Gwangjin-gu Opens 'Our Neighborhood Care Center Branch 2'

On the 1st, 'Gwangjin Branch 2 Our Neighborhood Care Center' opened on the 2nd and 3rd floors of Jayang 2 Police Station... Gwangjin Branch 3 scheduled to open in Jayang 1 in the second half... Targeting 15 branches by 2021

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gwangjin-gu (Mayor Kim Seon-gap) opened the Gwangjin 2nd Branch Our Neighborhood Care Center on the 1st to eliminate blind spots in elementary school childcare and provide high-quality care services.

Our Neighborhood Care Center is a care space for children in the area, providing care services so that working parents can entrust their children with peace of mind.

The newly opened Gwangjin-gu Our Neighborhood Care Center 2nd Branch is located on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Jayang 2 Police Substation in Jayang 2-dong.

The target users are children aged 6 to 12 living in the area who need care, and the service is divided into regular care (ongoing care) and temporary care services due to school closures or urgent reasons of the users.

The monthly fee for ongoing care, including snack costs, is 50,000 KRW, and the daily fee for temporary care, including snack costs, is 2,500 KRW per day.

The operating hours are from 1 PM to 7 PM during the school semester and from 9 AM to 7 PM during vacations.

The center has a director and two care teachers on site, providing special activities such as ▲ homework guidance ▲ reading programs ▲ learning mentoring ▲ scientific exploration activities ▲ cooking classes ▲ physical activities.

Applications for care services are accepted at any time; after a phone consultation, applications can be submitted in person. For more details, contact Gwangjin 2nd Branch Our Neighborhood Care Center (☎3437-9439) or Gwangjin-gu Office Child and Youth Division (☎450-7659).

Last September, the district opened the Gwangjin 1st Branch Our Neighborhood Care Center on the 4th floor of Jayang Comprehensive Social Welfare Center, and after opening the 2nd Branch this year, plans to open the 3rd Branch in Jayang 1-dong in the second half of the year.

Furthermore, a total of 15 centers will be opened by 2021 to provide seamless care services.

Kim Seon-gap, Mayor of Gwangjin-gu, said, “Our Neighborhood Care Centers aim to solve childcare issues in the community and create a society where both children and parents are happy. We will install care centers in all 15 neighborhoods by 2021, build a more thorough care service network without leaving any area behind, and do our best to provide high-quality care services.”

Meanwhile, in February, the district signed a business agreement with the local national/public and private daycare center associations and private kindergarten associations to revitalize Our Neighborhood Care Centers, making efforts to strengthen and activate the operation of the centers.

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