important right to child support and parent-child exchanges.
Rael aims to establish a one-stop service for post-divorce parenting while promoting collaboration with government, businesses, and specialists.
Comment from Toyama Prefecture Children's Future Division
We feel that support for post-divorce child-rearing and parent-child interaction is an important issue in Toyama Prefecture.
We hope that Rael will support the healthy growth of children through its support for parents.
Circumstances Surrounding Post-Divorce Parenting
It is important to create an environment where children can grow up healthy after their parents' divorce, but in Japan, the poverty rate for single-parent households is 45%, the child support receipt rate is 28%, and the implementation rate of parent-child exchange is only 30% (*1,2). In addition, there are signs of change in the environment surrounding post-divorce childrearing, as the law is scheduled to be amended in May 2026 to allow joint custody as an option after divorce, and the Child and Family Agency will expand its pre- and post-divorce family support programs starting this fiscal year. Rael's April 2025 user survey revealed that many parents are seeking assistance for parent-child exchange by local governments. On the other hand, the number of municipalities nationwide that provide parent-child exchange subsidies is limited to 22 (*3), and furthermore, many of those that have introduced such programs have only a few cases of use per year, indicating that the system is not being utilized.
note 1 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Summary of the 2022 National Survey of Living Standards
*2 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Report on the Results of the 2021 National Survey of Single-parent Households, etc.
*3 Child and Family Agency FY2023 Results Implementation Status of Measures to Support the Independence of Mothers and Fathers in Single-mother and Single-father Families
About Us
GUGEN Software, Inc.
Representative Director: Ryota Sakai
Location: Wizard Building 402, 1-4-3 Sengen-cho, Nishi-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Business activities: Development and operation of post-divorce parenting application, support business for parent-child interaction
URL:https://raeru.jp
