Korean Institute for Healthy Family

Overview of the Korean Institute for Healthy Family

The Korean Institute for Healthy Family is a public agency founded to realize the happiness of all families in Korea by efficiently and systematically supporting family policy services.

Background of foundation/ Article 34-2 of the Framework Act on Healthy Families

The Korean Institute for Healthy Family is founded to support family policies efficiently and systemically in order to improve the quality of life of diverse families and strengthen the capabilities of families

History

Jan. 2005 Opened the Central Healthy Family Support Center

Aug. 2011 Founded the Korean Institute for Healthy Family (Foundation)

Jan. 2015 Founded the Korean Institute for Healthy Family (Special Corporation)

Mar. 2015 Operation of the Child Support Agency

Feb. 2020 Designated as a quasi-governmental institution

Mission and vision

Mission Improvement and stabilization of quality of life of diverse families by providing family policy services

Vision A leading institution for family policy services to make a happy future with the people

Address [06578] 4F-6F, Korean Institute for Healthy Family 217, Banpodae-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul

Main phone 02-3479-7600

We try to enhance the expertise of family services

Planning family services and supporting the central management of regional centers

R&D and consulting for family services

Support for the foundation of resident-friendly family center(Life SOC)

Family service users satisfaction survey

Certification of divorce counseling agencies with good achievement

Management of family centers, healthy family support centers, and multicultural family support centers

Family center: www.familynet.or.kr

Family center SOC: soc.kihf.or.kr

Main phone: 1577-9337

Education for staffs of family services to strengthen their capabilities.

Education for staffs of family services

Development and distribution of customized education contents

Operation of an online education center

Online education center: edu.kihf.or.kr

Construction and activation of big data for family services

Collection, management, analysis, and use of family service data

Production and management of statistics of family services

Prior responses to social disasters and support for families in crisis

Support the neglected child/youth families for the restoration of their functions

Cooperation to respond to family crisis

Coping with the occurrence of family crisis from social disasters

Preventing social disasters and providing emergency training

We support diverse families for a stable life

Improvement of recognition of diverse families

Education and campaigns to improve the recognition of family diversity

Monitoring to relieve the prejudice against family diversity

Production of contents of information on family types

Danuri Portal: www.liveinkorea.kr

A portal site that provides multicultural families with basic information for adaptation to life in Korea and recent information on other cultures in 13 languages

Danuri Learning Center: www.danurischool.kr

An education platform that introduces professional lecturers to promote understanding of family diversity (multiple cultures and diverse families), to request for education, and to provide online education

Formation of a family-friendly social environment

Dispersion of work-family balance culture with enterprises(governments)

Consulting on family-friendliness and workplace training

Formation of a family-friendly environment through win-win cooperation by local societies

Family-friendly support projects: www.ffsb.kr

Solving the care gap for family

Operating CCSC(The Cental Childcare Support)

R&D on child care

Supporting the operation of regional childcare support centers, the childcare service agencies, and the babysitter education centers

Training the staff of the centers and the agencies

Planning and carrying out projects related to childcare

Childcare Service Use Guide

Main phone: 1577-2514

Website:www.idolbom.go.kr

Inquiry in website: 1577-8136

Support for child care community agents and expansion of network

My village Child Care Community: www.dolbomnetwork.kr

We share the difficulties of your family

Child Support Service

Who may apply/applicant

Custodial parent living with underage child under the Act on Enforcing and Supporting Child Support Payment

Custodial parent or grandparent family with underage* child under the Single-Parent Family Support Act

Custodial parent or grandparent family who has custody of a child in school under 22 or a child returning to school after military service (under 22+ military service period)

Unmarried custodial parent, as well as divorced parent, may also be supported

Establishing paternity (legally identifying the father of a child) is provided if needed

Service provided

Support for counseling and agreement on child support payment

Legal action to establish child support court order

Enforcing the child support order by collection

Monitoring on child support payment, sanction and field investigation on non-custodial parent if fails to carry out his or her child support order on a timely basis

Access and Visitation programs for needed families

Operating 14 centers nationwide(Seoul, Ansan, Incheon, Jeonju, Cheonan, Daejeon, Daegu, Cheongju, Busan, and Jeju)

Emergency Assistance for temporary child support

KRW 200,000 per child per month up to 12 months(Inquiry: 1644-6621)

Counseling and inquiry

Child Support Agency: www.childsupport.or.kr

Child support consultation: 1644-6621 (Extension 1)

How to apply

1) Download "Application for Child Support Services" in Data Room of the website (www.childsupport.or.kr)

2) Submit "Application for Child Support Services" and additional documents (registered mail or visit)

Address [06578] 5F, Child Support Agency, Korean Institute for Healthy Family, 217, Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul

Family counseling helpline 1644-6621

Counseling on connection with related services and policies for support for the happy life of diverse families

Pregnancy and childbirth conflict counseling (#0)

Counseling on psycho-emotional support for conflicts on pregnancy and delivery, provision of information on support projects, and connection with professional service agencies

Operation time: 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

Child support consultation (#1)

Counseling on child support for custodial parent and non-custodial parent

Operation time: 09:00-18:00 from Monday to Friday (Off on weekends and holidays)

Single- parent family counseling (#2)

Integrated information counseling on support projects, etc. for single-parent or unmarried-mother/father families

Operation time: From 8:00 to 22:00, 365 days a year

Family service consultation (#3)

Guide to family policy services for government support policies and child care support projects, etc. and initial counseling on family conflicts

Operation time: From 8:00 to 22:00, 365 days a year

Counseling through KakaoTalk chatting

QR code scanning with cameras

KakaoTalk Plus Friend Family counseling call of the Korean Institute for Healthy Family

Danuri Helpline: 1577-1366 (Multicultural Family General Information Call Center)

Interpretation (third-party call) in 13 languages for emergent support, counseling, and life information

Operation time: 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

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