# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第五十五条の十 (Article 55-10) - Law: 生活保護法 (Public Assistance Act), 昭和二十五年法律第百四十四号 - English title "Public Assistance Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第五十五条の十 (Article 55-10)（子どもの進路選択支援事業等） — address `art-55-10` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-10 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-10 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十五条の十（子どもの進路選択支援事業等） — Career Path Support Programme for Children, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-55-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-10 **第一項** 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。 art-55-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-10/par-1 A public assistance administrator may carry out the following programmes: machine translation, not official **一** 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。） art-55-10/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-10/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-10/par-1/item-1 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"); machine translation, not official **二** 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。） art-55-10/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-10/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-10/par-1/item-2 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"); machine translation, not official **三** 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。） art-55-10/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-10/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-10/par-1/item-3 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"); machine translation, not official **四** 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。） art-55-10/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-10/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-10/par-1/item-4 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"). machine translation, not official **第二項** 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。 art-55-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-10/par-2 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. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-55-10/par-2: 第五十五条の七第二項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の七第二項 (Article 55-7, paragraph (2)), art-55-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-7/par-2 - art-55-10/par-2: 第三項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の七第三項 (Article 55-7, paragraph (3)), art-55-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-7/par-3 - art-55-10/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条の十第一項 (Article 55-10, paragraph (1)), art-55-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-10/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 生活保護法 第二十七条の二第一項（相談及び助言） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-27-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-2/par-1 - 生活保護法 第二十七条の三第一項（調整会議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-27-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-27-3/par-1 - 生活保護法 第五十五条の七第一項（被保護者就労支援事業） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-7/par-1 - 生活保護法 第五十五条の十第二項（子どもの進路選択支援事業等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-55-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-10/par-2 - 生活保護法 第七十条第一項第七号（市町村の支弁） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-70/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-70/par-1/item-7 - 生活保護法 第七十一条第一項第七号（都道府県の支弁） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-71/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-71/par-1/item-7 - 生活保護法 第八十五条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-85-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-85-2/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 生活保護法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000144/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Public Assistance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/24/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch public-assistance-act-20261019T143855-005, translated 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 210 — 生活保護法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19