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Support for multicultural families

Support for multicultural families

Wonju City provides multicultural families with home teaching, support for language development, and interpretation and translation
services, thereby facilitating their early settlement in society and stable family life.

Status of marriage immigrants (as of November 1, 2018)

Status of marriage immigrants (as of November 1, 2018) - Total,China,Vietnam,Philippines,Japan,Taiwan,Cambodia,Thailand,Russia,Uzbekistan,US,Mongolia,Canada,Others
Total China Vietnam Philippines Japan Taiwan Cambodia Thailand Russia Uzbekistan US Mongolia Canada Others
1,522 575 421 155 68 46 44 37 28 3 33 24 9 49

Source : Local government statistical data on foreign residents (Ministry of the Interior and Safety, announced every November; data for 2019 be announced in November 2020)

Status of Multicultural Family Support Center

Status of Multicultural Family Support Center - Management agency,Address/telephone,Operator,Designated consignment period,Project content
Management agency Address/telephone Operator Designated consignment period Project content
Wonju Multicultural Family Center for Healthy Family
(center head Kim Hyo-jong)		 16-18 Maebong-gil,
Panbu-myeon, Wonju-si
(765-8134-5)		 Social welfare corporation
Seongbul Welfare Society		 2019.1.1.
~2021.12.31.		 Case management, home teaching, interpretation and translation services, support for language development,
Korean language education,employment support, etc.

Multicultural family support project

Multicultural family support project - Category, Content, Recipients
Category Content Recipients
Basic businesses Family
relationship 		Program to help improve multicultural family relationship Marriage immigrants
Multicultural families
Care for family Provision of Korean language home-study materials
Family life Cooking class, ITQ qualification class, qualification class for driver’s license, Well Sound Choir, basic conversation class, etc.
Local community
with families 		Sharing volunteer corps, meetings of representatives by nationality, self-help organization, healing camp, etc.
Korean language
education 		Introductory class, beginner’s class, intermediate class, advanced class, TOPIK class, special grammar class, and preparatory class for nationality acquisition Multicultural families
Counseling Advice for individuals, husbands and wives, families, and parents and children Multicultural families
Case management Activity to provide tailored integration services continuously to recipients with long-term and complex problems

Continuous counseling and monitoring, connection with provision of public social welfare services, connection with provision of civil complaint welfare services in local communities

 Households in crisis from among multicultural families
Interpretation and
translation services 		Family communication, at time of use of public organizations (administrative, judiciary, hospital, police station, school, etc.), interpretation and translation for pregnancy, childbirth and infant care, and life counseling and provision of other information in early stages of entry Multicultural families (open to other communities)
Support project for language development Provision of language, communication, and reading services for multicultural children
  • Implementation of language development assessment
  • Classes to stimulate language development
    (one to two 40-minute classes per week – extension possible for three classes every six months)
 Multicultural children
(six months after birth to elementary school sixth graders)
Project to create bilingual environment Helping multicultural children to establish their identity and grow as global talent by creating an environment in which they can communicate bilingually from infancy at home
  • Interaction education for parents and children
  • Parental education
  • Self-help gathering
 Multicultural families
Project to facilitate growth of multicultural children Identity, sociality, and leadership development program for healthy growth of multicultural children
  • Support for crisis cases (psychological examination and treatment)
  • Sociality development program
  • Future design program
  • Relationship enhancement program for parents and children
 Multicultural families

Home teaching project for multicultural families

Home teaching project for multicultural families - Category , Korean language education service , Parental education service , Children’s life service
Category Korean language education service Parental education service Children’s life service
Recipients
  • Marriage immigrants of five years or less after entry
  • Immigrated children of multicultural families ages 19 and under
 Marriage immigrants raising children ages 12 and under Multicultural children and immigrated children of multicultural families ages 3 to 12
Content Korean language education by subject area including reading, writing, speaking, and listening Provision of education and information related to child care, counseling, and services for emotional support
  • 1Pregnancy, childbirth, and infancy
    (pregnancy to 12 months after birth)
  • 2Infancy (12 to 48 months)
  • 3Childhood (48 months to 12 years)
 Study guidance, reading coaching, support for emotional and sociality development, etc.
Education time Twice a week, 2 hours
Period One time (80 meetings) One time (40 meetings) in principle, three times by life stage One time (80 meetings)
Application Apply by telephone or visit the Wonju Multicultural Family Support Center (processed on demand)

Children’s life service applies costs to individuals according to income level (Apply at eup, myeon, and dong community service centers in place of residence)

Daieum Project for marriage immigrants

  • Project content : Provision of instructor fees and transportation expenses for female marriage immigrants acting as instructors for multicultural understanding
  • Instructors for multicultural understanding: Provision of education and lectures on multicultural understanding by visits to various local communities such as kindergartens, daycare centers, children’s welfare centers, schools, facilities, and gatherings

Inquiries and information on program schedule

Wonju Healthy Household and Multicultural Family Support Center

Multicultural family support portal Danuri

  • Call center : 1577-1366 (provision of life information in Korea, parent and family problems, legal support, employment information, etc.
  • Homepage : http://wonjusi.liveinkorea.kr