Emergency Livelihood Support Criteria Eased for 'Crisis Households' with Income Loss Due to COVID-19

Application Extension Until November 6... 'Income Reduction' Added as Reason for Delay
Support Target Expanded... Online and On-site Applications Operated Without Day Restrictions

Contents of the Emergency Household Livelihood Support Project.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The eligibility criteria for the ‘Emergency Livelihood Support Fund for Crisis Households,’ which is provided to low-income crisis households whose income has decreased due to COVID-19, will be significantly relaxed. The application process for the support fund will also be simplified.

Busan City announced on the 27th that the government’s emergency livelihood support fund for crisis households will expand its target recipients, and the application period, originally until October 30, will be extended until the 6th of next month.

The relaxed eligibility criteria now include additional types of crisis reasons. In addition to citizens whose income has decreased by 25% or more, who were the original target recipients, the livelihood support fund will also be provided to crisis households whose income has decreased, such as ▲ workers whose earned income has decreased compared to before COVID-19 and ▲ self-employed persons whose business income (sales) has decreased compared to before COVID-19.

The application eligibility has also been relaxed to include those whose income decrease is due to a change in the type of income decrease, such as when a business owner changes to a wage earner or a wage earner changes to a business income earner.

The required application documents will also be simplified. In addition to official data such as from the National Tax Service, if objective data can be confirmed through bank transaction details (income information verification), applications can be made without a separate income decrease declaration form.

For daily workers and small-scale self-employed persons who cannot objectively prove income decrease, a self-written income decrease declaration form will be accepted.

Both online and on-site applications will be accepted until 6 p.m. on the 6th of next month. Online applications can be made by the head of the household after mobile phone identity verification on the ‘Bokjiro website.’

For on-site applications, they can be made at the resident center with jurisdiction over the applicant’s residence, and applications by household members including the head of the household or by a proxy are also possible.

The livelihood support fund for crisis households will be given first to those whose income has decreased by 25% or more, and if the budget is exceeded, decisions will be made according to priority.

For detailed information and inquiries regarding the emergency livelihood support fund, contact Busan City, the Ministry of Health and Welfare call center, or the resident center at your address.

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