Single-parent families are entitled totemporary housing or living support via Single-parent Family WelfareFacilities.
Single-parent family welfare facility
Single-parent families can be accommodated at Single-parent family welfare facilities that support housing and living for a certain period and are available at the relevant choice of a Single Mother and Children Welfare facility, Single Father and Children Welfare Facility, Unmarried Mother-and-child Family Welfare Facility, or Temporary Supporting Welfare Facility. (Article 19(1) of the Single-Parent Family Support Act; Article 9-7 and Attached Table 1 of the Enforcement Rules of the Single-Parent Family Support Act; 2023 Guidelines for Single-Parent Family Support Project of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, p. 235)
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Type of Facility
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Eligibility
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Admittance period (Extendable period)
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Single-mother family welfare facilities
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Support for basic living
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Low-income Single-mother families with a child younger than age 18 and no residence
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3 years (2 years)
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Support for Communal Living
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Single-mother families having difficulties making an independent living who have strong desire for self-support through communal living for a given period
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2 years (1year)
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Self-reliance Support
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Low-income Single-mother families with a child younger than age 18 and no residence / Single-mother families who left the facilities with insufficient preparation for independence
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3 years (2 years)
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Single-father family welfare facilities
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Basic Life Support
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Low-income Single-father families with a child younger than age 18 and no residence
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3 years (2 years)
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Support for Communal Living
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Single-father families having difficulties making an independent living who have strong desire for self-support through communal living for a given period
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2 years (1 year)
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Support for independent living
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Single-father families who are no longer subject to basic life support but are not prepared to live on their own
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Unmarried-mother-and-child family welfare facility
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Support for basic living
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Divorced or widowed woman, unmarried pregnant woman, and woman who needs admission after childbirth (within six months)
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1 year (6 months)
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Support for Communal Living
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Unmarried mothers who are raising children under 3 years old
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2 years (1 year)
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Unmarried mothers who do not raise their children after the childbirth
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2 years (6 months)
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Temporary supporting welfare facility
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Mothers and children who suffer from an abuse of the mothers' spouses which is likely to hinder the sound raising of children or to injure the health of mothers
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6 months (6 months)
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Consultation center for single-parent families
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Consulting difficulties, self-reliance issues, and problem solving for single-parent families
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Relevant facilities
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Admittance procedures
Applicants tobe admitted to the Single-parent family welfare facility receive counsel fromthe person in charge of the Single-parent family at the local government thathas jurisdiction over the facility (city, Gun, or Gu) before submitting admittance application to city,Gun, or Gu. (Article 9-6-1 of the EnforcementRegulations of the Single-parent Family Support Act)
There is no limitation to admittance according to address. (2022 Guidelines for Single-Parent Family Support Project, p. 238)
The admittancewill be determined within 14 days after admittance is requested upon counselwith the city, Gun, or Guofficial in charge of the Single-parent family. The applicant will be notified,and the facility will be asked to arrange the admittance. (Article 9-6-3 of theEnforcement Regulations of the Single-parent Family Support Act)
During the admittance period, children above age 18 (22 if the child is an enrolled student; in case of a student enrolled after military service, the military service period shall be added in the calculation of age) according to the Single-Parent Family Support Act will be disqualified from admittance; however, other family members are qualified for single-parent family support, and thus their admittance period is guaranteed. [Even though children above age limits are excluded from single-parent family support (suspension of support), their admittance period in the facility is guaranteed.] (2022 Guidelines for Single-Parent Family Support Project, p. 227)
Single-parent families admitted toSingle-parent family welfare facility can receive the following support.
Support of supplementary living expense
Single-parent family admitted to single-parent family welfare facility receives the same low-income single-parent family welfare benefits and additionally receives supplementary living expense support of 50,000 won per month. (Article 12(1) of the Single-Parent Family Support Act; 2022 Guidelines for Single-Parent Family Support Project, p. 167)
Details of support per facility
Details of support per single-parent family welfare facility are as follows. (2022 Guidelines for Single-Parent Family Support Project of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, pp. 226-233)
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Category
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Support Content
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Single-mother Family Welfare Facility Basic Life Support
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-After school child guidance, child meal money payment (excluding independence facility) -Professional psychological and emotional counseling and psychotherapy support Vocational training, childcare and home management training, and other support for self-support preparation - -Other cost support (liaison or information) set by state or local government
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Single-father Family Welfare Facility Basic Life Support
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Single-mother Family Welfare Facility Self-reliance Support
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Single-mother Family Welfare Facility Communal Living Support Type
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-Provide residence -Run self-reliance program (job training, child raising education, Liberal education, counsel guidance, etc.) -Other cost support (liaison or information) set by state or local government
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Single-father Family Welfare Facility Communal Living Support Type
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Unmarried Mother-and-child Family Facilities Basic Life Support
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·Free room and board ·Medical treatment benefits for childbirth √To be managed as eligible recipients of medical benefits √Unmarried mothers may take medical examinations required before, for, and after childbirth by designating a hospital or a public health center in the region. √Provide special medical expenses which are not covered by medical benefits for unmarried mothers, including medical expenses for hospital treatment for pregnancy, childbirth, and delivery and hospital usage fees for medical treatment √Medical expenses for mother and child, including inpatient care and vaccination expenses √Unmarried mothers may be provided with childbirth allowances, funeral allowances, etc. if they are designated as beneficiaries of social welfare facilities. ·Support for self-support (vocational education, liberal education, and counseling guidance) ·Provide other expenses prescribed by the state or local governments (association or provision of information)
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Unmarried Mother-and-child Family Facilities Support for Communal Living
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·Provide childcare expenses for low-income single-parent families ·Free room and board ·Self-support programs (vocational education, fostering education, liberal education, counseling guidance, etc.) ·Provide other expenses prescribed by the state or local governments (association or provision of information)
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Temporary Supporting Welfare Facilities
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·Free meals and accommodation, and living subsidies ·Medical benefits (to be managed as eligible recipients of medical benefits) ·Legal/Psychological counseling ·Proactive support if mothers want to work outside of the facility for self-reliance after checking out ·Protect confidentiality of single-parent families living in the facility and provide special support ·Provide after-school activity expenses and school meal expenses for children ·Provide other expenses prescribed by the state or local governments (association or provision of information) ·If school-age children want to attend a nearby school, consult a relevant educational institution and take action so that they can attend a nearby school (children's transfer/entrance into school, etc.) ·Single-parent families may request a restriction on the perusal of their resident registration cards or the issuance of a copy/abstract of resident registration.
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