부모급여 신청방법The parental benefit is introduced to compensate for the decrease in income due to childbirth or childrearing, guaranteeing happy times at home with caregivers and children, and reducing the economic burden of childrearing.
Starting this month, children turning 0 will receive 700,000 won per month, and children turning 1 will receive 350,000 won per month. Starting in 2024, the amount of support will be expanded, with 0-year-old children receiving 1 million won per month and 1-year-old children receiving 500,000 won per month.
When using a daycare center, both 0 and 1 year olds can receive a 514,000 won childcare voucher. For 0-year-olds, the parental benefit of 700,000 won is greater than the childcare voucher support amount, and the difference is 186,000 won in cash.
◇ How to apply for parental benefits
In order to receive parental benefits for the first time, you must apply for parental benefits within 60 days, including the date of birth of the child.
If you apply within 60 days of your birth, you will be supported retroactively from the month in which your date of birth belongs, but if you apply after 60 days of birth, you can receive it from the month in which the date of application belongs, so you must apply carefully.
Parental benefits can be applied for at the eup/myeon/dong community service center of the child’s resident registration address, or online through Bokjiro (www.bokjiro.go.kr) or Government 24 (www.gov.kr) website (website). can
If parents apply in person, they can apply at community service centers nationwide regardless of their address. Online application is only possible if the guardian of the child is the biological parent, otherwise application in person is required.
In addition, through the one-stop Happy Childbirth service, you can apply for parental benefits along with the birth report.
If you want to use a daycare center or full-time childcare service, you must apply for a change to a childcare fee or full-time childcare service.
In the case of using the full-day childcare service, the amount of support varies according to the household’s income, so depending on the household’s income type and usage time, you can choose a more advantageous support method between parental benefit and full-day childcare support.
If you were receiving infant allowance (300,000 won in cash or childcare fees per month) in December 2022, you do not need to apply for parental allowance again.
However, guardians of children under the age of 0 (born in February 2022 to December 2022) as of January 2023 who are attending a daycare center and receiving childcare subsidies must register a bank account to receive the difference in parental salary of 186,000 won.
Account information can be entered through the Bokbokro site from January 4 to January 15, 2023, and if you want to visit and register, you can visit and enter the Eup, Myeon, or Dong community service center that has jurisdiction over the child’s resident registration address.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare and each local government will guide parents and other guardians through advance notices and text messages so that they can enter within the account information input period. If you do not enter the information by January 15th, you will not be able to receive the difference in parental wages on January 25th, so the guardian of the child must enter it by the deadline.
◇ How and when to pay parental benefits
Parental benefits will be deposited on the 25th of every month to the account applied for from January 25, 2022. If the application is delayed and is not received on the 25th of the month in which the application is made, the parental benefit for the month in which the application is made will be received on the 25th of the month following the application.
In case of using daycare center, it is received as a voucher to minimize inconvenience or confusion caused by the introduction of parental benefit. Childcare vouchers are provided from the beginning of the month, and when using the daycare center, you can use the Kookmin Happiness Card to pay for the voucher support.
However, when a child aged 0 uses a daycare center, the parental benefit support amount is greater than the voucher support amount, so the difference is deposited into the account applied for on the 25th of each month.
