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Busan Metropolitan City’s Four Youth Shelters Earn “Excellent (S)” Rating in the 2025 Comprehensive Evaluation by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that four of its youth shelters received an “Excellent (S)” rating in the 2025 National Comprehensive Evaluation of Youth Shelters conducted by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.

The national comprehensive evaluation of youth shelters is conducted every three years to comprehensively assess their operational performance. This year’s evaluation targeted 134 shelters nationwide that have been in operation for at least two years.

The evaluation consisted of six categories:
① Organizational Management and Finance,
② Human Resource Management and Staff Welfare,
③ Facility Environment and Safety Management,
④ Youth Utilization Rate and Rights Protection,
⑤ Program and Service Efficiency, and
⑥ Promotion of Community Linkages.

Among Busan’s shelters, one temporary (mobile) youth shelter and one temporary (fixed) youth shelter were ranked among the top four nationwide, earning recognition as outstanding institutions.

At the award ceremony for youth welfare facilities performance, held today (November 5) in Seoul, Busan Metropolitan City will receive the Minister of Gender Equality and Family Award, Onnuri gift certificates, and a plaque recognizing the shelter as an excellent institution.

Youth shelters are welfare facilities that provide counseling, academic support, and self-reliance assistance to help young people in crisis situations—such as those who have run away from home—safely return to their families, schools, and society. Currently, there are 137 youth shelters nationwide, including five in Busan.

Through these shelters, Busan Metropolitan City is working to strengthen the support system for early detection, safety protection, and independence of youth in crisis, connecting them to academic and vocational pathways.

The City actively implements customized self-reliance support services for youth, including:

• ●Early identification of at-risk youth outside their homes,

• ●Crime and delinquency prevention,

• ●Daily living support (food, clothing, shelter),

• ●Psychological counseling, and

• ●Employment assistance.

In addition, Busan is expanding practical support through public-private protection networks, self-reliance capability programs for youth, and capacity-building training for shelter staff.

Looking ahead, the City plans to continue promoting diverse support projects to ensure that young people in crisis can receive prompt protection and grow up in a healthy environment.

Park Seol-yeon, Director-General of the Busan Metropolitan City Women and Family Bureau, stated,

“This award is the result of our City’s continuous efforts to lead youth protection and self-reliance support. We will continue to actively support young people so that they can grow up healthily and design their own futures.”