Muan-gun Provides Customized 'Welfare Services' with No Blind Spots

Selected as an 'Outstanding Local Government in Basic Livelihood Security' - Awarded the Minister of Health and Welfare Commendation

Muan County 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 Commendation. (Photo by Muan County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Oh Hwan-joo] Muan-gun, 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 evaluation, conducted annually targeting basic local governments nationwide, is selected by the Ministry of Health and Welfare without a separate public contest, comprehensively considering the results of joint evaluations of local governments and efforts in system operation.

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

Muan-gun is known to have been recognized for its solid promotion of the basic livelihood security project, such as a high benefit recipient rate through the Local Livelihood Security Committee and appropriate payment of welfare benefits through thorough verification investigations, as well as excellent operation of the temporary living support project for low-income groups, which was implemented for the first time this year in response to COVID-19.

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

Meanwhile, Muan-gun has selected and provided benefits to 2,139 households and 3,026 people as basic livelihood security recipients.

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