Hampyeong-gun Goes All Out to Provide Resident-Centered Welfare Services

This Year’s Welfare Budget Set at 80.1 Billion Won... Accounts for 21.79% of the County’s Total Budget

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Hampyeong-gun, Jeollanam-do (Acting County Governor Na Yunsu) plans to make this year the first year of realizing welfare that residents can directly feel, and will focus all efforts on providing customized welfare services.

According to Hampyeong-gun on the 9th, this year's welfare budget for Hampyeong-gun is 80.1 billion KRW,

accounting for 21.79% of the total county budget (about 367.6 billion KRW).

Compared to last year (about 69.3 billion KRW), the budget was increased by about 10.8 billion KRW, allocating the largest amount to the welfare sector in the past 10 years.

By sector, the budget is ▲ 47.2 billion KRW for the elderly and youth sector ▲ 15 billion KRW for basic livelihood security projects ▲ 7.4 billion KRW for childcare, family, and women support ▲ 6.8 billion KRW for vulnerable groups support ▲ 3.7 billion KRW for veterans affairs, etc.

Through this, the county plans to expand universal welfare policies and further strengthen consideration for socially disadvantaged groups.

First, the county will expand customized welfare teams in each eup and myeon (township) to guarantee the minimum living standards of low-income groups in the region and improve their quality of life.

In particular, starting this year, the relaxed selection criteria for recipients of the National Basic Livelihood Security System will be applied thoroughly to improve the actual income level of households receiving livelihood benefits at an early stage.

This year's median income for livelihood benefit selection criteria is 4,749,174 KRW (based on a 4-person household), which is a 2.94% increase compared to last year, and the standard livelihood benefit can be supported up to 1,424,752 KRW (based on a 4-person household).

The expanded emergency welfare support system will also be actively utilized.

This year's standard income for livelihood support (based on a 4-person household) is 1.23 million KRW, a 2.94% increase from last year.

The median income standard for housing benefits has been slightly relaxed from 44% or less to 45% or less.

On the other hand, childbirth expenses increased slightly from 600,000 KRW to 700,000 KRW, funeral expenses from 750,000 KRW to 800,000 KRW, and medical expenses can be supported from as little as 100,000 KRW to as much as 3 million KRW depending on each household's income.

This year, the county will invest a total of 160 million KRW in the emergency welfare support sector to timely provide necessary services such as livelihood, medical care, and housing to low-income groups struggling to maintain their livelihood.

The budget for support projects for socially vulnerable groups such as the disabled, elderly, women, and children has also been significantly increased.

66 billion KRW will be invested in disability support projects such as disability pensions, 5.5 billion KRW in creating childcare environments such as home childcare allowances, and 750 million KRW in multicultural family support projects.

389 billion KRW has been allocated for elderly support projects such as basic pensions, senior jobs, and free meals at senior centers, an increase of 8.1 billion KRW compared to last year.

About 1.9 billion KRW will be invested in self-support work projects, an increase of about 370 million KRW from last year, to operate with about 150 more people.

In addition, existing projects such as ▲ national veterans' pension allowances ▲ integrated case management at Dream Start Centers ▲ learning support for children at local children's centers ▲ healthy leisure support for youth at youth counseling and welfare centers ▲ support projects for out-of-school youth at youth cultural centers will also be strengthened without any neglect.

Na Yunsu, Acting County Governor of Hampyeong-gun, said, “We will continuously monitor projects in each sector in proportion to the increased welfare budget and provide welfare benefits that are essential to residents without omission. We will mobilize all the county's capabilities to realize a happy Hampyeong where no one is left behind.”

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