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Foreign Support Services

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Multicultural Family Support

Jung-gu Multicultural Family Support Center Facilities – Facility type, Facility name, Head of the facility, Address, Phone, Fax provide information
Facility type	Facility name	Head of the facility	Address	Phone	Fax
Multicultural family support facility	Jung-gu Multicultural Family Support Center	Yu Deok-sun	128, Daeheung-ro, Jung-gu (Daeheung-dong)	335-4566	252-4566

Special-Purpose Korean Language Classes

Description: Special-purpose Korean language classes offered at various levels to help people learn everyday expressions and Korean culture
Period: Available all year round
Target population: Marriage immigrants and their school-aged children
Completion criteria: Must attend 80% of the classes and score at least 60% in the Korean language proficiency evaluation

At-Home Education

Target population: Marriage immigrants who have lived in Korea for less than 5 years and their school-aged children (24 years of age and under)
Description: Special-Purpose Korean Lv. 1 to 4, vocabulary, grammar, pragmatic language, and culture
Period: 10 months / 2 sessions per week / 2 hours per session

Target population: Parents of multicultural families
- Pregnancy, childbirth, and infancy (pregnancy ~ 12 months after birth)
- Early childhood (more than 12 months to 48 months of age)
- Childhood (more than 48 months to 12 years of age)
Description: Parental education for support for child rearing, family counseling, and emotional support
Period: 5 months / 3 times (1 time in each stage)

Target population: Children of multicultural families and school-aged children of marriage immigrants aged 3 to 12
Description: Cognition, self-identity, emotional development, social skills, cultural competence, and civic education
Period: 10 months / 2 sessions per week / 2 hours per session

Family

(Multicultural families) Promote trust and love through communication, an understanding of proper parenting, and use of two languages at home as a way to promote communication and identity as a multicultural family
Period: February to November

Gender Equality

Promoting the awareness of gender equality between husband and wife and within the family and building trust and an understanding among family members
Period: March to November

Human Rights

Promoting the awareness of human rights and providing information on protection and remedy measures in the event of infringement of human rights
Period: March to November

Social Integration

Providing information on the rights, obligations, and responsibilities as a member of society to achieve social integration
Period: February to November

Counseling

Counseling on conflict within the family to help improve the husband-and-wife and parent-and-child relationship in multicultural families, alleviate internal stress, and promote family health
Period: January to December

Purpose: Provide appropriate language education to children from multicultural families having difficulties in communication after evaluating their level of language development
Target population: Children from multicultural families requiring language proficiency assessment and education (12 years of age and under)
Period: All year round
Description
- Language proficiency assessment: Assess the child’s level of language development
- Language education: Two 40-min sessions per week / Individual and group classes
- Parental consultation and education: Parental consultation and education to help support the child’s language development

Period: All year round
Personnel: One translator/interpreter
Description: Translation and interpretation services for marriage immigrants who are not fluent in Korean to help break down the language barrier
Target: Multicultural families as well as individuals and institutions providing direct or indirect assistance to multicultural families
Services: Translation, interpretation, provision of information, etc.