Wando-gun Expands Support Project for Childcare Services

Full Coverage of Out-of-Pocket Expenses for Families with Two or More Children

Wando County is making efforts to create a child-friendly environment. (Photo by Wando County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil] Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 21st that it is expanding the ‘Childcare Support Project’ to address low birth rates, reduce childcare burdens, and create a child-friendly community.

The Childcare Support Project is a program where childcare providers visit children (from 3 months to 12 years old) in families facing difficulties in parenting, such as single working parents or dual-income households, and provide 1:1 customized care services.

The service fee for the hourly general type is 9,890 KRW per hour. Hourly care services are supported up to 720 hours per year, and full-day infant care is supported up to 200 hours per month, with usage fees subsidized based on income criteria.

The county fully supports the out-of-pocket expenses for families with two or more children, and for families with one child, it subsidizes 40% to 100% of the out-of-pocket expenses according to income type using county funds.

Therefore, families who fall under type A (monthly income of 3.56 million KRW or less for a four-person household) or have two or more children can use the care services free of charge when applying.

A Wando-gun official said, “The biggest difficulty parents in dual-income families feel is the childcare gap due to parenting absences. By expanding the Childcare Support Project, we expect it will help with childcare.”

Meanwhile, the Wando-gun Healthy Family Multicultural Family Support Center, which provides the service, is continuously recruiting childcare providers and plans to conduct training once COVID-19 stabilizes, aiming to connect them with families in the second half of this year.

Applications for the service can be made at the resident’s town or township office, and detailed information can be obtained through the Wando-gun Office Women and Family Division (Women’s Policy Team) or the town and township offices.

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