Daegu City Councilor Lee Jae-sook Proposes 'Support Ordinance for Out-of-Home Youth' to Address Welfare Blind Spots

Daegu City Council member Lee Jae-sook (People Power Party, Dong-gu), who is the main proposer, announced that the "Daegu City Ordinance on the Protection and Support of Out-of-Home Youth" passed the agenda review of the Culture and Welfare Committee on the 20th and is awaiting approval at the plenary session.

This ordinance was proposed to improve the social prejudice that a significant number of out-of-home youth, who run away from home for survival due to violence and abuse, are perceived as delinquent youth or potential criminals. It aims to clarify Daegu City's responsibility for the protection and support of out-of-home youth and to establish an institutional basis to help these youths grow into healthy members of society.

Daegu City Council Member Lee Jae-sook.

Specifically, the ordinance imposes an obligation on the Mayor of Daegu to establish and implement plans to systematically support protection and support activities for out-of-home youth. It also specifies project contents such as conducting surveys on the actual conditions of out-of-home youth, early detection, protection, counseling, and self-reliance support to ensure their safe return to family and society.

Daegu City Council member Lee Jae-sook stated, "Out-of-home youth are exposed to social prejudice as runaway youth, and there is a lack of awareness that society should protect them, leaving them in welfare blind spots and vulnerable to crime." She added, "To grasp the scale of these youths in the region and to establish an institutional basis for systematic protection and support, I proposed this ordinance so that our society can embrace youths who have families but are not protected."

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