Gyeonggi-do Supported 'First Joint Workplace Daycare Center' Opens in Gwacheon on the 14th

Gwacheon Centum Square Dalm Kindergarten Opened on the 14th

The first joint workplace daycare center supported by Gyeonggi Province, Gwacheon Centum Square Dalm Daycare Center, opened on the 14th.

Gyeonggi Province started a project this year to provide provincial subsidies for the installation of 'joint workplace daycare centers' that can also be used by employees of small and medium-sized enterprises, aiming to eliminate blind spots in workplace childcare.

A joint workplace daycare center is a daycare facility established and operated through cooperation between two or more priority support target companies (with fewer than 500 regular employees).

This method is preferred by small and medium-sized enterprises that are not required to install workplace daycare centers and find it difficult to establish and operate daycare centers on their own.

As of August this year, out of 8,949 daycare centers in the province, only 53 are joint workplace daycare centers.

Previously, installation costs could be supported only by centers selected through the Korea Workers' Compensation & Welfare Service's joint workplace daycare center contest project. However, Gyeonggi Province decided to provide separate support ranging from 30 million to 200 million KRW per workplace daycare center starting this year, in addition to the Korea Workers' Compensation & Welfare Service's support, to encourage work-family balance for dual-income couples and women's participation in economic activities. The support scale will start with 4 centers this year and reach a total of 15 centers by 2026.

Gwacheon Centum Square Dalm Daycare Center has an area of 428.55㎡ and includes 4 childcare rooms, a playroom, a kitchen, and a nursing room.

Eight staff members (including the director, 6 childcare teachers, and 1 cook) care for 17 children in 4 classes (ages 1 to 2).

Shinsung ENG and 9 affiliated companies formed a consortium and were selected for the Korea Workers' Compensation & Welfare Service's small and medium-sized enterprise joint workplace daycare center contest project.

Lee Jeong-hwa, Director of the Childcare Policy Division of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "We will strive to spread a workplace culture that balances work and family in Gyeonggi Province to relieve the childcare burden on parents and enable them to enjoy a happy life with their families."

Meanwhile, among the 4 centers supported this year, the other daycare centers in Yongin City, excluding Gwacheon Centum Square Dalm Daycare Center, are scheduled to open in October. Two centers in Gwacheon City and Seongnam City will open in 2024.

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