One Step Closer, More Thoroughly... Gijang-gun Launches Efforts to Identify and Support Welfare Crisis Households

Gijang County Office.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Busan Gijang-gun is actively responding to various welfare crisis situations and minimizing welfare blind spots by discovering welfare crisis households and providing systematic support.

Gijang-gun plans to establish a continuous discovery system for welfare crisis households and accelerate the discovery of crisis households through specialized projects tailored to the circumstances of Gijang-gun.

This year's specialized projects include the "Gijang Bok Dameun Sangja" which provides visiting counseling and customized welfare services, and the "Gijang Hope ITgi" project to prevent solitary deaths among socially isolated households.

"Gijang Bok Dameun Sangja" is a project that provides welfare counseling and daily necessities to welfare crisis households discovered by public and private welfare institutions and Our Neighborhood Keepers, and identifies welfare needs to support and connect welfare services.

"Gijang Hope ITgi" is a project that connects smart plugs to home appliances such as TVs and refrigerators in high-risk solitary death households, so that if there is no change in electricity usage for a certain period, welfare institutions can respond to the crisis situation.

Gijang-gun plans to focus on discovering single middle-aged and elderly vulnerable households with a high risk of solitary death and provide customized services by linking public and private resources within the region.

They will produce 600 "Our Neighborhood Keeper Badges" to boost the morale of honorary social welfare officers and support active activities, strengthening the local protection system and human safety network where neighbors care for neighbors.

A Gijang-gun official said, "Through active discovery of welfare blind spots, we will do our best to ensure that vulnerable groups at risk of solitary death and welfare crises receive customized welfare services from public and private sectors, thereby resolving welfare blind spots."

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