Seoul City Operated Public Childcare Centers' First Step... Strengthening 'Public Care'

Expansion of Care SOS Centers to 13 Districts

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Five public daycare centers directly operated by the Seoul Social Service Agency, the dedicated social service organization of Seoul City, will open for the first time this year. Additionally, nine 'Comprehensive Home Care Centers' supporting long-term care and activities for people with disabilities will be newly operated.

Seoul City announced the care policy "Seoul Welfare Changes in 2020" on the 9th, which includes these details.

Sixteen major policies were introduced across four areas: strengthening public care, discovering and supporting welfare blind spots, support projects for the elderly and the 50+ generation, and support for people with disabilities.

The 'Care SOS Center,' which provides support ranging from emergency care to everyday assistance, will be expanded to 228 neighborhoods across 13 autonomous districts. Two new 'Brain Lesion Disability Vision Centers,' tailored to the characteristics of people with severe brain lesion disabilities, will be established this year.

Seventy additional units of disability support housing, which combines residential services with public rental housing, will be supplied this year. Furthermore, Seoul will ease the property criteria for emergency welfare support and abolish the support obligation criteria in the basic security system to lower the threshold for benefit eligibility.

The 50+ Centers, supporting the elderly and middle-aged generations, will be expanded to four locations, and free meal services will be provided to 30,000 low-income elderly individuals.

Kang Byung-ho, Director of Seoul City's Welfare Policy Office, stated, "We will focus not only on discovering welfare blind spots but also on providing personalized welfare services tailored to individuals."

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