Bucheon City Removes '25% Income Reduction' Criterion for Emergency Livelihood Support Fund and Extends Application Deadline

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Bucheon City, Gyeonggi Province, is strengthening support for households in crisis whose income has decreased due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The application criteria for the emergency livelihood support project for low-income crisis households, which began on the 12th, have been relaxed, and the application and reception period has also been extended.

The application deadline has been extended by one week, from the original closing date of the 30th to the 6th of next month. Additionally, the payment criterion of '25% income reduction' has been removed, and related supporting documents have been relaxed to include bank account statements confirming income and a personal income reduction confirmation letter.

However, the existing income and property criteria remain in place, which require household income to be below 75% of the median income (3,562,000 KRW for a four-person household) and property to be below 350 million KRW, and that applicants have not received COVID-19 damage support such as the Small Business New Hope Fund or the Closed Store Rechallenge Incentive. Also, as before, recipients of basic livelihood security (livelihood benefits) and emergency welfare (livelihood benefits) are excluded.

Applications can be made online by the head of the household on the Bokjiro website (http://bokjiro.go.kr), or in person at the local administrative welfare center by the head of the household, household members of the same household, or a proxy with a power of attorney. Initially, applications were accepted based on a five-day rotation system according to the last digit of the head of household’s birth year, but now applications can be submitted at any time regardless of the date.

For inquiries, contact the Ministry of Health and Welfare call center (129), Bucheon City call center (032-320-3000), or the administrative welfare center.

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