Daejeon Provides 'Dream Nurturing Allowance' for Out-of-School Youth... First Among Metropolitan Cities Nationwide
[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Daejeon City will provide the ‘Youth Dream Nurturing Allowance’ to out-of-school youth starting this year. Daejeon is the first metropolitan city in the country to offer an allowance to out-of-school youth.
According to the city on the 3rd, the Youth Dream Nurturing Allowance is intended to be used by out-of-school youth for preparing for the qualification exam or exploring career paths. The allowance will be provided by charging 50,000 to 100,000 KRW monthly onto a transportation card embedded in the youth ID card.
The recipients are out-of-school youth aged 9 to 17 residing in Daejeon who have participated in center programs operated by the Out-of-School Youth Support Centers in Seo-gu and Yuseong-gu for more than one month (at least twice a week).
The city plans to help youth design their own futures and nurture their dreams through the Dream Nurturing Allowance. Additionally, it aims to provide opportunities for youth who have dropped out of school to overcome feelings of alienation through center participation and share concerns about their career paths.
Currently, in Daejeon, the Out-of-School Youth Support Center operated by the Youth We Can Center and one center each in Seo-gu and Yuseong-gu are in operation. Next year, an additional Out-of-School Youth Support Center will be opened in Sintanjin-dong, Daedeok-gu.
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Park Moon-yong, Director of the Education and Youth Division of the city, said, “The Dream Nurturing Allowance is a newly established system designed to provide support equivalent to free school meals and school uniform subsidies offered in regular schools to out-of-school youth.” He added, “The city will continue to promote career experience programs and qualification exam pass encouragement events for out-of-school youth to help them realize their dreams.”
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