About the facility in Yokohama City where some of the residents have moved from the facility for people with intellectual disabilities in Kanagawa Prefecture, where 19 people were killed in Sagamihara City six years ago, Kanagawa Prefecture will be another corporation from April next year. Clarified the policy of entrusting the operation to.

At Tsukui Yamayurien, a prefectural facility for people with intellectual disabilities in Sagamihara City, most of the building was demolished after the murder of 19 people in 2016, and last year, Yokohama City and its original location 2 It was rebuilt in several places.



In the prefecture, the operation of the two facilities has been entrusted to the social welfare corporation "Kanagawa Kyodokai" which has operated "Tsukui Yamayurien" since 2005, but it will be decided by open recruitment from April next year. On the 10th, the selection results were announced.



According to this, of the two locations, the designated manager of "Serigaya Yamayurien", which opened in Yokohama City last November, received two applications, and as a result of the selection, both were social welfare corporations "Doaikai". "And the group made by" Shirane Gakuen "was selected.



Regarding the reason, the prefecture says, "We are practicing support from the perspective of the parties concerned, and we can expect improvements in services."



On the other hand, for the "Tsukui Yamayurien" that was reconstructed in its original location, only the "Kanagawa Kyodokai" will apply, and the policy is to entrust the operation from April next year.

Governor Kuroiwa said, "I would like to make efforts to ensure smooth succession with the user first. I would like the new group to show a model from the perspective of the parties concerned."