Gwangyang City Publishes Lifecycle Customized Support Project Guidebook

17 Key Policies and Benefits Up to 45.1 Million KRW

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Gwangyang City, Jeollanam-do announced on the 4th that it has published the population policy guidebook titled ‘Living in Gwangyang Means Benefits for All Generations’ which introduces customized support projects for each life cycle stage from pregnancy and childbirth to retirees.

The published guidebook is organized into six stages: ▲Pregnancy & Childbirth ▲Children ▲Adolescents ▲Youth ▲Middle-aged ▲Retirees, allowing citizens to easily find and use the information they need according to their life cycle.

This year, it introduces 78 policies including newly changed life cycle population policies and support projects for retirees. In particular, support policies exclusive to Gwangyang citizens are converted into monetary values to help them feel the difference compared to other local governments.

The representative policies exclusive to Gwangyang citizens include ▲the nation’s highest level of newborn childcare and postpartum care cost support ▲support for maternal and newborn health care worker fees for all childbirth families ▲full support for daycare center childcare fees ▲interest support for youth housing loans ▲100-won bus operation for elementary, middle, and high school students ▲uniform cost support for new middle and high school students ▲operation of Gwangyang Dormitory, among 17 items.

These support measures are projects that are either not implemented by other local governments or have significantly different amounts even if implemented, and living in Gwangyang and sending children to school can provide benefits up to 45.1 million KRW.

Under ‘Pregnancy & Childbirth,’ 17 projects are included such as free checkups for newlyweds (prospective couples), support for infertility treatment costs, happiness coupons for mothers with multiple births, and breast pump rentals. Notably, support for transportation costs for pregnant women’s health management and newborn birth congratulatory supplies have been newly added.

Under ‘Children & Adolescents,’ 27 support projects are summarized at a glance, including providing safe and high-quality childcare services, full support for daycare center childcare fees, Gwangyang City youth global talent development, and selection of Baegun scholarship recipients.

Under ‘Youth,’ information about the ‘Youth Center’ is briefly organized. The Youth Center is a youth complex cultural space scheduled to be completed in August this year near the Jungdong Youth Culture Center, equipped with a digital forge, startup space, youth job cafe, multipurpose room, and rest area.

Under ‘Middle-aged & Retirees,’ the ‘Gwangyang City New Middle-aged Job Support Center,’ which supports retirees’ community activities and personalized counseling, is introduced. In particular, 17 support projects focused on four areas?re-employment, social contribution, returning to farming/villages, and startups?are included to build the ‘Gwangyang City Retiree Vitality City Model.’

Gwangyang City plans to place the guidebook in frequently used town and township offices, neighborhood community centers, libraries, and health centers, and actively use it as promotional material for population policy briefings targeting company employees.

Im Chae-gi, Strategic Policy Officer, said, “We created this to make it easy for citizens to understand and conveniently use various population policy information,” adding, “We will continue to reflect new policies every year and do our best to discover policies to attract population inflow.”

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