Chungnam Provides New Childcare Support for Adolescent Parents

[Asia Economy (Hongseong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Chungnam Province will newly provide child-rearing expenses to local teenage parents.

The province announced on the 27th that starting from the 1st of next month, it will support teenage parents with 200,000 KRW per child for child-rearing expenses.

The eligible recipients are teenage parents aged 24 or younger who are raising children and have a household income at or below 60% of the median income, including those in de facto marital relationships.

Teenage parents wishing to apply for support can visit their local eup, myeon, or dong office or community center from next month with identification, income certificate, family relation certificate, and other required documents to apply.

The child-rearing expenses for teenage parents will be provided separately from existing child allowances and infant allowances. According to the plan of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, the province will conduct a pilot support program until December this year and analyze the effectiveness of the project to expand support for teenage parents.

In addition to this child-rearing support, the province will promote family capacity-building projects through seven family centers located in Cheonan, Boryeong, Asan, Seosan, Nonsan, Dangjin, and Taean.

This project is implemented to help teenage parents restore their family roles and functions by providing learning and emotional support, psychological counseling, and legal assistance.

A provincial official stated, “We will actively support teenagers in their growth process to establish healthy families,” and added, “We plan to continuously expand related projects to alleviate the difficulties experienced as parents.”

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