Hokuryu-cho Council of Social Welfare (Hokuryu-cho, Hokkaido)

• Chairman Director :Takeshi Yamamoto
• First Vice President:Takanori Nishiyama
• Second Vice President:Yuji Saito
• Board Member:Toyonen Fujii, Hiroko Takahashi, Naoko Adachi, Haruo Uematsu, Takayuki Takahashi, Makoto Fujii, Chiyoko Jotoba
• Auditor:Chikara Matsuda, Hiroshi Michishita
• Trustee (elected by the neighborhood association):
  Hekisui, Seiichi Eda; Miyagyu, Koji Nakamura; Itaya, Masamon Sato; Nishikawa, Toshiaki Fujii; Sakuraoka, Satoshi Jojin; Wa, Kazuhiko Takaishi; Wa, Toshio Iwamoto; Wa, Yoshiyuki Oya; Wa, Honmachi, Takeshi Otomo; Mitani, Masami Komatsu.
• Trustees (elected by the group):
  Kiyomi Kitajima, Director of the Women's Club of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Junpei Mihara, Director of the Youth Club of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Yasushi Fujioka, President of the Hokuryu Construction Association; Kazuo Shibasaki, Vice President of the Himawari Longevity Association; Yuta Kawamura, Director of the Hokuryu Branch of JA Kitasorachi Youth Club; Norimi Shiraoka, Director of the Hokuryu Branch of JA Kitasorachi Women's Club; Mihoko Nagai, Vice President of the Social Education Committee.

• Public interest corporations (social welfare corporations) that are clearly positioned by law as "organizations whose purpose is to promote community welfare" under Article 109 of the Social Welfare Law.
• To promote community welfare through the sound development of social welfare services and other services for the purpose of social welfare in the town of Hokuryu and the activation of activities related to social welfare.

1. Planning and implementation of projects for the purpose of social welfare
2. Assistance for residents to participate in activities related to social welfare
3. Research, dissemination, publicity, liaison, coordination, and subsidies related to projects for the purpose of social welfare
4. (i) In addition to (i) through (iii) above, other services necessary for the sound development of services for the purpose of social welfare.
5. Liaison with health care, education, and other social welfare and related businesses
   
6. Cooperation in community chest projects
7. Management of in-home care services, etc.
8. Management of day service business for the elderly
9. Management of welfare service business for persons with disabilities
10. Promotion of volunteer activities
11. Livelihood and Welfare Loan Programs
12. Concern Consultation Services
13. Management and administration of welfare centers for the elderly
14. Management and administration of Hekisui Community Support Center (elderly care support center)
15. Management and operation of childcare business (Yawara Nursery School)
16. Management and operation of Community Child Rearing Support Centers as provided for in the Child Welfare Law
17. Other activities necessary to achieve the objectives of the corporation

• Today, as the population decline accelerates and the birthrate declines and the aging society progresses, there is a need to further improve home welfare services, and it is necessary to create towns where the elderly, disabled, and other people who need support and care can live in comfort in their own neighborhoods.
  　To this end, the mission of the Council of Social Welfare to promote community welfare is becoming increasingly important. In cooperation with the government and related organizations, we will take sufficient precautionary measures against new coronavirus infection, continue various projects, and promote efforts to promote a community symbiotic society and meet the needs of the times.

1. Further enhancement through clarification of accounting categories and utilization of the system
2. Publish the CSW PR "Hohoemi" twice a year and disclose information on CSW activities on the website.
   Hohoemi," a public relations newsletter of the CSWPublished twice a year
3. Welfare Conventions and Workshops
   Hokuryu Town Welfare Convention
   Various meetings and workshops of the Sorachi Prefectural Council of Social Welfare Liaison Council
4. Livelihood and Welfare Fund Loans
5. Promotion of fundraising activities
   Red Feather Fund-raising: From October 1
   Year-end donation: from December 1
6. Promotion of lifestyle improvement campaigns to protect people's lives: free offerings of paper offerings of flowers and flowers

(2) Home welfare services

1. Nursing care insurance business
   Promote home helper business (home-visit care business)
   Lifestyle Management Instructor Dispatch (Independence Service) Business
2. Nursing Care Prevention Services, etc.
   Cosmos Club Project
3. Home welfare support services
   Tanpopo Club Project
   Promoting self-reliance in "food" for elderly households, etc. (meal delivery service)
   Laundry service business
   Telephone service for elderly people living alone
   Snow removal service for the elderly who have difficulty in removing snow (Senior Citizens Agency)
   Paid welfare transportation service and transportation service for the elderly (Senior Citizen Service Agency)
   Childcare support visitation services

(3) Concern Consultation Services

• Consultation offices for concerns by commissioned welfare and child welfare volunteers and human rights protection commissioned welfare and child welfare volunteers (6 times a year)

(4) Lifestyle and recreation projects for the elderly

• Himawari Federation of Longevity Associations, Himawari Voluntary Association

(5) Community symbiosis business

• Utilize the Wa Community Support Center and the Hekisui Community Support Center, and collaborate with the Smile Association and the Hekisui Support Association to promote local projects.

(6) Local measure projects

1. Promote the development of volunteer groups (Hokuryu Junior High School, Japan Red Cross Volunteer Corps, Himawari Voluntary Association, Sorachi Himawari, Hekisui Support Group, Egao no Kai)
2. Fostering and promoting welfare organizations (disabled welfare associations, bereaved family associations, council of welfare commissioners)
3. Subsidies for child development councils and sports youth groups

(7) Designated manager business

1. welfare center for the elderly
2. Hekisui Community Support Center

(8) Formulation of community welfare practice plans

1. Establishment of welfare committee members in each neighborhood association: Establishment of regional network (information sharing, etc.)
2. Questionnaire survey: Livelihood support coordinators take the lead in conducting a fact-finding survey of local elderly residents to understand their needs and identify services they need, in cooperation with the town.

(9) Employment preparation support program for the needy: Support for those who need it in cooperation with related organizations

(10) Yawara Nursery School: Consult with the town regarding future management of the nursery school, etc.

• Secretary General:Michito NakamuraPersonnel:Sachiko Takimoto, General Affairs Section Chief, Eriko Takahata
• Home Helpers:Megumi Murai, Chief; Mutsumi Miura, Deputy Chief; Mayu Kakino, Deputy Chief; Noriko Onihara, Hitomi Kawamoto, Masami Abe