Guro-gu Recruitment Promotion for 'At-Risk Children Foster Families'

Caregivers Must Be 25 or Older, Under 60 Years Age Difference with Children, Meet Professional Qualifications... After Training, Provide Care for 0-2 Year-Olds for 3-6 Months with Support Including Childcare Allowance and Medical Services

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Guro-gu (Mayor Lee Seong) has actively launched a campaign to recruit ‘Crisis Child Protection Families’ to protect children aged 0 to 2 who have been separated from their original families due to abuse.

Guro-gu stated on the 21st, “As child abuse has recently emerged as a social issue, we have implemented an immediate separation system since March to safely and professionally protect abused children. Accordingly, Guro-gu has also started promotional activities to discover new protection families.”

Applicants must be at least 25 years old, and the age difference between the caregiver and the child must be less than 60 years. The household must have three or fewer individuals under 18 years old, among other family environment conditions.

Applicants must also meet professional qualification requirements related to the project, such as social workers, childcare teachers, youth counselors, or medical personnel.

If qualified, applicants receive 20 hours of parenting education, including the role of protection families and child-rearing coaching, and after qualification review by the Seoul Family Support Center, they are selected as protection families.

Selected protection families receive a monthly professional child protection allowance of 1 million KRW, an initial child supplies purchase allowance (a one-time 1 million KRW), psychological testing and treatment expenses, and family care allowances. However, the amount of support varies depending on the protection period.

Detailed information on eligibility requirements and support contents can be found on the Child Rights Protection Agency website.

When a crisis child occurs, the Seoul Family Foster Care Support Center connects abused children to protection families.

Abused children aged 0 to 2 who are immediately separated stay with protection families for 3 to 6 months, after which they either return to their original families or transition to long-term care such as professional family foster care or adoption.

Families wishing to apply can do so through the Child Rights Protection Agency website or by phone at the Seoul Family Foster Care Support Center.

A Guro-gu official said, “We ask for the interest and participation of many people so that the wounded children can recover,” and added, “Guro-gu will also do its best to promote by posting web posters, card news, leaflets, and more on the district website.”

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