Zentsuji City Price Inflation Support Grant for Medical and Welfare Facilities

1. Program overview: Zentsuji City’s Price Inflation Support Grant assists local medical, welfare, childcare, and long-term care facilities facing higher ordinary operating costs due to inflation. The program is intended to help facilities continue providing stable, high-quality services even when cost increases cannot easily be passed on to users through regulated prices. The grant is funded within the city budget using national temporary local revitalization funding for price-increase measures. The official page confirms an application deadline of July 31, 2026. 2. Eligible applicants: Eligible applicants are operators that, as of April 1, 2026, operate one of the facility categories listed in the schedule within Zentsuji City and continue operating through the application date. National and local governments are excluded, as are operators with part of their facility operations suspended. Applicants must allocate the entire grant to operating costs of the eligible facility and be able to continue operations until March 31, 2027. 3. Grant content: This is not a percentage reimbursement program. The amount is determined by fixed unit amounts for each facility category. Hospitals receive 720,000 yen plus 12,500 yen per permitted bed; medical clinics with beds receive 360,000 yen plus 7,500 yen per bed. Other fixed amounts include 180,000 yen for outpatient clinics, 50,000 yen for pharmacies and similar facilities, 360,000 yen for residential welfare or care facilities, and lower fixed amounts for other service types. 4. Schedule and application points: The grant is paid once per facility. Applicants submit the combined application and claim form with a pledge by July 31, 2026, or apply electronically with an assigned management number. The responsible submission office differs by facility type. The displayed amount_max is the largest explicit fixed base amount, 720,000 yen; total grants for hospitals and bedded clinics vary by permitted bed count, and no fixed total yen cap is published.