Uiwang City Opens Community Care Center and Childcare Sharing Space

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jeong Jun-sung] Uiwang City opened the Community Care Center and Childcare Sharing Space on the 2nd floor of the Baekun Valley Community Center on the 2nd.

The Community Care Center and Childcare Sharing Space within the Baekun Valley Community Center were established utilizing shared spaces with high safety and accessibility, such as apartment resident common facilities and nearby elementary schools.

The Community Care Center is a space that provides after-school childcare services for dual-income households regardless of income level, and is a child welfare facility designed to eliminate childcare gaps and reduce childcare burdens for working families. Targeting elementary school students (capacity of 30), it operates from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. during school terms and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. during school breaks. It provides daily life education, programs and play guidance, and snacks, with childcare teachers on duty at all times to ensure safe childcare services.

The Childcare Sharing Space is a community-based childcare space that complements family care functions worsened by nuclear family trends and allows neighbors to share childcare responsibilities. It is a space where parents raising young children can escape from single-handed parenting and share information with other families. The target users are infants, toddlers, early elementary school children, and their parents. It operates Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The sharing space is equipped with toys and books for childcare sharing, and operates participation-based programs and creativity and play-focused programs 1–2 times per week.

Meanwhile, with the opening of the Baekun Valley Community Care Center, the city will complete its commitment from the 7th civilian administration to establish 5 Community Care Centers, and plans to continue expanding the establishment of Community Care Centers and Childcare Sharing Spaces in consideration of childcare demand and regional balance.