Anyang City Introduces 'Improved Systems for 2026' Including Expanded Family Care Allowance and "Juya" Autonomous Bus Routes

[Suwon Ilbo=Yu Je-sung Reporter] Anyang City announced on the 12th the '10 Ways Anyang Gets Better in 2026,' which includes providing family care allowances to relatives or neighbors of children who assist in child care beginning this year and expanding the target population of homeless youth eligible for youth monthly rent support.

The '10 Ways Anyang Gets Better in 2026' include ▲establishment and operation of a drone-based disaster response system ▲implementation of integrated community care support projects ▲family care allowance support ▲youth rental housing supply ▲Anyang City youth monthly rent support (expansion of project targets) ▲reopening of Pyeongchon Library, among others.

Ahead of the implementation of the 'Act on Integrated Support for Community Care including Medical and Long-term Care' in March this year, the city plans to actively establish an integrated care system so that citizens can live healthy and dignified lives in their current communities until the end of their lives.

The city plans to link 39 related projects into one system and gradually expand services including home-based medical care, community linkage for discharged patients, assistance with daily living, and residential environment improvements. The city plans to undergo ordinance review by the end of January and promulgate the ordinance in February.

The 'Family Care Allowance Support' is a project that was pilot-tested last year to respect the social value of child-rearing and alleviate parental child-care burdens. Beginning in March this year, it will be fully implemented for households with children aged 24-36 months in families with child-care gaps earning up to 150% of the median income.

Monthly support of 40 hours or more of care will be provided to relatives within the fourth degree of kinship or neighboring residents in the amount of 300,000 to 600,000 won per month depending on the number of children.

The 'Anyang City Youth Monthly Rent Support' project expanded this year to include families with incomes up to 120% of median income and homeless youth aged 19-39 as eligible recipients. To provide more benefits to more youth, the monthly support amount has been adjusted to 100,000 won (based on 2025 standard: for households earning up to 60% of median income, eligible recipients aged 35-39 (age group not supported by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport), monthly 200,000 won.

The autonomous bus 'Juya' will expand its route beginning in March to include Bisan Elementary School and Bisan Senior Welfare Center, and Pyeongchon Library (1589-5 Gwanyang-dong), currently undergoing reconstruction, is scheduled to reopen in the second half of this year.

Jung Gyu-ju, director of the city's Policy Planning Division, stated, "Among the policies newly implemented, expanded, or improved beginning this year, we selected initiatives with high citizen satisfaction and organized them for easy public understanding," adding, "We will continue to pursue citizen-focused policies that the public can feel changes in their daily lives."