Support for Young People Making Use of Social Resources in Kitashiba Area of Minoh City

YANASE Kenji

doi:10.24533/spls.11.2_58

Japan’s youth-related policies are not always in harmony with actual conditions faced by young people in need of special social support. There are concerns about the value of the support schemes that have been developed, so it is important to examine different cases to learn which practices have proven most effective. To further our understanding, this report analyzes schemes used in the Kitashiba area of Minoh City, Osaka Prefecture. This area has been developing an approach, described as “Collective Town”, in which the resident youths themselves create the necessary activities for the community. In recent years, the policies for providing support for youth and for poor and needy people have come to be based on community development activities. Young people involved do not simply receive unilateral support, but are also challenged to create a place of belonging （ibasho）, to find opportunities for work, and to exchange information with the broader society―in short, to find various ways of returning to society. In conclusion, the following three conditions were confirmed as being effective for bolstering the self-reliance of young people. Young people should be receive community support, there should be a place where young people can acquire social capital in stages, and the scheme should aim to promote self-reliance not only by helping young people to find employment, but also by making them part of an inclusive community.

Support for Young People Making Use of Social Resources in Kitashiba Area of Minoh City

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