Seocho-gu Implements 1℃ Jeongseong Deohagi Lifestyle Administration to Change Residents' Lives This Year

Implementing 1℃ More Care in Daily Life Administration to Change Residents' Lives in All Everyday Areas (Welfare, Health, Safety, Environment, Childcare & Education)... Especially Strengthening Warm Seocho-type Welfare Administration with the ‘Seocho-type Independence Support Project’ Carefully Supporting Eighteen-Year-Old Adults

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seocho-gu plans to promote various projects in 2021 to realize open policies that communicate with residents and resonate with them.

In particular, the focus is on promoting life-centered administration that can get closer to residents.

▲ The ‘Seocho-type Self-Reliance Support Project’ which significantly expands self-reliance support for protection-terminated children who turn 18 and leave child welfare facilities or end foster care ▲ Providing 300,000 KRW admission preparation funds to new middle and high school students ▲ Expanding scholarship support for children of community leaders to university students ▲ Increasing the living wage by 1.7% ▲ Expanding the target and amount of basic pension support are representative projects.

First, in the welfare sector, which has been allocated the largest budget this year, Seocho-type welfare administration filled with warmth will be further strengthened. Various centers that provide diverse services to residents are scheduled to be operated and opened.

The operation of the ‘Seocho 50 Plus Center,’ which provides comprehensive services for middle-aged people to plan their second life, will begin, and the Bangbae Neutinamu Rest Area, which offers cultural, leisure, education, health programs, and community activities for middle-aged seniors (55 years and older), will also open.

Additionally, the Bangbae area women and family facility, which provides women’s employment and entrepreneurship courses, certification and competency development education, and family-friendly culture programs, will open.

Beyond facility operation and opening, benefits that residents can enjoy, such as the increase in the living wage (to 10,702 KRW) and the expansion of basic pension support targets (300,000 KRW for singles, 240,000 KRW for couples), have been carefully managed to be applied more broadly than before.

The district’s ‘Walking with the Vulnerable’ goes a step further and continues with the ‘Seocho-type Self-Reliance Support Project.’ It lays stepping stones for protection-terminated children who have become ‘eighteen adults’ to practically become independent.

It provides economic support of up to 55 million KRW over the maximum legal support period of five years, and at the same time forms the ‘Seoripul Stepping Stone Self-Reliance Support Group,’ composed of related experts and seniors who have successfully become independent after protection termination, to seek advice on support directions and provide mentoring to self-reliant children, offering full support.

In the health sector, new policies to care for residents’ health include designating and operating public night pharmacies 365 days a year to eliminate primary medical care gaps occurring at night and on holidays, thereby resolving residents’ inconveniences.

Also, to prevent and manage metabolic syndrome, a smart mirror (a personalized exercise management program using motion recognition technology) will be used to provide residents with cutting-edge exercise services.

Furthermore, health checkups for young adults will be conducted. Seocho residents aged 19 to 34 can receive a customized health checkup once a year free of charge at the Seocho-gu Health Center to detect health risk factors early.

Moreover, the application period for Seocho maternity helper support has been expanded from the previous 30 days to within one year, continuing to contribute to creating a healthy Seocho.

In the safety sector, to prepare for autumn heavy rains, a special management route to cope with clogged rainwater drains caused by fallen leaves has been newly established, and continuous rainwater drains resistant to heavy rain will be installed to thoroughly prepare for flood and typhoon damage this year.

In the environment sector, due to the recent spread of online shopping and increased fresh food delivery, the use of ice packs has increased, so more than 240 collection boxes for recycling used ice packs will be additionally installed in apartment complexes in Seocho-gu. By improving residents’ accessibility to recycling collection, participation rates can also be increased.

In the childcare and education sector, along with the establishment of seven new public daycare centers this year, support will be provided for all new middle and high school students in the Seoul area through school uniform purchase support or Zero Pay points worth 300,000 KRW for admission preparation.

Park Woo-man, head of the Planning and Budget Division, said, “We will carefully manage the newly changed policies this year so that many residents can benefit,” and added, “In 2021, we will create a brighter Seocho by adding 1℃ of sincerity to 99℃ of effort toward residents with policies that residents can empathize with and feel.”

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