Hwaseong Healthy Families Support Center Receives Minister's Award from Ministry of Gender Equality and Family

The Hwaseong Healthy Families Support Center (Director Han Eun-ju) announced on the 14th that it was selected as an excellent institution in the "2011 National Healthy Families Support Centers Evaluation" hosted by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and received the Minister's Award.

The evaluation was based on business operation indicators including family education and family culture projects as well as performance results from all 138 healthy families support centers nationwide, and institutional operation indicators such as the center's foundational capabilities and vision.

Director Han Eun-ju stated, "We are grateful for the positive results achieved in this first nationwide evaluation," and added, "This is the result of the active participation and cooperation of Hwaseong citizens."

The Hwaseong Healthy Families Support Center, which opened in March 2006, carries out various projects to improve family relationships among citizens and enhance family roles and functions.

In particular, the Hwaseong Healthy Families Support Center was recognized in October when it received the highest grade, Grade S, in an evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family targeting 28 healthy families support centers in Gyeonggi Province based on project performance from 2009 and 2010.

Additionally, in recognition of its specialized counseling work with couples going through divorce since 2008, the center was selected as a professional counseling entrusted agency by the Suwon District Court in 2011.