Sejong-si to Provide Additional 100,000 Won per Person in National Support Funds to Low-Income Households

[Asia Economy (Sejong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Sejong City will provide an additional 100,000 KRW per person in national support funds to low-income residents in the area.

The city announced on the 13th that, starting on the 24th, it will temporarily provide national support funds to low-income groups such as local basic livelihood security recipients, legally designated near-poverty groups, and single-parent families receiving child-rearing support.

This payment is separate from the government's "5th Disaster Relief Fund (National Coexistence Support Fund)."

Among the recipients, basic livelihood security recipients receiving welfare benefits for living and housing, near-poverty disabled persons, and legally designated single-parent families receiving child-rearing support can receive the additional national support funds directly into the welfare benefit payment account of one representative household member without a separate application.

However, basic livelihood security recipients receiving medical and educational benefits who do not receive cash benefits and therefore have no account information, as well as near-poverty groups for self-pay reduction, self-support, and confirmation households, must apply at the administrative welfare center of their local eup, myeon, or dong based on their address.

After confirming the eligible recipients, the city plans to make the first payment of the additional national support funds on the 24th, and for those who do not receive payment due to account errors, delayed contact, or newly included legal low-income groups this month, payments will be completed by the 15th of next month.

Lee Chun-hee, Mayor of Sejong City, said, "We will promptly provide the 'Additional National Support Fund for Low-Income Groups' to those struggling with their livelihoods due to COVID-19 to help stabilize their living conditions."

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