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Busan City opened the ‘Busan Metropolitan Childcare Support Center’ on the 2nd, which oversees and supports childcare service providers, and has officially begun its operation.

Promotional image for the Regional Childcare Support Center.

Childcare services are a system where caregivers visit homes directly to provide customized services for families with children aged between 36 months and 12 years who face difficulties in childcare due to reasons such as both parents working.

The newly opened ‘Metropolitan Childcare Support Center’ will be responsible for overseeing and supporting the childcare service operations of 14 service providers across Busan’s districts and counties.

The center’s operation is managed by the Busan Women’s Family and Lifelong Education Promotion Institute.

Main tasks include ▲ensuring smooth service provision and promotion through supply and demand adjustment of caregivers ▲conducting monitoring for guardians and caregivers ▲managing childcare education institutions.

Starting this year, the government support rate will be partially increased to reduce the burden on families using childcare services. Additionally, various reformed systems will be implemented alongside the childcare services.

Previously, the government supported up to 85% based on household income levels, but from this year, families with two or more children will receive an additional 10% support on their out-of-pocket expenses. Also, single-parent or young parents under 24 years old raising children aged 0 to 1 with a median income of 150% or less will only need to pay 10% of the fees regardless of income criteria. The increased support rates are as follows: for children aged 0 to 5, support for households with median income 150% or less will increase from 15% to 20%, and for children aged 6 to 12, support for households with median income 120% or less will increase from 20% to 30%.

To improve the quality of childcare services and ensure smooth service linkage, a restructuring of the caregiver training system will be implemented along with a 5% increase in caregiver activity allowances (to 10,110 KRW) and the introduction of emergency childcare services.

The city plans to not only cultivate excellent caregivers but also designate three additional institutions responsible for training active personnel, starting operation this year.

The newly designated training institutions are the Women’s Workforce Development Centers in Dong-gu, Saha-gu, and Haeundae-gu.

By expanding the operation of training institutions to timely replenish caregiver personnel, the city expects to resolve waiting families and, together with the operation of the Metropolitan Support Center, achieve increased citizen satisfaction based on the smooth supply of childcare services.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun stated, “Going forward, we plan to professionally and systematically promote childcare support projects centered on the Metropolitan Support Center to respond to the advancement of childcare services and increased demand, minimizing care gaps within families and making every effort to enable work and family life to coexist.”

Idolbom Metropolitan Support Center Busan Women and Family and Lifelong Education Promotion Institute.

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