Health and Multicultural Family Support Center Renamed as 'Family Center' to Expand Its Role

Implementation of Social Network Support Project for Single-Person Households Starting Next Year
Support Project for Learning and Career of School-Age Children in Multicultural Families Also Initiated

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center, a family service provider under the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, is changing its name to Family Center and expanding its role.

On the 13th, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced that starting next year, the Family Center will newly implement the Single-Person Household Social Network Support Project and the Learning and Career Support Project for School-Age Children of Multicultural Families.

The Single-Person Household Social Network Support Project provides programs such as self-development and psychological and emotional counseling for single-person households including youth, middle-aged, and elderly. The Learning and Career Support Project for School-Age Children of Multicultural Families offers counseling for family conflicts or academic concerns and provides career and employment consulting.

The Ministry is also promoting the construction of Family Centers (Living SOC Complex Project) that integrate family services by installing facilities closely related to citizens' daily lives, such as national and public daycare centers and cooperative childcare sharing centers, within the Family Center. This means building two or more daily life-related facilities, such as Family Centers, National Sports Centers, and small libraries, together in one building.

The Ministry changed the name from Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center to Family Center after collecting field opinions from center staff and local government officials, as the existing name was sometimes misunderstood as a place only certain families could use. The number of Family Centers has increased from 78 in 2016 to 203 this year.

Jeong Young-ae, Minister of Gender Equality and Family, said, "With the change of the center's name, we expect the use of services by various families to become more active," adding, "We will further strengthen the functions so that the Family Center can establish itself as a central institution for regional family services, and gradually expand the construction of Family Centers to provide universal family services centered on local communities."

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