Busan City to Expand Support for Multichild Families Starting October 31

Expansion of Multi-Child Family Criteria from 10.31 (3→2 Children) and Renewal of Family Love Card Issuance

Family Love Card … Discounts on Public Facility Fees and Support for Participating Multi-Child Family Preferred Businesses

Busan City will expand the criteria for multi-child families to include those with two children starting October 31 and will begin issuing a renewed Family Love Card to create a social environment where childbirth and parenting can be happy choices.

This reflects the current reality where it is difficult to raise even one child due to young people's anxiety about the future, changing perceptions of marriage and childbirth, and trends such as remaining single or marrying late.

Accordingly, from October 31, the support criteria for multi-child families will be expanded from “families with three children,” where at least one child is under 19 years old, to “families with two children.”

Benefits for multi-child families can be received through the Family Love Card. From October 31, the city will enable quick and convenient issuance and use of the Family Love Card (multi-child family card) anytime and anywhere by allowing immediate issuance of a mobile Family Love Card via the blockchain-based identity verification service app ‘BPASS.’ Additionally, issuance of Family Love Cards in partnership with Shinhan Card will also begin.

Multi-child family benefits include discounts on public facility usage fees in Busan and various discounts at ‘Family Love Card participating businesses’ favored by multi-child families, such as restaurants, academies, and daycare centers.

Among Busan’s public facilities frequently used by citizens, usage fees for ▲public parking lots and ▲sports facilities and sports centers will be reduced by 50%. Additionally, usage fees for other ▲youth and women-related facilities can be waived or discounted.

Besides the Shinhan Card partnership multi-child family discount services (such as discounts on gas stations, theme parks, movies, and academy fees), various discounts on services, dining, medical institutions, academies, and daycare centers are available through multi-child family preferred participating businesses formed by voluntary participation within the region.

The status of preferred participating businesses can be checked on the city’s website (Busan Adagachi Keum+).

Furthermore, to promote a culture that favors multi-child families and create a childbirth-friendly social atmosphere, the city will hold the ‘16th Multi-Child Family Day Ceremony’ at 2 p.m. on November 1 at the City Hall International Conference Hall.

November 1 is Multi-Child Family Day, established by the city’s ordinance on the preferential treatment and support for multi-child families in Busan Metropolitan City to promote a culture favoring multi-child families and a childbirth-friendly social atmosphere. This ceremony has been held annually since 2008, marking its 16th year, and is unique among metropolitan local governments.

This year’s ceremony will include ▲promotion of expanded support for multi-child families (from three to two children) ▲awards for contributors to Multi-Child Family Day (13 exemplary multi-child families and one childbirth-friendly organization) and outstanding districts for childbirth encouragement policies ▲interviews with awardees ▲and commemorative performances.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun stated, “With a firm commitment that the city will raise children together when they are born, we will continuously improve and develop childbirth support policies that provide generous support. In particular, we will listen carefully to voices from the field to ensure that raising multiple children is not difficult, and we will continue to do our best to realize Busan as a city good for raising children and a happy city that supports me.”

Multi-Child Family Preferential Family Love Card Issuance Guide.

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