Gwangmyeong City Expands Family Support Services Including Family Counseling and Parent Education

Gwangmyeong City and WUniverse Sign Agreement for Private Operation of Family Center
Five-Year Operation Begins in April, Expanding a Range of Family Support Services

Gwangmyeong City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Park Seungwon) has joined hands with the nonprofit organization WUniverse to expand a wide range of family support services.

On the 16th, Gwangmyeong City signed a private consignment operation agreement for the Gwangmyeong City Family Center with the nonprofit organization WUniverse at the city hall video conference room. Provided by Gwangmyeong City

On March 16, the city signed a private consignment operation agreement with WUniverse at the City Hall Video Conference Room for the operation of the Gwangmyeong City Family Center.

WUniverse, which has operated the Gwangmyeong City Family Center since 2021, has been entrusted with the center’s management once again through this agreement. The new consignment period will run from April 2026 to March 2031.

Under the agreement, WUniverse will be responsible for overall operation and facility management of the Gwangmyeong City Family Center, providing a variety of family support services such as family counseling, parent education, and support for multicultural families.

The Gwangmyeong City Family Center is a comprehensive family support institution that assists diverse families in the community and helps foster healthy family relationships, in accordance with the Framework Act on Healthy Families and the Multicultural Families Support Act.

The center offers a variety of family support services, including marital relationship improvement programs, family-friendly programs, and support projects for single-person households.

In addition, the center operates tailored programs to help multicultural families settle stably in the local community, such as Korean language education for marriage immigrants, interpretation and translation services, language development support for multicultural children, and parent education and guidance for children’s daily lives through home visits.

Through its child care support project, the center dispatches caregivers to families in need, such as dual-income households, helping to ease the burden of child-rearing and support stable child care.

Responding to increasing family diversity, the city plans to strengthen family counseling services and promote new family support initiatives such as parent education by life stage and forest experience programs for families, thereby enhancing the quality of life for citizens and fostering a healthy family community.

Choi Hyemin, Deputy Mayor of Gwangmyeong City, stated, "The Family Center serves as a hub for family welfare, helping various families in the community understand one another and grow together. We will continue to expand tangible family support services to help build a healthy family culture."

Meanwhile, on March 6, Gwangmyeong City convened a selection committee for entrusted organizations and comprehensively evaluated the appropriateness of the project plan, operational commitment, project execution capability, and cooperation with the local community, ultimately selecting WUniverse as the entrusted institution.

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