Jongno-gu Provides Dental Care Support for Underprivileged Middle and High School Students

For economically disadvantaged vulnerable elementary, middle, and high school students unable to receive timely dental care... Support of up to 500,000 KRW per person annually... Partnership with three local dental clinics to provide services such as sealants, resin fillings, and crowns

Jongno-gu is carrying out the "Nutritious and Loving Grocery Support Project," which delivers groceries once a month to low-income families who may neglect their food needs due to economic difficulties.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] To help vulnerable children and adolescents who cannot receive timely dental treatment due to economic burdens, the child-friendly city Jongno-gu (Mayor Kim Young-jong) has rolled up its sleeves.

Jongno-gu is promoting the '2020 Our Child Strong Teeth' project and provides financial support to elementary, middle, and high school students in need of dental treatment among recipients, single-parent families, lower-income groups, case management targets, and households in welfare blind spots.

The support cost is up to 500,000 KRW per person per year. Amounts exceeding 500,000 KRW must be borne by the individual, and previous year beneficiaries can receive re-support once.

Treatments such as dental sealants, resin, and crowns are handled by three local dental clinics. To this end, the district signed business agreements with Cheongunhyoja-dong Purme Dental Clinic (Jahamun-ro 95), Hyehwa-dong Kim Sung-jo Dental Clinic (Daehak-ro 149), and Changsin 1-dong Apple Tree Dental Clinic (Jibong-ro 29) to jointly support the healthy growth of children and adolescents.

For selecting beneficiaries, the district office and community service centers actively identify and recommend students needing dental treatment, and the district office’s Hope Welfare Support Team will notify the contracted hospitals about the target children to help them receive financial support.

Mayor Kim Young-jong said, “Taking care of teeth from a young age is essential to maintaining dental health as an adult. Healthy teeth are one of the five blessings, so I hope this project will be a great help to the growing children of Jongno-gu.” He added, “As a UNICEF-designated child-friendly city that strives to guarantee children’s rights and happiness, Jongno will continue to implement meticulous policies so that all children can grow up healthy and happy.”

Jongno-gu is also promoting the 'Nutritious and Loving Grocery Support Project,' which provides fresh food monthly to low-income families who tend to neglect meals due to economic difficulties, until December this year.

The targets are recipients, single-parent families, and lower-income groups, with 20 households selected each in the first and second half of the year, delivering necessary groceries according to the living conditions of the recipients.

Emergency support households will receive staple food-based groceries, single-parent families will receive fresh foods necessary for child growth, elderly living alone will receive foods beneficial to their health and easy to prepare, and households with disabled members will receive fresh products mainly consisting of convenience foods.

The grocery support project is expected to contribute to resolving nutritional imbalances among growing adolescents and the elderly and to alleviating economic burdens by delivering groceries once a month per household over six months.

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