Nowon-gu Selected as ‘Best District’ for Two Consecutive Years in Community Service Investment Project Evaluation

This Year, 980 Million KRW Budget Allocated for 8 Projects Targeting Children, Adolescents, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities... High Scores Achieved in Annual Inspections of Detailed Project Plans and Service Providers

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Nowon-gu (District Mayor Oh Seung-rok) announced that it has been selected as the best autonomous district for two consecutive years in the ‘2020 Community Service Investment Project Evaluation’ hosted by Seoul City.

The Community Service Investment Project is a voucher program that discovers various social services tailored to regional characteristics and resident demands, supporting beneficiaries to choose and use the services and providers they want.

This evaluation was conducted by Seoul City to review the overall operational performance of the community service investment projects carried out by 25 autonomous districts, based on six categories and 19 evaluation indicators including ▲project planning ▲project execution and management ▲project performance and feedback ▲capacity building ▲bonus and penalty items.

With this award, the district achieved the great feat of being selected as the best autonomous district for two consecutive years following last year, securing an additional 40 million KRW in project budget for the next year.

The total budget supported by the district for the community service investment project this year is 980 million KRW.

The service beneficiaries include children, adolescents, youth, and persons with disabilities, with 34 institutions running 8 projects. The total number of beneficiaries who have received benefits from these projects reached 938.

Looking at the main project details, the newly launched ‘Youth Psychological Support Service’ in 2020 received great responses from service recipients.

Until now, various psychological support voucher services such as early childhood development support services and child and adolescent psychological support services have been provided, but all targeted children and adolescents under 18 years old, leaving youth effectively in a service blind spot.

This project, prepared for youth who experience psychological and emotional problems but have difficulty accessing counseling institutions due to high counseling fees, provided customized counseling services through pre-need assessment tests such as stress coping ability and smooth interpersonal relationship formation, receiving positive evaluations.

In addition, the district is conducting early childhood development support and psychological support for children and adolescents, psychological support projects for parental growth, assistive device rentals for persons with disabilities, customized exercise for adult persons with disabilities, empowerment for independent living of disabled youth, and total mental health care projects.

The district received uniformly excellent evaluations across all fields in this assessment. In particular, it was noted that the establishment of detailed plans for each project and conducting inspections at least once a year for all service providers earned high scores.

District Mayor Oh Seung-rok said, “I am pleased to be selected as the best district for two consecutive years in the community service investment project evaluation,” and added, “We will continue to discover social services that meet the diverse welfare needs of residents and local conditions and strive to provide high-quality welfare services.”

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