With the increasing number of double-income couples and the diversification of working types, Uijeongbu City plans to improve its night extension daycare centers operation by expanding anddesignating the centers from 40 to 45 within this year to ease the burden of childcare for parents who frequently work at night. The night extension daycare center is a daycare center that extends the operation time up to 24:00after the standard childcare time (07:30 to 19:30), and night extension childcare fees are fully supported by the state. For the extended childcare, guardians of children who receive ex
Suwon City will renovate 334 urban parks in Suwon City by September 17 ahead of the Chuseok holiday. The maintenance will be carried out in 98 neighborhood parks, 202 children's parks, and 34 small parks to create a pleasant and safe park environment. An inspection team consisting of four district offices' employees of green parks department, and park managers will check landscaping, facilities, electrical facilities, toilet management, and illegal activities. They will also repair major facilities such as sports equipment and benches that citizens frequently use, and manage cleanliness by dis
Paju City will strengthen non-face-to-face inspections for the safety of daycare centers as the fourth stage of social distancing following the continuation of COVID-19 is prolonged. In order to prevent gaps in safety management due to the suspension of on-site inspections and strengthen autonomous safety management of daycare centers, 392 daycare centers in Paju should self-inspect their feeding service, sanitation, safety by the 10th. In particular, this inspection will check the before-and-after organization of cooking room and refrigerator to prevent food poisoning. Meanwhile, Paju City co
Dongducheon City announced that it would recruit participants for a cultural communication program called "소동 (Small Companion)" The "Small Companion" program, organized by the Dongducheon Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center (Center Director Lee Jung-sook), is runned to improve awareness of multiculturalism through a mentoring program between marriage immigrants and community members and encourage marriage immigrants to participate in society so that they relive stress caused by corona blue and promote physical and mental health. The program will be operated once a week from
Ansan City announced that the "COVID-19 Integrated Psychological Support Group", which has been operating since March last year with the Mental Health Welfare Center, has been receiving a great response, with more than 11,000 users including self-quarantined people and citizens. The integrated psychological support group, which has been operated since the beginning of the COVID-19 incident to help self-quarantine and citizens resolve psychological difficulties such as anxiety and depression caused by COVID-19, has provided professional counseling and help The support group delivers mental heal
Yangpyeong county held the meeting to initiate a comprehensive care project for the local community with officials of Yangpyeong Welfare Center for the Elderly, Yangpyeong Comprehensive Social Welfare Center, Yangpyeong Welfare Center for the Disabled, and Yangpyeong Healthy Family Support Center. Local community care service is a policy that provides customized services including residence, medical service, and nursing care to the elderly who need health care and nursing. The services are provided in their residence, not hospitals. This meeting covered topics such as sharing Yangpyeong county
Ansan City Healthy Family Support Center reported that they ran ‘Dad-Child Care Program’, in which the father and children participate together. This program aims to provide opportunities to have fresh experiences to fathers and children who cannot spend time together due to COVID-19, and let them make good memories. The program was run from March to this month via an online video meeting program to prevent COVID-19. Participants made good experiences through various activities such as ▲upcycling: making a photo frame with milk cartons ▲playing with art ▲board games ▲cooking. One of the father
Paju city is operating citizen safety insurance that pays insurance to citizens who are killed, injured, or permanently disabled due to various disasters and robbery. Paju city has enacted 「Enactment on Signing Up and Operation of Paju City Citizen Safety Insurance」 in July 2019 and is operating the insurance since January 1st, 2020 to guarantee the stability of life and financially support the citizens who are damaged from disasters and accidents of everyday life. Citizen safety insurance targets every registered resident. It automatically signs the people who moved in and terminates the cont
Goyang City Mental Health Welfare Center provides “mental support service” for citizens having mental difficulties such as restlessness and depression due to COVID-19. Goyang City Mental Health Welfare Center is an institution that promotes the enhancement of Goyang citizen’s mental health and puts effort into creating a happy local community that has no prejudice against mental disorders. The spread of COVID-19 is increasingly causing fear among citizens. There is an increasing threat to citizen’s mental health. For example, citizens are feeling lethargy as they are having fewer outdoor activ
Countermeasure inspection will focus on accommodation facilities such as mental health facilities, convalescent hospitals, homes for the disabled, and homes for the elderly. Hwaseong city has held an “Emergency Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters meeting” to prepare plans for additional vaccination and for reinforcing vulnerable facilities, as the number of local COVID-19 confirmed cases sharply rose. Hwaseong city held an emergency meeting, presided over by the mayor Cheol-Mo Seo, to reinforce the COVID-19 countermeasure in the situation room located on the second floor of the ma
하남시가족센터(센터장 문병용)는 지역 내 다문화가족과 유관기관을 대상으로 통·번역지원서비스를 연중 운영하며, 언어 소통에 어려움을 겪는 결혼이민자의 안정적 지역사회 적응을 적극 지원하고 있다. 특히 자녀가 어린이집, 유치원, 학교에 재학 중인 다문화가정의 수요가 높은 ‘가정통신문 다국어 번역서비스’는 큰 호응을 얻고 있다. 해당 서비스를 이용한 사나***코 씨는 “자동번역은 빠르고 편리하지만 가끔은 부정확해 이해되지 않는 부분이 있다. 가족센터 통번역사는 문장 번역뿐 아니라 한국 문화나 말속에 담긴 의미까지 설명해줘서 큰 도움이 된다.”고 만족감을 전했다. 현재 하남시가족센터에는 일본어 전문 통번역사가 상주하고 있으며, 중국어·베트남어·영어 등 다른 언어권의 번역이 필요한 경우 서포터즈사업 및 타 센터 통번역사와의 연계를 통해 다양한 언어 서비스를 제공하고 있다. 통번역지원서비스는 전액 무료로 제공되며, 이용을 원하는 시민은 하남시가족센터(031-793-2993) 사업2팀으로 문의하면 된다.
지난 11월 15일, 하남시가족센터 모두가족봉사단이 ‘자원봉사자의 날(Honour’s Day)’ 기념행사를 성황리에 개최했다. 이날 행사는 2025년 한 해 동안 진행된 봉사단의 활동 실적과 성과를 공유하며, 참여자들의 노고를 격려하는 자리로 마련됐다. 먼저 2025년 모두가족봉사단의 연간 실적과 주요 성과가 발표되었고, 가족 봉사자들은 “의미 있고 성장하는 한 해였다”, “자신의 시간과 열정을 나누는 분들이 있어 감사와 배움을 느꼈다” 등 다양한 피드백을 나누며 서로를 격려했다. 특히 이번 행사에서는 모두가족봉사단이 함께 영화 ‘퍼스트 라이드’를 관람하며 가족, 이웃 간 유대감을 더욱 돈독히 하는 시간을 가졌다. 연간 활동 영상 시청부터 영화 감상까지 한 자리에서 경험한 봉사자들은 밝은 표정으로 행사를 마무리하며 높은 만족감을 보였다. 문병용 센터장은 “올 한 해 봉사자들의 헌신 덕분에 지역사회에 다양한 긍정적 변화가 있었다”며 “앞으로도 가족이 함께 성장하고 소통하는 봉사 활동을 지속적으로 확대해 나가겠다”고 말했다.
구리시가족센터는 12월 4일 구리시 여성행복센터 4층 대강당에서 아이돌보미 140여 명이 참여한 가운데 '2025년 아이 돌봄 지원사업 성과공유회'를 성황리에 개최했다고 밝혔다. 아이돌봄지원사업은 양육 공백이 발생한 가정의 생후 3개월부터 12세 이하 아동에게 아이돌보미가 직접 방문해 돌봄 서비스를 제공하는 사업이다. 이번 성과공유회는 한 해 동안 구리시 아이돌봄서비스 현장에서 활동한 아이돌보미들의 노고를 격려하고, 사업 성과를 공유하기 위해 마련된 자리이다. 행사에서는 성실한 활동으로 타의 모범이 된 우수 아이돌보미에 대한 시상식이 진행됐으며, 정서적 회복과 스트레스 해소를 위한 '힐링 프로그램'도 함께 운영돼 참석자들의 큰 호응을 얻었다. 윤성은 구리시가족센터장은 "한 해 동안 묵묵히 헌신해 주신 아이돌보미 선생님들께 진심으로 감사드린다"라며 "앞으로도 아이돌보미 선생님들이 자부심을 가지고 안정적으로 활동할 수 있도록 지속적으로 지원하겠다"라고 말했다. 한편, 구리시가족센터는 아이돌봄서비스의 전문성과 품질 향상을 위해 정기적인 아이돌보미 집담회와 정서 치유 프로그램 등을 운영하고 있다. 아이 돌봄 지원사업 관련 문의는 구리시가족센터 아이돌봄팀(031-55