Updated: April 12, 2021
Free early childhood education and childcare
Nursery school / child care
We will take care of your child when the guardian is working in the daytime or is ill and cannot take care of the child at home.
Target children
Children from the month after they reach 3 months of age to before entering elementary school * If childcare is required after childbirth leave, we will keep it from the 57th day after birth in principle.
Childcare time
Monday-Saturday: 7:00 am to 6:00 pm ( with extended childcare hours )
- Application for use of Chiba City nursery school, etc.
- Central Health and Welfare Center Children and Family Affairs Division
- Hanamigawa Health and Welfare Center Children and Family Affairs Division
- Inage Health and Welfare Center Children and Family Affairs Division
- Wakaba Health and Welfare Center Children and Family Affairs Division
- Midori Health and Welfare Center Children and Family Affairs Division
- Mihama Health and Welfare Center Children and Family Affairs Division
Unlicensed childcare facility
In addition to municipal and private nursery schools, there are facilities for childcare as unlicensed childcare facilities. Of these, facilities that meet certain standards are certified as “Chiba City Preemptive Project Certified Childcare Facilities” and “Chiba City Childcare Room” and are subsidized.
- Information on Chiba City Pre-emption Project Certified Childcare Facilities
- Information on Chiba City Nursery Room
Centers for Early Childhood Education
It is a facility that combines the functions and characteristics of a kindergarten and a nursery school, provides integrated school education and childcare in early childhood, and also supports local childcare. It can be used regardless of whether the guardian is working or not.
kindergarten
Please contact each kindergarten for admission to the kindergarten.
Small-scale childcare, home-based childcare, and on-site childcare
We will take care of your child when the guardian is working during the day or is ill and cannot take care of the child at home.
Target children
Under 3 years old
Temporary custody (regular use / irregular use)
It can be used when childcare is temporarily required due to a guardian’s illness, hospitalization, tiredness of childcare, participation in a trial by the Saiban-in system, etc. In addition, even if childcare is required about 3 days a week due to part-time work, we will take care of your child at each nursery center (garden).
Holiday childcare
If your child is in a nursery school (garden) and needs childcare, such as when a guardian works on Sundays or public holidays, we will take care of it.
* For information on holiday childcare for elementary school students , please see the page for holiday childcare for elementary school students .
Childcare for children with disabilities
When a child with a physical or mental disability who can take group childcare and can go to the office every day needs childcare due to the work of a guardian, etc., childcare is provided at all nursery centers (gardens).
About correspondence at the time of announcement of disaster prevention weather information
When disaster prevention weather information such as typhoons and heavy rains is announced, nursery schools and certified children’s institutes may be temporarily closed depending on the content of the announcement.
Please check the link above for details.
Long-term childcare in a private kindergarten
Some private kindergartens in the city carry out long-term childcare from 7:30 to 18:30, and it is possible to leave children for the same amount of time as a nursery school.
Report of abuse in childcare facilities
If there is child abuse by staff at a childcare facility in the city, please let us know from the link above.
Related fields
Page about “nursery center, kindergarten, certified child institution”
- Kindergarten information
- Centers for Early Childhood Education
- Unlicensed childcare facility
- Information on various childcare services
- Authorization / subsidy / donation
- Application / procedure
- Efforts
- Special licenses and qualifications required for childcare teachers
- About small-scale childcare, home-based childcare, and on-site childcare
- Information on nursery schools, etc.
- List of admission / waiting status for nursery schools / certified children’s institutes
- Number of children waiting to enter a nursery school in Chiba City
- Information on holiday childcare
- Information on extended childcare
- The first day of the nursery school (garden)
- Efforts for children’s living environment in nursery centers (gardens)
- Guide for food allergies in nursery schools << Chiba City version >>
- Reiwa 3rd year nursery school use application (nursery school, certified childcare center, small-scale childcare business, home-based childcare business, on-site childcare business)
- Information on home-based childcare business
- Information on temporary custody business (irregular use)
- Information on temporary custody business (regular use)
- For those who wish to use a wide area
- About implementation of childcare worker study fund loan business
- About implementation of childcare assistant hiring expenses loan business
- About implementation of partial loan business of childcare fee to childcare worker who has preschooler
- About implementation of childcare worker employment reserve loan business
- Chiba City Nursery School Male Nursery Teacher Active Promotion Plan Formulated
- April, 4th year of Reiwa About application for use of nursery school, etc. (nursery school, certified childcare center, small-scale childcare business, home-based childcare business, on-site childcare business)
- Free early childhood education and childcare
- About introduction of human resources for early childhood education and childcare
- Social welfare corporation under the jurisdiction of the Kindergarten Support Division
- Measures to prevent the spread of new coronavirus infection (nursery centers, certified children’s schools, etc.)
- To parents <About measures to prevent the spread of new coronavirus infection (nursery centers, etc.)>
- To representatives of nursery schools, etc. <Measures to prevent the spread of new coronavirus infection (nursery centers, etc.)>
- Related information (Past responses and information on national websites) <Responses to prevent the spread of new coronavirus infections (nursery centers, etc.)>
- Responses when disaster prevention weather information is announced (nursery center, certified child institution, etc.)
- About the implementation and results of the Chiba City nursery school fact-finding survey
- About basic policy about facility management of public nursery school
- About rebuilding and integration of public nursery schools