Seongnam City Invests 2.1 Billion Won in Local Community Job Project This Year... 344 Participants

[Asia Economy (Seongnam) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province will invest 2.117 billion KRW this year to carry out a community job project for 344 people.

Seongnam City announced on the 7th that to expand participation of vulnerable employment groups and those affected by COVID-19, the eligibility criteria have been changed from a previous standard of income below 65% of the median income and assets below 300 million KRW to income and assets below 400 million KRW.

The community job project will be conducted twice a year, in the first and second half, each lasting four months.

The first half community job project will recruit 172 people, half of the annual planned number, from the 17th to the 21st of this month.

The project budget is 1.0585 billion KRW, and the work period is from March 2 to June 30.

Participants will work in 29 fields including book village delivery, management of Tancheon Wetland Ecological Park and creation of biological habitats, leaf composting projects, creation of Seongnam Citizen Farm, support for village content projects, operation support for Yuldong Warmth Sharing Market, and weeding work at Yeosu-dong nursery.

Those aged 18 to 64 will work 30 hours per week (6 hours per day) and receive a daily wage of 54,960 KRW.

Those aged 65 and over will work 15 hours per week (3 hours per day) and receive a daily wage of 27,480 KRW. A daily transportation and snack allowance of 5,000 KRW will be provided as incidental expenses.

Applicants should bring their ID, proof of unemployment or business closure due to COVID-19 (if applicable), and other qualification documents to apply at their local administrative welfare center within the deadline.

The city will consider eligibility, household head status, number of dependents, household income, and assets to make the final selection and will individually notify the selected applicants on the 24th of next month.

The second half community job project will accept applications from May 16 to 20.

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