Gyeonggi-do Temporarily Expands 'Gyeonggi-do Type Emergency Welfare Support' Criteria Until Year-End

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will further expand its Gyeonggi Province-type emergency welfare system to support households in crisis facing difficulties in daily life starting from the 1st of next month.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 30th that it will temporarily expand the property criteria for the Gyeonggi Province-type emergency welfare system support for vulnerable residents in welfare blind spots with a median income of 90% or less (4-person household 기준 4.27 million KRW) who are facing livelihood crises due to COVID-19 and other reasons until the end of the year. Following the expansion in April to 284 million KRW for city areas and 187 million KRW for county areas, the criteria will be further expanded to 324 million KRW for city areas and 221 million KRW for county areas.

The Gyeonggi Province-type emergency welfare support targets include ▲ households where the main income earner has died, run away, gone missing, or been detained, causing livelihood difficulties ▲ households with severe illness or injury ▲ households that have lost income for more than one month, even losing employment insurance benefits ▲ small business owners with income drops of 50% or more. Based on a 4-person household, monthly living expenses of 1.23 million KRW can be supported for up to six months. Hospitalization costs up to 5 million KRW are also supported in cases of serious illness.

The province secured a total of 87.3 billion KRW in government emergency welfare national funds to respond to the increase in households facing livelihood crises.

Since April this year, through a focused plan to discover and support vulnerable residents, as of the 24th of this month, 93,174 households have been identified and supported, exceeding last year's total of 84,750 households.

Through this additional relaxation of support criteria, the province will extend the 'COVID-19 Response Vulnerable Household Discovery and Support Plan,' originally conducted from April to July, until the end of the year.

During this period, 106.8 billion KRW will be invested to discover and support 103,062 vulnerable households.

Lee Byung-woo, Director of the Welfare Bureau of Gyeonggi Province, emphasized, "Through this expansion of the Gyeonggi Province-type emergency welfare system, we will do our utmost to ensure that vulnerable residents facing livelihood crises due to COVID-19 and other reasons, who are in welfare blind spots, are not neglected and receive the necessary support in a timely manner."

Applications for emergency welfare support can be made by contacting the administrative welfare centers in the resident registration address's eup, myeon, or dong, or the Gyeonggi Province call center (031-120).

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