Ten Community Child Centers in Osan City to Close Temporarily Until April 21st

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City announced on the 5th that it will temporarily close all ten community child centers in the city through April 21st to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the community and protect children.

Community child centers are facilities providing after-school childcare for children in need, currently serving approximately 300 children in the city.

Despite the temporary closure, staff at the child centers will maintain an emergency contact system to ensure no gaps in childcare. For children whose families have difficulty providing at-home care, emergency childcare services will be provided, and substitute food will be delivered to children at risk of food insecurity.

Additionally, using child welfare teacher personnel, the centers will conduct learning monitoring and career counseling via phone. To prevent facility usage refusal due to COVID-19, all ten centers will undergo disinfection with sponsorship from CK Clean Korea Co., Ltd., a pre-social enterprise.

Osan City Mayor Kwak Sang-wook said, "We have decided to close community child centers to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the community and protect the health and safety of children," and added, "We will maintain emergency systems and continuously monitor to ensure there are no gaps in childcare services."

For more detailed information about community child center usage, please contact the City's Division of Children and Adolescents (031-8036-7883~4).