Chapter IX Employment Support Programme for Public Assistance Recipients, etc.
第九章 被保護者就労支援事業等
Article 55-7Employment Support Programme for Public Assistance Recipients
第五十五条の七（被保護者就労支援事業）
A public assistance administrator is to implement a programme (excluding one that falls under the career path support programme for children prescribed in Article 55-10, paragraph (1), item (i); hereinafter referred to as the "employment support programme for public assistance recipients") that responds to consultations from public assistance recipients on problems concerning employment support and provides necessary information and advice.
保護の実施機関は、就労の支援に関する問題につき、被保護者からの相談に応じ、必要な情報の提供及び助言を行う事業（第五十五条の十第一項第一号に規定する子どもの進路選択支援事業に該当するものを除く。以下「被保護者就労支援事業」という。）を実施するものとする。
A public assistance administrator may entrust all or part of the affairs of the employment support programme for public assistance recipients to a person other than that public assistance administrator who is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
保護の実施機関は、被保護者就労支援事業の事務の全部又は一部を当該保護の実施機関以外の厚生労働省令で定める者に委託することができる。
A person entrusted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or an officer or employee thereof, or a person who was any of these, must not divulge any secret learned in relation to the affairs entrusted to them.
前項の規定による委託を受けた者若しくはその役員若しくは職員又はこれらの者であつた者は、その委託を受けた事務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。
Article 55-8Health Management Support Programme for Public Assistance Recipients
第五十五条の八（被保護者健康管理支援事業）
A public assistance administrator is to implement a programme (hereinafter referred to as the "health management support programme for public assistance recipients") to maintain and promote the health of public assistance recipients, such as providing necessary information to public assistance recipients, health guidance, and encouraging them to receive medical care.
When a public assistance administrator finds it necessary for the implementation of the health management support programme for public assistance recipients, it may request a municipal mayor or any other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to provide information concerning the implementation of health promotion projects under the Health Promotion Act (Act No. 103 of 2002) for public assistance recipients and other necessary information specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
保護の実施機関は、被保護者健康管理支援事業の実施に関し必要があると認めるときは、市町村長その他厚生労働省令で定める者に対し、被保護者に対する健康増進法（平成十四年法律第百三号）による健康増進事業の実施に関する情報その他厚生労働省令で定める必要な情報の提供を求めることができる。
The provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis where the health management support programme for public assistance recipients is conducted.
前条第二項及び第三項の規定は、被保護者健康管理支援事業を行う場合について準用する。
第五十五条の九（被保護者健康管理支援事業の実施のための調査及び分析等）
In order to contribute to the implementation of the health management support programme for public assistance recipients, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to conduct surveys and analyses of information concerning the medical care of public assistance recipients, such as trends in illnesses of public assistance recipients by age and by region, and provide the results of those surveys and analyses to public assistance administrators.
厚生労働大臣は、被保護者健康管理支援事業の実施に資するため、被保護者の年齢別及び地域別の疾病の動向その他被保護者の医療に関する情報について調査及び分析を行い、保護の実施機関に対して、当該調査及び分析の結果を提供するものとする。
A public assistance administrator must provide the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, with the information necessary for carrying out the investigation and analysis under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may entrust part of the affairs relating to the investigation and analysis under the provisions of paragraph (1) to a person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. In this case, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide the person so entrusted with the information necessary for that investigation and analysis, within the scope necessary for carrying out that investigation and analysis.
厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定による調査及び分析に係る事務の一部を厚生労働省令で定める者に委託することができる。この場合において、厚生労働大臣は、委託を受けた者に対して、当該調査及び分析の実施に必要な範囲内において、当該調査及び分析に必要な情報を提供することができる。
A person entrusted under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, an officer or employee of such a person, or a person who formerly was any of them, must not divulge any secret learned in connection with the affairs so entrusted.
前項の規定による委託を受けた者若しくはその役員若しくは職員又はこれらの者であつた者は、その委託を受けた事務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。
Article 55-10Career Path Support Programme for Children, etc.
第五十五条の十（子どもの進路選択支援事業等）
A public assistance administrator may carry out the following programmes:
保護の実施機関は、次に掲げる事業を実施することができる。
a programme that responds to consultations from a child who is a public assistance recipient and the child's guardian, by visits or other appropriate methods, on problems concerning education, employment and lifestyle habits in the choice of the child's career path, provides necessary information and advice, and carries out liaison and coordination with related organizations (hereinafter referred to as a "career path support programme for children");
被保護者である子どもの進路選択における教育、就労及び生活習慣に関する問題につき、訪問その他の適当な方法により当該子ども及び当該子どもの保護者からの相談に応じ、必要な情報の提供及び助言をし、並びに関係機関との連絡調整を行う事業（以下「子どもの進路選択支援事業」という。）
a programme that provides a public assistance recipient for whom employment is extremely difficult with training necessary for improving the knowledge and abilities needed for work, over a period specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as an "employment preparation support programme for public assistance recipients");
雇用による就業が著しく困難な被保護者に対し、厚生労働省令で定める期間にわたり、就労に必要な知識及び能力の向上のために必要な訓練を行う事業（以下「被保護者就労準備支援事業」という。）
a programme that supports a public assistance recipient in properly ascertaining the state of his/her income, expenditure and other aspects of household finances and in increasing his/her motivation to improve those finances (hereinafter referred to as a "household finance improvement support programme for public assistance recipients");
被保護者に対し、収入、支出その他家計の状況を適切に把握すること及び家計の改善の意欲を高めることを支援する事業（以下「被保護者家計改善支援事業」という。）
a programme that provides a public assistance recipient who needs support to stabilize his/her housing, over a period specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, with conveniences specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as necessary for leading daily life in the present residence, such as the provision of necessary information and advice by visits (hereinafter referred to as a "community living support programme for public assistance recipients").
居住の安定を図るための支援が必要な被保護者に対し、厚生労働省令で定める期間にわたり、訪問による必要な情報の提供及び助言その他の現在の住居において日常生活を営むのに必要な便宜として厚生労働省令で定める便宜を供与する事業（以下「被保護者地域居住支援事業」という。）
The provisions of Article 55-7, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the case of carrying out the programmes set out in the items of the preceding paragraph.
第五十五条の七第二項及び第三項の規定は、前項各号に掲げる事業を行う場合について準用する。
Article 55-11Use of Programmes for Specified Public Assistance Recipients
第五十五条の十一（特定被保護者対象事業の利用）
A public assistance administrator may notify the prefecture, etc. prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (3) of the Act on Self-Reliance Support for Persons in Need that carries out a programme for specified public assistance recipients (meaning the employment preparation support programme for persons in need prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (4) of the Act on Self-Reliance Support for Persons in Need, the household finance improvement support programme for persons in need prescribed in paragraph (5) of that Article, or the housing support programme for persons in need prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article (limited to the part relating to item (ii) of that paragraph); the same applies in paragraph (3)) of the name and other necessary particulars of a public assistance recipient who is found to be a person for whom it is considerably expected, in light of his/her circumstances, that he/she will no longer need public assistance in the future, or to be any other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter in this Article referred to as a "specified public assistance recipient").
If a public assistance administrator has given notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the administrator is to promptly notify the specified public assistance recipient to whom that notification relates to that effect.
In the case where a specified public assistance recipient uses a programme for specified public assistance recipients, a public assistance administrator must ascertain the status of that use and must itself take the measures necessary to promote the self-support of that specified public assistance recipient.
保護の実施機関は、特定被保護者が特定被保護者対象事業を利用する場合においては、その利用の状況を把握するとともに、自ら当該特定被保護者の自立を助長するために必要な措置を講じなければならない。