Cheonan Expands Part-Time Childcare Centers to 36 Locations

Number of Inclusive Daycare Centers for Children with Disabilities to Increase to 20

Cheonan City, Chungnam Province, is expanding infrastructure to provide a 'One-Mile Childcare Service'.

Cheonan City in South Chungcheong Province will expand its infrastructure to provide the 'One-Mile Childcare Service,' including increasing the number of part-time childcare centers to 36 and integrated childcare centers for children with disabilities to 20 starting next month.

The One-Mile Childcare Service is a system that allows families to receive childcare services within a one-mile (1.6 km) radius of their home. Until now, there have only been eight part-time childcare centers in the region, leading to concerns about insufficient supply compared to demand.

In response, the city has decided to add 36 more part-time childcare centers. The service is available to infants and toddlers aged six months to two years, and any Cheonan resident can use it. Parents can choose the desired childcare center through the Chungnam Parenting Support Center and pay a parental fee of 2,000 KRW per hour.

The number of integrated childcare centers for children with disabilities will also increase from the current 10 to a total of 20 centers.

Cheonan City plans to dispatch therapists not only to specialized childcare centers for children with disabilities but also to integrated childcare centers, so that children can receive language therapy.

A city official stated, "We are working to provide childcare services that parents can truly feel, by diversifying vulnerable childcare services such as expanding part-time childcare and integrated childcare for children with disabilities," and added, "We will continue to strive to make Cheonan a city that is great for raising children."

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