Muan-gun Selected as an 'Excellent Local Government' in the Basic Livelihood Security Sector

Exterior view of Muan-gun Office (Photo by Muan-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Oh Hwan-joo] Muan County, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim San) announced on the 18th that it was selected as an excellent local government in the 2020 Basic Livelihood Security field evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and received the Minister of Health and Welfare's institutional commendation.

This annual evaluation, conducted nationwide for basic local governments, is selected by the Ministry of Health and Welfare without a separate public contest, comprehensively considering the results of joint local government evaluations and efforts in system operation.

The main evaluation items include the welfare recipient protection decision benefit rate, new recipient discovery rate and efforts, execution performance of temporary living support for low-income groups, and execution performance of the national subsidy budget for basic livelihood security.

The county was recognized for properly providing welfare benefits through thorough verification investigations by holding local livelihood security committee meetings and for excellently operating the temporary living support project for low-income groups, which was implemented for the first time this year in response to COVID-19.

A county official said, “We will strive to discover welfare blind spots and provide customized welfare services so that we can be a reliable support for low-income groups who have had a difficult year due to COVID-19.”

Meanwhile, Muan County has selected 2,139 households and 3,026 people as basic livelihood security recipients and is providing benefits.

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