Yongsan-gu, Production and Distribution of 2021 Welfare Information Handbook

To Provide Citizens with Faster and More Accurate Information: A4 Size, 174 Pages... Covering 17 Projects Including National Basic Livelihood Security

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] As welfare policies increase and become more detailed and specialized each year, the difficulties faced by social welfare public officials are also growing.

They must constantly learn the different selection criteria and support contents for each project and have various manuals prepared by field and type.

Yongsan-gu (District Mayor Seongjang Hyun) produced and distributed 300 copies of the 2021 Welfare Information Handbook.

This was to enhance the professionalism of staff and provide citizens with faster and more accurate related information.

The booklet is A4 size (297mm × 205mm) and 174 pages long. It organizes work manuals by field and class, including National Basic Livelihood Security, Seoul-type Basic Livelihood Security, Support for the Near-Poor, Emergency Welfare Support, Elderly Welfare, Low-Income Single-Parent Families and Women’s Welfare, Infant Welfare, Child and Youth Welfare, Disabled Welfare, and Housing Welfare.

There are a total of 17 projects. Staff from the district’s Welfare Policy Division, Social Welfare Division, Senior and Youth Division, Women and Family Division, Welfare Survey Division, and Health Center directly collected the latest data and handled proofreading.

A district official said, “We comprehensively covered welfare projects that local governments can promote, organizing them in a practical manner with clear selection criteria for beneficiaries, work procedures, and other reference information for each project,” adding, “It will be especially helpful for new social welfare public officials.”

The district distributed the handbook widely to social welfare and health public officials at the district office as well as to private social welfare organizations. It is expected to contribute to public-private cooperation in the welfare field.

In addition to the welfare information handbook, the district is making efforts to improve accessibility to welfare beneficiary systems through various methods.

Earlier this year, 4,500 copies of a welfare calendar containing information such as ‘Welfare Benefit Payment Dates of the Month,’ ‘Verification Survey Schedules,’ ‘Government Grain Application Deadlines,’ and ‘Welfare Institution Contact Information’ were produced and distributed to recipients of National Basic Livelihood Security benefits, among others. Since last year, a text notification service for integrated welfare benefit surveys has been implemented.

Furthermore, regular expert consultations (supervision) are conducted for social welfare public officials to enhance their capacity in integrated case management (a project that integrally connects and provides necessary services such as health, employment, housing, and education to welfare beneficiaries to help them become self-reliant).

Seongjang Hyun, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, said, “Veteran public officials took the lead in creating work manuals so that frontline social welfare public officials can more easily understand their tasks,” adding, “This will enable us to provide demand-centered, customized services.”

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