Yeongam-gun Provides Temporary 500,000 Won Livelihood Support to Low-Income Households

Yeongam-gun Temporary Livelihood Support Poster (Photo by Yeongam-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Jeon Dong-pyeong) announced on the 4th that it will promote a temporary livelihood support project to assist vulnerable households in the welfare blind spots who have not received benefits from existing welfare systems or government COVID-19 damage support.

The support targets low-income households whose income has decreased due to the prolonged impact of COVID-19, with household income at or below 75% of the median income (3.65 million KRW for a family of four) and assets below 300 million KRW.

However, households receiving basic livelihood benefits or emergency livelihood support, as well as those who received government support this year such as emergency employment stabilization subsidies, visiting care worker livelihood support funds, Buttress Plus funds, and income stabilization support funds, are excluded from eligibility. Small-scale farms in agriculture, fisheries, and forestry eligible for the management support voucher (300,000 KRW) can receive the difference of 200,000 KRW if they meet the temporary livelihood support criteria.

Online applications can be made by the head of the household via mobile phone authentication on the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Bokjiro website from the 10th to the 28th of next month. In-person applications are accepted at the town and township offices from the 17th of next month to June 4th. Online applications operate on an odd-even system based on the last digit of the head of household’s birth year, and in-person visits are not allowed on weekends or public holidays.

Selection of recipients will be finalized by the end of June after verification of income, assets, and income reduction, as well as confirmation of receipt of other support programs. The support fund will be paid once per household in cash, 500,000 KRW to the account provided at application.

A Yeongam-gun official stated, “We will do our best to assist households struggling due to COVID-19 by simplifying the required proof documents for those who find it difficult to provide evidence of income reduction.”

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