Gimhae City Provides 500,000 Won Support to Low-Income Households with Income Reduction

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Gimhae City, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 30th that it will promote a temporary livelihood support project for low-income households.

The support targets households with a reduced income due to job loss or business suspension caused by the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), whose income is below 75% of the median income (KRW 3,657,000 for a four-person household) and whose assets are below KRW 350 million. The support amount is KRW 500,000 per household regardless of the number of household members.

Households that have received government support programs are excluded. The exclusion items include Ministry of Health and Welfare basic livelihood benefits, emergency welfare livelihood benefits, Ministry of Employment and Labor emergency employment stabilization subsidies, general taxi driver employment stabilization subsidies, home care worker livelihood support, Ministry of SMEs and Startups Buttress Plus Fund, income stabilization support funds, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs damaged farmer support, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries damaged fishery support, Korea Forest Service damaged forestry support, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport charter bus driver income stabilization funds, and others.

However, small-scale farms and other management support voucher (KRW 300,000) recipients will be supported for the difference, and livelihood crisis university student work scholarships can be supported concurrently.

Online applications can be made from May 10 to 28 via Bokjiro or mobile, with the household head applying based on the last digit of their birth year using an odd-even system.

On-site applications at eup, myeon, and dong offices can be made from May 17 to June 4 by the household head, household members, or proxies at the resident registration address. Applications are accepted based on the last digit of the household head’s birth year by day of the week (Mon (1,6), Tue (2,7), Wed (3,8), Thu (4,9), Fri (5,0)) and are not accepted on weekends.

At the time of application, a consent form for providing personal information including household members and documents proving income reduction must be submitted along with the application form.

The city will conduct verification of income and assets and make a one-time cash payment to the account applied for starting from the end of June.

Kim Tae-moon, Director of the Citizen Welfare Bureau, said, “To smoothly promote the temporary livelihood support project, we are operating a TF team and will actively identify eligible recipients to ensure that no one misses applying due to lack of awareness, and we will make payments without any issues.”

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