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Multi-culture Family Day Care Subsidy

This policy provides day care subsidies to children of multi-culture families using day care centers to reduce child raising burden of parents and to assist parents’economic activity.
Who is eligible?
  • Targets
    • Supports preschool children aged 0 – 5 in multi-culture families
  • Selection Criteria
    • Supports irrelevant of income levels of guardian.
    • Supports children in multi-culture families born between marriage immigrants (including person declared of recognition or person permitted for naturalization) and person with nationality in Republic of Korea.
    • Supports are provided exceptionally to the following children.
      • Child born between person with nationality of Republic of Korea and his/her former spouse instead of the marriage immigrant (including person declared of recognition or person permitted for naturalization) in multi-culture family shall be applicable if the child lives as the same member of family in multi-culture family.
        * Applicable only for child with nationality of Republic of Korea
      • In case child subject to school entrance (born in January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011) postpones school entrance, day care subsidy for child aged 5 is applicable.
What benefits are offered?
  • Benefits
    • The following benefits are offered.
      • Age 0: KRW 441,000(344,000)
      • Age 1: KRW 388,000(302,000)
      • Age 2: KRW 321,000(250,000)
      • Age 3: KRW 220,000
      • Age 4: KRW 220,000
      • Age 5: KRW 220,000
How can I apply?
  • Application
    • The guardian visits eup, myeon or dong community center to apply for day care subsidy.
  • Procedures
    • You can apply in the following procedures.
    • 1 Initial Consultation and
      Service Application

      You can consult at eup, myeon or dong community center and apply for service.

    • 2 Comprehensive Investigation
      and Confirmation of Subject

      Si, gun or gu office confirms the qualifying subject.

    • 3 Provide Service

      Si, gun or gu office provides day care subsidy for multi-culture family.

More questions?

The above mentioned welfare services are as of 2018. (Ministry of Health and Welfare, Child Care Business Planning Department)

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