Yeonggwang-gun Expands 'Temporary Emergency Welfare Support Project' Until March

[Yeonggwang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seong-jeong] Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim Jun-seong) announced on the 7th that it will expand emergency support for residents facing difficulties due to COVID-19 by changing the emergency support to a ‘Temporary Emergency Welfare Support Project’ until March.

The Emergency Welfare Support Project is a program that identifies low-income households struggling to maintain their livelihood due to temporary crisis situations and provides emergency support to resolve the crisis in a short period.

It is a system that quickly supports households that meet all three criteria?income below 75% of the median income standard, assets below 101 million KRW, and financial assets below 5 million KRW?among those who have difficulty maintaining their livelihood due to sudden crisis situations (such as the death of the main income earner, serious illness, neglect, abuse, domestic violence, fire, etc.).

Starting this month, the county has implemented the ‘Temporary Emergency Welfare Support’ project, newly recognizing ‘cases where livelihood is difficult due to COVID-19’ as a crisis reason and establishing a new asset deduction standard considering actual residential housing assets.

The actual asset standard has been raised from 101 million KRW to 170 million KRW, and the financial asset standard has been increased from the existing 5 million KRW by raising the living preparation fund deduction rate (from 100% to 150%), resulting in 7.74 million KRW for a single-person household and 12.31 million KRW for a four-person household.

The emergency welfare support includes 470,000 KRW for living expenses per person, up to 3 million KRW for medical expenses, 180,000 KRW for housing expenses, and 530,000 KRW for welfare facility use. All support is generally provided once, but extension support is possible if the crisis situation continues.

However, applicants should be aware that if support is received through false or fraudulent means, the received funds must be returned.

Governor Kim Jun-seong said, “The county is temporarily expanding the scope of the emergency welfare support project to assist residents facing urgent crises due to COVID-19. We ask residents who discover neighbors in sudden crisis situations or welfare blind spots not to hesitate and to apply or report to the town or township offices or the Social Welfare Division.”

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