Gwangjin-gu Designates and Operates 'Vulnerable Childcare Hub-Type Daycare Centers'

Gwangjin-gu Office Workplace Daycare Center Open Until 7:30 PM on Sundays and Holidays... Support for Vulnerable Childcare Centers Including Hub Night Extension, Disability Integration, and Multicultural Integration

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gwangjin-gu (District Mayor Kim Seon-gap) is designating and operating ‘vulnerable childcare hub-type daycare centers’ to meet diverse childcare demands and reduce the burden of raising children.

The vulnerable childcare hub-type daycare centers are projects established for parents facing difficulties in childcare environments, including hub-type extended night care, extended night care, integrated care for children with disabilities, multicultural integration, and after-school care.

Currently, a total of 78 vulnerable childcare hub-type daycare centers are designated in Gwangjin-gu, and subsidies for personnel expenses and operating costs are provided to 57 centers that are actively operating.

In particular, to respond to childcare demands occurring on Sundays and public holidays, the Gwangjin-gu Office workplace daycare center was designated as Seoul’s first holiday childcare hub-type daycare center and began operation this month.

The Gwangjin-gu Office workplace daycare center extends its operating hours from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Sundays and public holidays, excluding Saturdays.

The district supports childcare teachers by providing holiday childcare allowances or allowing them to choose one weekday off to reduce their holiday work burden.

Additionally, to fill the weekday childcare gaps, assistant teachers are hired to perform auxiliary tasks such as childcare, cleaning, and meal service for 4 hours a day.

Along with this, three new hub-type extended night care daycare centers operating until midnight have been newly designated, and childcare teachers at integrated daycare centers for children with disabilities receive a childcare qualification allowance for children with disabilities to provide specialized and systematic care.

Applications for hub-type extended night care and holiday childcare are also available for children attending other daycare centers and can be made through the Seoul City Childcare Portal Service website.

Other local vulnerable childcare hub-type daycare centers can be found on the Gwangjin-gu Office website, and registration can be completed after consultation with the respective daycare centers.

Kim Seon-gap, Mayor of Gwangjin-gu, said, “By designating hub-type daycare centers that operate even on holidays, we hope to reduce the burden on dual-income couples. In addition, we will operate daycare centers for children with disabilities and multicultural families who have difficulty adapting, supporting parents to alleviate their childcare concerns.”

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