Promotion of "out-of-school youth support projects", such as self-reliance support allowances and cultural activities support;
○ Support for youth self-reliance allowance, operation of youth-tailored services, support for youth cultural activities, etc.
- Support online self-reliance education such as providing new participation allowances for self-reliance training, job training experience, and activating online exchange programs such as watching movies and performances and e-sports competitions;
Gyeonggi Province will carry out a full-fledged youth support project using the out-of-school youth support center to support the healthy growth of out-of-school teenagers and stable self-reliance.
The Out-of-School Youth Support Center (Dreaming) is an institution that helps teenagers who do not go to the regular education course grow into healthy social members, and currently operates a total of 31 cities and counties, including one provincial center that guides and supports local youth.
The details of the support project are ▲ Support for out-of-school youth self-reliance support allowance ▲ Operation of customized services for out-of-school youth ▲ Support for out-of-school youth cultural activities.
The "support for out-of-school youth self-reliance support allowance" is the first project to be implemented this year, and a total of 325 million won will be invested. Except for Gwacheon City and Yeoncheon County, 1,500 teenagers who use youth support centers outside 29 cities and counties in the province will be provided with 200,000 won to 250,000 won for self-reliance training and 200,000 won for qualification. In order to receive the allowance for participation in self-reliance training, more than 80% of the education courses, such as certificates and employment preparation, must be attended, and the allowance is paid in cultural gift certificates or local currency.
The "Out-of-School Youth Customized Service Operation" is for teenagers using out-of-school youth support centers in 30 cities and counties in the province, excluding Yeoncheon-gun County, and includes self-reliance support, welfare support, mentoring, and mental health services.
"Self-reliance Support" includes "Self-reliance Preparation Class" for future design, "Self-reliance Technology Training" for experiencing professional vocational training and learning qualification courses by field, "Work Experience" and "Self-reliance Workshop". It will be supported by providing non-face-to-face educational content through the province's online lifelong learning service (GSEEK), and will also provide face-to-face work experience opportunities depending on social distancing situations.
"Welfare Support" includes transportation support, learning support (support for online learning courses), and living support (sending mobile Internet data charging tickets). Teenagers who participate more than six times a month in online and offline education at the youth support center outside the provincial school can receive 40,000 won a month in transportation costs.
Through "Mentoring", it will provide e-testing, curriculum learning support, wired and video learning coaching, and admission counseling, and online "emotional behavioral characteristics test" for all out-of-school teenagers who visit the youth support center for the first time.
Support for out-of-school youth cultural activities" includes ▲ volunteer activities ▲ support for learning classes such as art and crafts using the online course system ▲ delivery of cultural activities such as DIY kits ▲ support for watching movies, performances ▲ online workshops and e-sports competitions."
Meanwhile, a total of 31 out-of-school youth support centers are currently operating in Gyeonggi-do. Juveniles who want help may use the Si/Gun center. For inquiries, contact the Gyeonggi-do Out-of-School Youth Support Center or the local out-of-school youth support center.
Off-school juveniles refer to juveniles who have been absent for at least three months or have suspended their duty to attend school, juveniles who have been expelled or dropped out of school, or juveniles who have not entered high schools or schools that educate them on the same course. It is estimated that about 140,000 teenagers are included in the province.
