Suncheon-si Achieves Four Crowns in 2021 Social Welfare Sector Evaluation

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Heo Seok) announced on the 16th that it has won four awards in the 2021 social welfare sector evaluation.

The city received a total prize money worth 36 million KRW by winning the Ministry of Health and Welfare evaluations ▲Excellence Award for Community Social Security Plan, ▲Excellence Award for Community Integrated Care Service, ▲Outstanding Institution for Basic Pension Project, and the Jeollanam-do evaluation ▲Encouragement Award for Activating Our Neighborhood Welfare Task Force.

The regional welfare project evaluation is conducted annually by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to establish a foundation for efficient welfare project implementation by local governments nationwide and to discover and disseminate best practices.

In this evaluation, Suncheon achieved the remarkable feat of being selected as an excellent local government for eight consecutive years by winning the Excellence Award in the Community Social Security Plan category, which assessed the plan’s fidelity, appropriateness, excellence, and community participation (5 fields, 15 evaluation materials).

Also, as the only local government in Jeollanam-do piloting the Community Integrated Care Service, it was recognized for its contribution to building an inclusive welfare state that everyone enjoys, being selected as an excellent local government in the Community Integrated Care Service provision category for three consecutive years.

In the Basic Pension category, which it won for the first time this year, Suncheon was selected as an outstanding local government for its proactive administration, including advance notification for basic pension application and discovering elderly people not receiving benefits, contributing to income stability and welfare enhancement for the elderly.

Furthermore, in the operation of Our Neighborhood Welfare Task Force evaluated by Jeollanam-do, the city discovered 497 households in welfare crisis, provided one-stop, demand-oriented, life-close welfare services such as welfare check-ins, small-scale residential environment improvements, and cleaning, and was recognized for its efforts and achievements in resolving the living problems of vulnerable groups, receiving the Encouragement Award.

Suncheon plans to continue discovering and promoting various welfare policies to realize an inclusive welfare city for all citizens, aiming to provide welfare that everyone enjoys through long-term and macro perspectives, and demand-centered customized welfare services with shared care.

Mayor Heo Seok of Suncheon said, “We will not be complacent with this year’s achievements but will continuously pursue welfare policies that prioritize the universally valid happiness of citizens and that all citizens can feel.”

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