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首尔市多文化政策 Seoul Multicultural Info. Seoul Multicultural Policy

As the number of multicultural families continues to increase, Seoul Metropolitan Government promotes customized policies such as Korean language education, professional employment education, and children's education support with the aim of strengthening marriage immigrant capabilities, supporting education for multicultural children, strengthening healthy multicultural family relations in order to strengthen the self-reliance capabilities of multicultural families.

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Development of the safety net for multicultural families

  • - Operation of counseling center and temporary shelter for marriage immigrants in Seoul
  • - Professional, comprehensive counseling services for multicultural families and support for victims of violence
  • - Operation of the Southern Seoul Migrant Women's Counseling Center
Family and Multicultural Department Foreign Multicultural Policy Team

02-2133-8694
(Assigned Window Number)
02-733-0120
02-2038-0173

Operation of protection and rehabilitation facilities for marriage immigrants

  • - Operation of Women’s Emergency Hotline 1366 Seoul Cente
  • - Operation of counseling centers for victims of domestic violence(11 centers)
  • - Operation of protection facilities for victims of domestic violence (11 facilities)
  • - Operation of counseling centers for migrant women victims of violence(NamSeoul Center for Migrant Women)
  • - Operation of the Seoul Migrant Women's Didimteo (self-reliance center)
Family and Multicultural Department Foreign Multicultural Policy Team

02-2133-8692,
02-2133-8694
02-2038-0173
(Assigned Window Number)
Reliance center : 02-891-2070

Operation of childcare facilities for multicultural children

  • - Designation and support of multicultural integrated daycare centers
Infants Department Specialized Childcare Team

02-2133-5089

Support for basic learning and career planning for multicultural families

  • - Support for basic learning of children from multicultural families: Support for learning basic Korean, Math, etc., as well as to improve school adaptability of children from multicultural families attending elementary school
    (Basic learning support for lower grades : 17 locations; learning support for higher grades : 8 locations)
  • - Planning support for children of multicultural families (ages 7 to 24) : Professional psychological counseling and career/employment consulting (10 locations)
Family and Multicultural Department Foreign Multicultural Policy Team

02-2133-8699

Educational activity support for children from low-income multicultural families

  • - Support for educational activity expenses such as textbooks, teaching material purchases, and online class tickets for children from low-income multicultural families (KRW 400,000 per year for elementary school students, KRW 500,000 for middle school students, and KRW 600,000 for high school students)
Family and Multicultural Department Foreign Multicultural Policy Team
(Family center in the relevant district)

02-2133-8699

Home-visit study for multicultural children

  • - Multicultural family and children of foreign residents (2 ~ 15 years old)
  • - Home-visit study for basic school subjects (choose 1 from Korean, English, Math, Social Study or Science)
Family and Multicultural Department Foreign Multicultural Policy Team

02-2133-8700

Provision of customized care services for multicultural families

  • - Provision of care services before and after child birth for multicultural families
    (Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital : 02-6960-1045)
  • - Provision of hourly basis child care services for multicultural families in the family center (Guro-gu Family Center: 02-869-0317)
Family and Multicultural Department Foreign Multicultural Policy Team

02-2133-8700

Online&Offline Provision of daily living information

  • - Operation of ‘Hanultari website’ for multicultural families in Seoul(www.mcfamily.or.kr)
  • - Operation of ‘My Seoul,’ a smartphone app for multicultural families (in 4 languages)
  • - Publishing e-book providing information for multicultural families
Family and Multicultural Department Foreign Multicultural Policy Team

02-2133-8699

Soccer Club for Youth

  • - Operation of soccer class for children from multicultural families (5~12 years old)
  • - Application available at FC Seoul website (www.fcseoul.com) and Hanultari website (www.mcfamily.or.kr).
Family and Multicultural Department Foreign Multicultural Policy Team

02-2133-8698

Support on career and university admission of children from multicultural families

  • - Operation of career and university admission programs for migrant youth and children from multicultural families
  • - On-site consultation for university entrance exams for prospective students from multicultural families
Family and Multicultural Department Foreign Multicultural Policy Team

02-2133-8700

Support on empowerment education for employment of multicultural families

  • - Operation of employment-focused institution for multicultural families (1 location)
  • - Operation of employment education programs (6 locations and 6 courses of education)
  • - Opening a job fair for marriage immigrants (once a year)
  • - Customized vocational training for marriage immigrants in each region (10 locations)
Family and Multicultural Department Foreign Multicultural Policy Team

02-2133-8699

Public-private cooperation project to support daily living of multicultural families

  • - Cooperation project with Woori Multicultural Scholarship Foundation
    ① Scholarship support for children from low-income multicultural families
    ② Support for weddings for multicultural couples (10 couples per year)
    ③ Support for financial education for marriage immigrants and children of multicultural families
  • - Seoul Regional Post Office: 10% discount on International Express Mail Service (EMS) for multicultural families
  • - Seoul City Safety Support Department: Conducting fire safety education for multicultural families
Woori Scholarship Foundation
(Family and Multicultural Department Foreign Multicultural Policy Team)

02-2125-2121~4
(02-2133-8692)

Selection of candidates recommended by institutions for multicultural family national housing supply

  • - When supplying (pre-selling) national housing by Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), etc., those eligible for special supply agency recommendations for multicultural families who are members of the non-household generation are selected and recommended to the relevant agency.
Family and Multicultural Department Foreign Multicultural Policy Team

02-2133-8692

Support for multicultural families self-help groups and native language education

  • - Support every theme activities of multicultural family self-help groups
  • - Support for native language and intercultural awareness education for children and spouses from multicultural families
Family and Multicultural Department Family and Multicultural Support Team

02-2133-8700

Operation of Monitoring Foreigner’s Daily Living in Seoul

  • - Operation of organization of a monitoring group to present opinions on inconveniences and improvements in daily life from the perspective of foreigners
Family and Multicultural Department Family and Multicultural Support Team

02-2125-8703

On-site education for multicultural understanding

  • - Target: Civil servants, general citizens and kindergartens and elementary/middle/high schools (student) in Seoul
  • - Period : March to December 2024
  • - How: Foreign instructors of different nationalities (38 instructors from 25 countries) will visit institutions to conduct education
  • - Contents: Introduce multiculturalism and education to improve awareness such as activities
Family and Multicultural Department Family and Multicultural Support Team

02-2133-8704

Operation of facilities supporting foreign residents

  • - Operation of Migrant Workers Center(6 centers)
  • - Operation of Global Village Centers(7 centers)
  • - Operation of Seoul Global Youth Education Center(1 center)
Family and Multicultural Department Family and Multicultural Support Team

02-2133-8702
02-2133-8705

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