"Closer to Youth" Opening of Paju-si Youth Counseling and Welfare Center Northern Branch

Paju City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Kim Kyung-il) announced on the 23rd that it opened the "Paju Youth Counseling and Welfare Center Northern Branch" on the 19th to support the healthy growth of youth and provide equal access to youth counseling services within the region.

Paju City held a commemorative photo session with attendees after opening the "Paju City Youth Counseling and Welfare Center Northern Branch" on the 19th to support the healthy growth of youth and ensure equal provision of youth counseling services within the region. Photo by Paju City

The city recognized the need for a branch of the Youth Counseling and Welfare Center in the northern Paju area to improve counseling accessibility for youth residing in the northern region. To protect and support at-risk youth without regional exclusion, the city allocated a supplementary budget for 2024 and established the branch.

With the opening of the northern branch, it is expected that youth in the northern part of Paju will receive prompt assistance when facing crisis situations.

At the congratulatory meeting, Kim Eun-sook, Director of Welfare Policy of Paju City, Choi Eun-mi, Superintendent of Paju Office of Education, Son Bae-chan, CEO of the Paju Youth Foundation, and the principal of Yulgok High School attended, adding significance by discussing ways to strengthen community cooperation for the welfare improvement of Paju’s youth.

The "Paju Youth Counseling and Welfare Center Northern Branch" plans to expand crisis youth counseling and customized parent education projects tailored to the region’s characteristics by providing visiting counseling and case meetings to schools lacking counseling teachers, offering group counseling and professional education for parents, and establishing a network linking elementary, middle, and high schools in the northern area with local resources.

Kim Eun-sook, Director of Welfare Policy, stated, “Through the opening of the Youth Counseling and Welfare Center Northern Branch, we hope that youth in the northern region will receive swift and practical support in crisis situations.” She added, “Paju City will continue to strengthen the youth safety net in the community and do its best to ensure that youth grow up healthy and harmoniously in the community through customized support utilizing various local resources.”

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