Goheung-gun Takes Rapid Steps to Create a Child-Friendly Childcare Environment

12.9 Billion KRW Invested to Establish Doyang-eup Child Happiness Center

New Policies Implemented Including Support for Disinfection Costs at 39 Child Welfare Facilities

[Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shim Jeong-woo] Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it has allocated a childcare budget of approximately 12.94 billion KRW, an increase of about 1.5 billion KRW compared to last year, to implement safer and more comprehensive childcare policies.

New childcare initiatives for 2022 include ▲supporting 23.4 million KRW for disinfection and sterilization costs at 39 child welfare facilities such as daycare centers and local children's centers ▲6 million KRW for facility upgrades and repairs at 2 daycare centers ▲additional monthly support of 200,000 KRW for cooking staff at 5 private and home daycare centers ▲supporting 40,000 KRW per child for field trip expenses for 3-5 year-old Nuri curriculum children, among various policies aimed at creating a safe childcare environment and reducing parents' childcare burdens.

In particular, aiming for an opening in July 2022, the ‘Goheung-gun Child Happiness Center,’ an integrated childcare hub for childbirth and parenting environment creation, is being constructed on county-owned land near Hanaro Mart in Bongam-ri, Doyang-eup.

The center’s main facilities will include a communal childcare sharing space, toy library, cooking experience room, counseling room, and mother-child rest area, providing children with safe play spaces and parents with parent-participation programs, childcare information sharing, and cooperative childcare. The center will serve as a hub to integrate childcare services and foster a child-friendly social environment.

Additionally, to create a safe and comfortable childcare environment that parents can trust, support will be provided for ▲the visiting health doctor program ▲air quality inspection fees ▲playground safety inspection fees ▲heating and cooling costs ▲children’s snack expenses, helping daycare centers provide high-quality childcare services.

A county official stated, “We will do our best to develop childcare policies tailored to the characteristics of Goheung-gun to provide high-quality childcare services and create an environment conducive to having and raising children.”

Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shim Jeong-woo sevenshim@asiae.co.kr

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