Uiwang City to Provide Family Care Allowances Starting in July for Relatives and Neighbors Caring for Young Children

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyeok] Uiwang City announced on the 30th that it will begin providing 'Family Care Allowances' starting in July to support childcare for households facing childcare gaps due to dual-income earners and other circumstances.

The 'Family Care Allowance,' being implemented with support from Gyeonggi Province, is a project that provides 300,000-600,000 won monthly to relatives within 4th degree of kinship or neighboring residents caring for children aged 24-36 months after birth.

Although the city had secured the budget for the family care allowance, implementation had been delayed due to changes in Gyeonggi Province's business plan and delays in approval consultations with the Ministry of Health and Welfare for the social security system. Following Gyeonggi Province's receipt of approval from the Ministry of Health and Welfare in April to implement the social security system, the city is now able to stably provide family care allowances.

Beneficiaries of this project must be applicants (father or mother) and children (ages 24-36 months after birth) with resident registration in Uiwang City, from households with dual-income earners or other childcare gaps, with household income at or below 150% of median income, and must provide at least 40 hours of monthly care.

Care assistants receiving the allowance may be relatives within 4th degree of kinship of the child being cared for or residents who have lived in the same eup, myeon, or dong as the child for at least one year, with only one person per household eligible for designation.

Applications for the family care allowance are available until the budget is exhausted. Applications begin on the 2nd in June, the first month of payment, and from July onward can be submitted from the 1st of each month through 'Gyeonggi Civil Affairs 24 (gg24.gg.go.kr)'. For more detailed information, inquiries can be made to the Uiwang City Family and Children Division (031-345-2764) or the community centers in each dong.

Mayor Kim Sung-je stated, "Through this project, we have been able to provide practical childcare support to households facing childcare gaps," adding "We will do our best to implement efficient childcare policies that will reduce parental burden and narrow the gaps in childcare support going forward."