Temporary Relaxation of Gyeonggi-do Emergency Welfare Support Criteria

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will temporarily relax the support criteria for the 'Gyeonggi Province-type Emergency Welfare System,' which provides living expenses and medical expenses to households in crisis facing difficulties in daily life, from the 27th of this month until March 31.

The province announced on the 27th that the support criteria for the Gyeonggi Province-type Emergency Welfare System will be lowered as follows: ▲ from the existing 90% or less of the median income to 100% or less (monthly income of 5.12 million KRW for a family of four), ▲ property standards from 310 million KRW to 395 million KRW in urban areas and from 194 million KRW to 266 million KRW in rural areas, ▲ financial assets criteria from 10 million KRW to 17.68 million KRW (for a family of four).

The eligible households for support include ▲ cases where the main income earner has died, run away, gone missing, or been detained, causing household livelihood difficulties ▲ cases where the main income earner has suffered a serious illness or injury ▲ households that have lost income for more than one month, even losing employment insurance benefits ▲ small business owners with income reduced by 25% or more.

If the crisis reasons and income and property criteria are met, households can receive monthly living expenses of 1.3 million KRW and medical expenses up to 5 million KRW based on a family of four.

Along with the temporary relaxation of criteria, the province will also focus on discovering households in crisis during the winter season and high-risk vulnerable households notified through the welfare blind spot discovery and management system.

Applications for the Gyeonggi Province-type Emergency Welfare can be made at the administrative welfare centers in the resident registration address's eup, myeon, or dong, or through the Gyeonggi Province Call Center (031-120).

Moon Jeong-hee, Director of the Welfare Bureau of the province, said, "I hope the temporary relaxation of the Gyeonggi Province-type Emergency Welfare criteria will help residents in crisis due to COVID-19 and vulnerable households in welfare blind spots during the winter season," adding, "We will do our best to discover more households in crisis so that more people can receive assistance."

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