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Child Care
Child care fees for 0–5 years old
Support target
- Child care fees for children aged 0 to 2
· Children using child care centers (0–2 years old class) who have Korean nationality and social security number can receive child care fees (Ministry of Health and Welfare, Page 359 of 2022 Guidelines for Child Care Project, Jan. 2022).
※ Child care fees for basic child care shall be provided, and additional child care fees per hour shall be provided for infants and young children in need of additional care when using extended child care (Provided, That this shall be limited to cases where the necessity of extended child care services is determined by examining the grounds for applying for extended child care.)
- Child care fees for children aged 3 to 5 (Nuri common education program)
· Children (3-5 years old class) who use a child care center with Korean nationality and social security number can receive child care fees (Page 359 of 2022 Guidelines for Child Care Project).
※ The base date for calculating the age of child care support in 2022 is as follows (Page 360 of 2022 Guidelines for Child Care Project).

Age 

Base date 

Age 0 

Born after Jan. 1, 2021

Age 1 

Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2020 

Age 2 

Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2019

Age 3 

Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2018

Age 4 

Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2017

Age 5 

Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2016 

(In cases of pre-school children, Jan 1 – Dec. 31, 2015) 

School children (After school child care fee) 

Jan. 1, 2015 – Dec. 31, 2009 

Support amount
- The child care fee per child is as follows (Page 360 of 2022 Guidelines for Child Care Project).

Age 

Support amount 

Basic care 

Nighttime 

24 hr 

Age 0 

499,000 

499,000 

748,500 

Age 1 

439,000 

439,000 

658,500 

Age 2 

364,000 

364,000 

546,000 

Age 3 

240,000 

240,000 

360,000 

Age 3~5

(Jan. 1. 2022~Feb. 28. 2022) 

260,000 

260,000 

390,000 

Age 3~5

(Mar. 1. 2022~) 

280,000 

280,000 

420,000