Incheon City to Increase Senior Job Opportunities to 41,000 This Year... 145.8 Billion Won Budget Allocated

Public Interest Activities and Social Service Types Increased by 8,371 Compared to Last Year
Incheon Specialized Project Participants Receive Monthly Salary Support of 400,000 Won

Incheon Mayor Park Nam-chun (third from the right in the back row) is taking a commemorative photo with the executive members of the Incheon City Federation of the Korean Senior Citizens Association at the New Year's greeting event on the 7th.
[Photo by Incheon City]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon City will expand senior job opportunities to 41,090 this year, an increase of 8,371 from last year, and will invest a total project cost of 145.8 billion KRW, which is 53.8 billion KRW more than the previous year.

According to the city on the 7th, the senior job projects will provide 33,700 public interest activities such as Nono Care, support for vulnerable groups, public facilities, and volunteer work for passing on cycling skills; 3,990 market-type projects such as Our School Child Care, Silver Cafe, natural soap manufacturing, and housekeeping care services; 700 private company employment placement projects; and 2,700 social service-type projects.

Especially this year marks the entry of the baby boomer generation into old age, and the city plans to promote new projects that incorporate various items tailored to the diversification of the senior group characteristics into senior job projects.

Representative projects include the 'Senior Elementary School Child Care Project,' which helps children participating in after-school classes with their studies in cooperation with the City Office of Education; the 'Together We Go Senior Job Project,' which provides welfare services to residents of rental housing in cooperation with Incheon Urban Corporation; 'Our Child Senior Teacher,' which supports the cognitive and emotional development of children from multicultural families; and the 'Senior Long-term Care Insurance Integrated Service Support Project' linked with the National Health Insurance Corporation.

In addition, Incheon City plans to support a monthly salary of 400,000 KRW for 200 seniors participating in Incheon-specialized projects by newly allocating 30 million KRW from city and district funds this year, in addition to the national matching project funds, to realize the public interest-type senior job salary, a campaign pledge of Mayor Park Namchun.

Mayor Park said at the New Year's meeting with the Incheon City Federation of the Korean Senior Citizens Association, "This year, along with the continuous expansion of senior job projects, we plan to create and provide various customized jobs where seniors can demonstrate their knowledge, wisdom, and capabilities," adding, "We will focus on promoting senior welfare policies so that seniors can live as happy and healthy members of society."

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