Seodaemun-gu Proves Its Status as a Leading Welfare City Nationwide

Ministry of the Interior and Safety Wins Excellence Award in '2020 Visiting Health and Welfare Project Evaluation'... Praised for Cooperation Between Dong Community Centers and Health Centers to Strengthen Health, Welfare, and Care... 8 Consecutive Years of Awards in Ministry of Health and Welfare Regional Welfare Project Evaluation Since 2013

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Seodaemun-gu (Mayor Moon Seok-jin) announced on the 23rd that it recently won the Excellence Award in the 2020 Visiting Health and Welfare Project Evaluation by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety evaluated the performance of discovering welfare resources and expanding welfare services that residents can feel, targeting 17 metropolitan and 229 basic local governments nationwide.

The district was recognized for its achievements in the "Establishment of Visiting Health and Welfare Service Support System" category and received the Excellence Award along with a prize of 10 million KRW.

This year, Seodaemun-gu achieved results such as ▲establishing a cooperative system between the community service centers and health centers to strengthen health, welfare, and care functions ▲planning investigations to early detect potential at-risk households and welfare blind spots ▲and 100% installation of visiting welfare teams at community service centers.

Through this, it was evaluated that the district responded swiftly to the rapidly changing welfare environment due to the novel coronavirus infection and strengthened local resident care services through cooperation with the health sector.

Previously, Seodaemun-gu, which has won awards for eight consecutive years from 2013 to this year in the Ministry of Health and Welfare's regional welfare project evaluation, received high praise from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety this time as well, reaffirming its status as a representative welfare city nationwide.

In fact, Seodaemun-gu’s discovery and support of welfare blind spots using human safety nets such as welfare account holders and the Mabom Council, as well as solving local welfare issues through public-private cooperation, became models for Seoul’s "Visiting Community Service Centers" and the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s "Visiting Health and Welfare Services," spreading nationwide.

Mayor Moon Seok-jin stated, “Despite the difficulties of social distancing this year, it is meaningful that Seodaemun-gu’s welfare excellence was consecutively recognized by two government ministries,” and added, “We will continue to strive to realize a happy city Seodaemun through people-centered customized welfare.”

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