Minister Jeong Young-ae: "Expanding Support for Single-Parent Families to Raise Children Without Discrimination"

Inspection of Quarantine Measures and On-site Feedback Collection at Welfare Facilities for Single-Parent Families

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] On the 29th, Jung Young-ae, Minister of Gender Equality and Family, visited the Pyeonghwa Moja-won in Guro-gu, Seoul to inspect the COVID-19 quarantine situation and held a meeting with facility workers and families using the facility.

Minister Jung visited the facility to check the quarantine status of single-parent family welfare facilities, encourage workers supporting housing stability and child-rearing for single-parent families, and listen to voices from the field.

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family supports the operation of 122 single-parent family welfare facilities nationwide to promote housing stability and socio-economic independence for single-parent families. These include mother-child family welfare facilities (46 locations), father-child family welfare facilities (3 locations), unmarried mother-child family welfare facilities (64 locations), and temporary support welfare facilities (9 locations).

Pyeonghwa Moja-won, established in 1953, is a welfare facility supporting low-income mother-child families without housing who are raising children under 18 years old. It was selected for the facility function reinforcement project supported by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and was renovated this year. Byun Hyeran, director of Pyeonghwa Moja-won, said, "With the renovation, residents can now focus on independent activities in a more comfortable and safe environment."

Minister Jung Young-ae said, "I appreciate the dedication of the workers who are quietly doing their best to support single-parent families amid the severe COVID-19 situation," and added, "The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family will continue to expand support to create an environment where single-parent families can raise their children healthily without discrimination."

Meanwhile, starting next year, the Ministry will expand the child-rearing expense support for single-parent families and strengthen housing support. The earned income and business income deduction, previously applied only to youth single parents under 24 years old, will be extended to single-parent families aged 25 and older. The child-rearing allowance for single-parent families receiving livelihood benefits with median income below 30% will increase from 100,000 KRW to 200,000 KRW per month. The supply of purchased rental housing for single-parent families will also expand from 222 units this year to 245 units next year.

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