Gangdong-gu Expands Part-Time Childcare Services (6 Locations, 8 Classes)

April 1st: Two Additional Part-Time Childcare Rooms Opened at Gurip Ttobagi and Gangdong Welfare Center Childcare Centers... Now Operating 6 Part-Time Childcare Rooms with 8 Classes, Available at 1,000 KRW per Hour up to 80 Hours per Month

Gangdong Welfare Center Daycare Part-Time Care Room

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Gangdong-gu (Mayor Lee Jeong-hoon) will expand and resume the operation of hourly childcare services from April by adding two hourly childcare rooms at the Gangdong Public Tobagi Daycare Center and Gangdong Welfare Center Daycare Center, bringing the total to six locations with eight classes.

The district resumed the operation of hourly childcare services together with daycare centers starting from the 1st, following the lifting of the daycare center closure order across Seoul.

Among the existing hourly childcare providers, the Ai·Mom Gangdong Childcare City Cheonho Branch located in the Gangdong-gu Residents' Hall was closed due to limited space and aging facilities. To replace it, a new hourly childcare room was established and opened at the nearby Gangdong Welfare Center Daycare Center (31 Yangjaedaero 122ga-gil, Gangdong-gu / Gildong).

Additionally, to meet the demand caused by the large residential complexes near Sangil-dong Station and the population influx in the Gangil area, a new hourly childcare room was newly opened in March at the newly established Gangdong Public Tobagi Daycare Center (55 Sangil-ro, Gangdong-gu / Sangil-dong).

Furthermore, hourly childcare services are currently provided at ▲ Gangdong-gu Office Workplace Daycare Center (Seongnae 1-dong) ▲ Ramian Hillstate Public Daycare Center (Godeok 1-dong) ▲ Godeok Forest Public Daycare Center (Sangil-dong) ▲ Ramian Solvenue Public Daycare Center (Myeongil 1-dong).

Hourly childcare is a childcare service that allows families with infants and toddlers who receive home care allowances but do not use daycare centers to safely leave their children temporarily when urgent errands arise or hospital visits are needed.

The service is available for children aged from 6 months to under 36 months, with operating hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays (Monday to Friday).

The usage fee is 4,000 KRW per hour, but up to 80 hours per month can be used at 1,000 KRW per hour (with 3,000 KRW government support). If usage exceeds 80 hours per month, additional hours are charged at 4,000 KRW per hour.

Hourly childcare services can be reserved and used by applying online through the comprehensive pregnancy and childcare portal iSarange or by calling the hourly childcare call center.

For more details, please contact the Women and Family Division of Gangdong-gu Office.

Lee Jeong-hoon, Mayor of Gangdong-gu, said, “Hourly childcare is a demand-centered customized service for families in need of childcare support,” adding, “We will actively expand resident-centered childcare policies that residents can feel and benefit from.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.