JEED: Severe Disability Commuting Support Grant - Commute Assistant Delegation Subsidy

This subsidy supports employers who hire severely disabled workers by providing financial assistance for commissioning commute assistants (companions) to ensure safe and stable commuting. Eligible applicants are employers hiring workers with severe physical, intellectual, or mental disabilities, with no restrictions on industry or company size. Assistance covers expenses such as wages and transportation costs for commute assistants, with subsidies up to a certain monthly amount. The employer must be a covered employment insurance business, and the disabled employee must have documented commuting assistance needs. For details on subsidy duration and maximum monthly amounts, consultation with Hello Work or the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers is recommended.