Jeonbuk Province Expands Support for Youths' Healthy Growth

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Jeonbuk Province announced on the 2nd that 23 centers, including 5 expanded academies for after-school youth care, are being operated in 11 cities and counties, supporting out-of-school youths' healthy growth through various learning and self-reliance programs, as well as providing transportation cards and meals at 10 out-of-school youth support centers within the province.

The out-of-school youth support centers in the province plan to continuously operate various programs for out-of-school youths with learning desires, including support for qualification exams (internet lectures and textbook support), learning and emotional counseling, as well as club activities and cultural experience activities to promote social entry, self-development, and academic return.

Additionally, this year, to prevent blind spots in supporting out-of-school youths, outreach promotional activities such as street counseling will be further expanded, and new projects such as transportation card and meal support will be promoted. Health checkup applications, which were previously only possible by mail, will now also be available online (via email) to enhance user convenience.

Furthermore, the after-school academy, which supports various experiential activities for youths from 4th grade elementary to 3rd grade middle school who need after-school care, will be expanded from 18 centers to 23 centers.

The after-school academy operates programs in five areas: specialized experiential activity courses (creative convergence competency enhancement, career experience activities, etc.), learning support activities (subject learning, etc.), self-development courses, special support courses, and life support courses (meals, guidance home, counseling, etc.).

Gu Hyeong-bo, Director of the Welfare, Women and Health Bureau of Jeollabuk-do, said, “This year as well, we will do our best to guarantee the basic rights and living conditions for youths to grow happily.”

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