Yeonggwang-gun to Distribute 'Emergency Disaster Relief Fund' Starting This Month

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeon Seong] Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim Junsung) announced on the 6th that, following the approval of the government's supplementary budget for emergency disaster relief funds related to COVID-19 on the 30th of last month, the support funds will be paid sequentially starting this month.

The total amount of support funds is approximately 15.3 billion KRW, with funding sources consisting of about 12.8 billion KRW (84.1%) from the national government, about 900 million KRW (6.4%) from the provincial government, and about 1.4 billion KRW (9.5%) from the county government.

The payment criteria and amounts are 400,000 KRW for single-person households, 600,000 KRW for two-person households, 800,000 KRW for three-person households, and 1,000,000 KRW for households of four or more.

From the 4th, households receiving urgent support such as livelihood benefits, basic pensions, and disability pensions can receive cash payments without separate applications or visits.

Also, only cases where both the head of household and household members registered on the resident registration are recipients qualify for cash payments.

The county stated that if the recipient qualifies for cash payments but the payment account has been closed, or if there are errors such as incorrect numbers or mismatched account holder names, payment may be delayed; in such cases, after an error verification process, payments are planned to be completed by the 8th.

The head of household can check whether they qualify as an emergency disaster relief fund recipient and the number of household members on the emergency disaster relief fund website (긴급재난지원금.kr) starting from the 4th. To prevent initial congestion, a day-of-week system applies to both eligibility checks and applications.

If the last digit of the head of household’s birth year is 1 or 6, they can check and apply on Monday; 2 or 7 on Tuesday; 3 or 8 on Wednesday; 4 or 9 on Thursday; and 5 or 0 on Friday.

For those not eligible for cash payments, emergency disaster relief funds can be received via credit or debit cards by applying online through card company websites starting from the 11th.

From the 18th, offline applications will also be available at bank counters linked with card companies.

Support funds paid via credit or debit cards will be charged to the card held approximately two days after the application date, excluding cards without cash-equivalent point systems such as Citi Card.

Application methods include applying online through the county website or visiting the eup/myeon office from the 18th to receive emergency disaster relief funds via Yeonggwang Sarang gift certificates and cards.

Holders of Yeonggwang Sarang Cards and new issuances can receive payments within about two days from the application date.

Governor Kim Junsung said, “We have formed and are operating a T/F team led by the deputy governor to efficiently and promptly provide emergency disaster relief funds to residents suffering due to COVID-19,” adding, “We will do our best by mobilizing all administrative capabilities.”

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