With the increasing number of double-income couples and the diversification of working types, Uijeongbu City plans to improve its night extension daycare centers operation by expanding anddesignating the centers from 40 to 45 within this year to ease the burden of childcare for parents who frequently work at night. The night extension daycare center is a daycare center that extends the operation time up to 24:00after the standard childcare time (07:30 to 19:30), and night extension childcare fees are fully supported by the state. For the extended childcare, guardians of children who receive ex
Suwon City will renovate 334 urban parks in Suwon City by September 17 ahead of the Chuseok holiday. The maintenance will be carried out in 98 neighborhood parks, 202 children's parks, and 34 small parks to create a pleasant and safe park environment. An inspection team consisting of four district offices' employees of green parks department, and park managers will check landscaping, facilities, electrical facilities, toilet management, and illegal activities. They will also repair major facilities such as sports equipment and benches that citizens frequently use, and manage cleanliness by dis
Paju City will strengthen non-face-to-face inspections for the safety of daycare centers as the fourth stage of social distancing following the continuation of COVID-19 is prolonged. In order to prevent gaps in safety management due to the suspension of on-site inspections and strengthen autonomous safety management of daycare centers, 392 daycare centers in Paju should self-inspect their feeding service, sanitation, safety by the 10th. In particular, this inspection will check the before-and-after organization of cooking room and refrigerator to prevent food poisoning. Meanwhile, Paju City co
Dongducheon City announced that it would recruit participants for a cultural communication program called "소동 (Small Companion)" The "Small Companion" program, organized by the Dongducheon Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center (Center Director Lee Jung-sook), is runned to improve awareness of multiculturalism through a mentoring program between marriage immigrants and community members and encourage marriage immigrants to participate in society so that they relive stress caused by corona blue and promote physical and mental health. The program will be operated once a week from
Ansan City announced that the "COVID-19 Integrated Psychological Support Group", which has been operating since March last year with the Mental Health Welfare Center, has been receiving a great response, with more than 11,000 users including self-quarantined people and citizens. The integrated psychological support group, which has been operated since the beginning of the COVID-19 incident to help self-quarantine and citizens resolve psychological difficulties such as anxiety and depression caused by COVID-19, has provided professional counseling and help The support group delivers mental heal
Yangpyeong county held the meeting to initiate a comprehensive care project for the local community with officials of Yangpyeong Welfare Center for the Elderly, Yangpyeong Comprehensive Social Welfare Center, Yangpyeong Welfare Center for the Disabled, and Yangpyeong Healthy Family Support Center. Local community care service is a policy that provides customized services including residence, medical service, and nursing care to the elderly who need health care and nursing. The services are provided in their residence, not hospitals. This meeting covered topics such as sharing Yangpyeong county
Ansan City Healthy Family Support Center reported that they ran ‘Dad-Child Care Program’, in which the father and children participate together. This program aims to provide opportunities to have fresh experiences to fathers and children who cannot spend time together due to COVID-19, and let them make good memories. The program was run from March to this month via an online video meeting program to prevent COVID-19. Participants made good experiences through various activities such as ▲upcycling: making a photo frame with milk cartons ▲playing with art ▲board games ▲cooking. One of the father
Paju city is operating citizen safety insurance that pays insurance to citizens who are killed, injured, or permanently disabled due to various disasters and robbery. Paju city has enacted 「Enactment on Signing Up and Operation of Paju City Citizen Safety Insurance」 in July 2019 and is operating the insurance since January 1st, 2020 to guarantee the stability of life and financially support the citizens who are damaged from disasters and accidents of everyday life. Citizen safety insurance targets every registered resident. It automatically signs the people who moved in and terminates the cont
Goyang City Mental Health Welfare Center provides “mental support service” for citizens having mental difficulties such as restlessness and depression due to COVID-19. Goyang City Mental Health Welfare Center is an institution that promotes the enhancement of Goyang citizen’s mental health and puts effort into creating a happy local community that has no prejudice against mental disorders. The spread of COVID-19 is increasingly causing fear among citizens. There is an increasing threat to citizen’s mental health. For example, citizens are feeling lethargy as they are having fewer outdoor activ
Countermeasure inspection will focus on accommodation facilities such as mental health facilities, convalescent hospitals, homes for the disabled, and homes for the elderly. Hwaseong city has held an “Emergency Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters meeting” to prepare plans for additional vaccination and for reinforcing vulnerable facilities, as the number of local COVID-19 confirmed cases sharply rose. Hwaseong city held an emergency meeting, presided over by the mayor Cheol-Mo Seo, to reinforce the COVID-19 countermeasure in the situation room located on the second floor of the ma
양평군은 다문화 자녀의 교육 기회 확대와 교육격차 해소를 위해 ▲초등생 40만 원, ▲중학생 50만 원, ▲고등학생 60만 원 씩 연 1회 지원하는 ‘다문화가족 자녀교육활동비 지원사업’을 2년 연속 시행하여 총 301명의 다문화자녀들에게 교육 활동비를 지원했다. 사업 대상은 7~18세 다문화가정의 한국 국적 자녀로, 재학생 뿐 아니라 교육 사각지대에 놓여있는 아동·청소년의 교육권 보장을 목표로 학교 밖 청소년까지 포함하여 추진되었다. 이번 사업은 단순한 경제적 지원을 넘어 자녀 교육에 대한 부모의 관심과 참여를 유도하고, 자녀의 진로 탐색과 학업 지속을 돕는 기반이 되고 있다. 또한 사업을 매개로 양평군 가족센터에 신규 등록한 다문화가정이 증가하면서 다양한 복지 서비스 접근과 혜택의 마중물 역할을 하고 있다는 평가도 받고 있다. 박우영 센터장은 “이 사업은 다문화 자녀들에게 학습 기회를 확대하는 것은 물론, 부모의 교육적 참여를 높이는 데에도 큰 의미가 있다”라며, “앞으로도 교육 사각지대에 있는 다문화 자녀들이 소외되지 않고 건강한 시민으로 성장할 수 있도록 다양한 지원을 이어가겠다. 아울러 지역사회가 다양성과 포용의 가치를 실현할 수 있도록 최선을 다하겠
서울시는 결혼이민자 및 자녀의 경제적 자립 지원을 위해 2025년 소규모 취업박람회 ‘리크루팅 데이’를 4회 진행한다고 밝혔다. ‘리쿠르팅 데이’는 구인 기업, 구직자 상호 만족도가 높은 행사로 구인 기업에게는 한자리에서 다수의 구직자를 직접 면접할 기회를 제공하고 구직자에게는 여러 기업과의 면접을 통해 취업 가능성을 높일 수 있다. 특히 지난 6월 19일 1차 무역업 분야 리크루팅 데이에는 3개 기업, 23명의 구직자가 현장 면접에 참여해 총 3명이 채용으로 이어졌다. 서울시는 이러한 성과를 바탕으로 오는 9월 18일 서울가족플라자에서 통번역 분야로 제2차 리크루팅 데이를 진행할 계획이다. 1차 리크루팅 데이 참여자인 이란 출신 결혼이주여성은 “한국에서 경력을 어떻게 살릴지 막막했는데 리쿠르팅 데이에서 자기소개서와 이력서 컨설팅을 받으며 경력을 체계적으로 정리할 수 있었고, 부족한 한국어 표현도 도움을 받아 완성할 수 있었다”라며 “취업에 대한 자신감을 되찾는 소중한 기회가 되었다”라고 전했다. 2차 통번역 리크루팅 데이 참여자 모집은 오는 9월 15일까지 진행되며, 행사 당일 현장신청도 가능하다. 상세한 내용은 서울시 다문화가족 정보 포털 한울타리 및 서
금산군가족센터 다문화 동아리 뷰티풀라이프·디아나 팀이 온라인으로 진행된 2025년 충남 다문화가족 페스티벌 시군가족센터 동아리 경연대회에서 각자 우수상과 장려상을 수상했다. 우수상을 받은 뷰티풀라이프 팀은 필리핀 전통춤 동아리로 지역 내 중국, 캄보디아, 베트남 출신 결혼이민여성 10명이 참여하고 있으며 지난 2023년 다문화 우수사례 대상을 수상했다. 또한 디아나 팀은 장려상을 받았으며 올해 베트남, 중국, 한국 출신 여성 8명이 참여하는 밸리댄스 동아리로 팀을 구성해 매주 수업을 진행하며 친밀감을 쌓아오고 있다. 군 관계자는 “뷰티풀라이프와 디아나 팀이 상을 받은 것은 그동안 노력한 결과”라며 “앞으로도 다문화 가족 모두가 자기표현의 기회를 더 많이 가질 수 있도록 노력하겠다”고 말했다.