Gyeonggi-do 'Postpartum Care Support Fund' Usable Anywhere Within the Province

Poster Announcing the Expansion of Usage for Postpartum Care Subsidies in Gyeonggi-do

Starting in August, the ‘Postpartum Care Expenses’ supported by Gyeonggi Province will be usable anywhere within the province.

On the 29th, Gyeonggi Province announced that the postpartum care expenses, provided as local currency, can be used at any postpartum care center or maternal and newborn health management service provider within the province, without restrictions on region or sales volume.

Currently, Gyeonggi Province provides local currency worth approximately 500,000 KRW per newborn under the name of postpartum care expense support. The problem was that mothers who wished to use postpartum care centers in cities or counties without such centers, or in other cities or counties, faced limitations due to the local currency being usable only within the issuing city or county. In particular, Gapyeong and Yeoncheon faced greater restrictions as they lacked maternal and newborn health management service providers.

In response, Gyeonggi Province held the ‘Gyeonggi Local Currency Deliberation Committee’ in June and improved the system to allow postpartum care expenses to be used regardless of region. The existing sales volume restriction of 1 billion KRW for maternal and newborn health management service providers was also abolished.

With this measure, it is expected that families using postpartum care expenses will be able to conveniently receive postpartum care and newborn health management without being restricted by region.

Kwon Jeong-hyun, Director of the Health Promotion Division of Gyeonggi Province, said, "In line with the purpose of the postpartum care expense support project, mothers in the province can now use the postpartum care centers and maternal and newborn health management service providers they want, regardless of their place of residence. We will continue to promote policies that prioritize the health of mothers and newborns."

Postpartum care expenses can be applied for at nearby community centers or online via Gyeonggi Minwon 24.

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