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Definition
It is the organization supporting childcare which the Minister of Health and Welfare and Head of local governments establish and operate in order to collect and provide information on childcare and child rearing and to provide counselling for childcare staff and parents. (Law, Article 7)
The Purpose of the Service
- To support and manage daycare centers and to provide customized support for home childcare givers, as the base organization for childcare support within the community.
- To provide one-stop support for childcare within the community on the basis of the function of supporting daycare centers including childcare consulting, counselling & education for childcare staff as well as the function of supporting for home childcare including parent counselling & education and temporary childcare service.
Name
- Korean
- 중앙육아종합지원센터, 중앙육아종합지원센터장
- English
- Central Support Center for Childcare, Head of Central Support Center for Childcare
- Korean
- 시·도명 시·군·구명 육아종합지원센터, 시·도명 시·군·구명 육아종합지원센터장
- English
- City·Do name City·Gun·Gu name Support Center for Childcare, Head of City·Do Name City·Gun·Gu Name Support Center for Childcare
(예) 서울 강동구 육아종합지원센터, 서울 강 동구 육아종합지원센터장
EX) Seoul Gangdonggu Support Center for Childcare, Head of Seoul Gangdonggu Support Center for Childcare
The Ground for Establishment
- Infant Care Act Enforcement Rules, Article 7 and Enforcement Ordinance, Article 12
- Ordinance by Local Government
The Establisher
- Central Support Center for Childcare is established and operated by the Minister of Health and Welfare(Law, Article 7)
- Local Support Center for Childcare is established and operated by the mayor of Metropolitan City and Do-governor(hereafter, referred to as “Mayor·Do-governor”) and by mayor· the head of Gun· the head of Gu.
- If necessary, the Minister of Health and Welfare, Mayor·Do-governor, mayor· the head of Gun· the head of Gu are able to separately establish and operate Support Center for Childcare pertaining to childcare for infants․ disabled children.
- Mayor·Do-governor and mayor·the head of Gun· the head of Gu can consolidate City·Do Support Center for Childcare and City·Gun·Gu Support Center for Childcare, and establish and operate it. The expenses can be decided by mutual agreement procedure.
- Mayor·Do-governor should consider necessary measures so as for its district mayor·the head of Gun·the head of Gu to invigorate Support Center for Childcare.
- In case City·Gun·Gu is not able to establish its own Support Center for Childcare due to financial difficulties, a base-type Support Center for Childcare can be established and managed, of which 5 neighboring Cities·Guns·Gus can make a joint use.
- In this case, the location of the Center, share ratio of operation expense, and detailed operation standards can be decided by mutual agreement procedure by City․Gun․Gu; but if mutual agreement is not working, Mayor·Do-governor can consider accessibility such as traffic condition and the number of childcaring consumers, and decide it by adjustment.
(2022.2.1)
The Establisher 2022.02.01 YEAR NUMBER OF CENTER AREA CENTRAL(1) CITY·DO(18) CITY·GUN·GU(106) 1993 1 - - SEONGNAM-CITY 1994 2 - - ANSAN-CITY 1995 4 CENTRAL BUSAN - 1996 4 - - - 1997 7 - DAEGU ULSAN ANYANG-CITY 1998 10 - INCHEON GWANGJU DAEJEON - 1999 12 - - GWANAK-GU BUCHEON-CITY 2000 13 - SEOUL - 2001 14 - - UIWANG-CITY 2002 15 - - GANGNEUNG-CITY 2003 20 - GYEONGGI GANGWON CHUNGBUK CHUNGNAM GOYANG-CITY 2004 23 - JEONBUK GYEONGNAM JEJU - 2005 27 - JEONNAM GYEONGBUK SEONGDONG-GU JINJU-CITY 2006 33 - - GANGNAM-GU DOBONG-GU DONGJAK-GU BUPYEONG-GU SIHEUNG-CITY ICHEON-CITY 2007 37 - - GANGDONG-GU GEUMCHEON-GU
UIJEONGBU-CITYPYEONGTAEK-CITY 2008 42 - GYEONGGINORTH NOWON-GU SEOCHO-GU SUWON-CITY POHANG-CITY 2009 50 - - GANGSEO-GU GWANGJIN-GU DONGDAEMUN-GU JONGRO-GU SEONGBUK-GU YEONGDEUNGPO-GU INCHEON NAM-GU HWASEONG-CITY 2010 58 - - GUNPO-CITY CHANGWON-CITY
CHEONAN-CITYGURO-GU SONGPA-GU EUNPYEONG-GU MAPO-GU JUNGNANG-GU 2011 62 - - YANGCHEON-GU SEODAEMUN-GU
JUNG-GUGWANGMYEONG-CITY 2012 65 - - YONGSAN-GU PAJU-CITY GANGBUK-GU 2013 69 - - ULSAN NAM-GU YANGJU-CITY
GYEYANG-GUGURI-CITY 2014 76 - SEJONG INCHEON SEO-GU GUNSAN-CITY
BUSANJIN-GUGWACHEON-CITY BUSAN SASANG-GU
GIMPO-CITY2015 87 - - JEONJU-CITY YONGIN-CITY GOCHANG-GUN GIJANG-GUN YEONSU-GU ULSAN JUNG-GU NAMYANGJU-CITY OSAN-CITY CHEONGJU-CITY HAPCHEON-GUN IKSAN-CITY 2016
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MUNGYEONG-CITY DAEGU DONG-GU
GYEONGGI GWANGJU-CITYYEONJE-GU ULJU-GUN 2017 95 - - SEOGWIPO-CITY DONG-GU DONGNAE-GU 2018 102 - - SUWON-EAST POCHEON-CITY GEOJE-CITY
HANAM-CITY HAEUNDAE-GU SUNCHEON-CITY
GIMCHEON-CITY2019 113 - - SUYEONG-GU CHUNGJU-CITY YANGSAN-CITY DAEDEOK-GU YEOJU-CITY BUK-GU
CHUNCHEON-CITY ANSEONG-CITY WONJU-CITY BUK-GU YEOSU-CITY2020 120 - - GAPYEONG-GUN JECHEON-CITY SANGJU-CITY ASAN-CITY ANDONG-CITY
JINCHEON-GUN DONG-GU2021 125 - - SEO-GU GWANGYANG-CITY NAMDONG-GU YANGPYEONG-GUN GANGSEO-GU
Support Centers for Childcare Roles (Refer to Low, Article 7 and Enforcement Ordinance, Article 12)
- Central Support Center for Childcare manages and supports local Support Centers for Childcare, evaluates the overall tasks of local Support Centers for Childcare, and supports the enforcement of other childcare projects of the government.
- Collecting nationwide childcare information? building up and providing DB
- Providing training programs for childcare professional staff of Support Centers for Childcare and managing professional teacher pool
- Supporting the projects of local Support Centers for Childcare including production of nationwide project manuals? materials
- Supporting and carrying out online service including the operation of integrated homepage and distance learning
- Building up information, ensuring work force and developing programs for a child abuse prevention project (education?counselling?management)
- Local Support Center for Childcare should provide daycare centers and childcare consumers within its region with services based on regional characteristics. It should collect and provide childcare-related information of the region.
- Developing and extending childcare programs and contents in consideration of regional characteristics.
- Supporting daycare centers, including establishment and operation of daycare centers and education for childcare staff
- Supporting home child-rearing, such as providing child-rearing information about guardians of young children
- Building up the network with local communities, including the connection with professional experts and related organizations within the region
- Local Support Center for Childcare should take part in the assessment conducted in Central Support Center for Childcare, and should promote the qualitative improvement.
- The local government can consider the conditions of the region including the current establishment state of Support Center for Childcare, and can have each Center perform the proper roles, by dividing between the roles of City·Do Support Center for Childcare and those of City·Gun·Gu Support Center for Childcare.