Jeonnam Province Takes Comprehensive Measures to Protect Residents in Welfare Blind Spots

Deputy Governor Moon Geum-ju Leads Task Force Formation...Focused Identification of High-Risk Individuals

Customized Services for Recipients of Crisis Information Such as Water and Power Cutoffs Every Two Months

[Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province is accelerating efforts to protect residents in welfare blind spots following the Suwon three mothers incident.

The province announced on the 25th that it will form a Welfare Blind Spot Discovery Support Promotion Team (tentative name), led by Deputy Governor Moon Geum-ju, to strengthen the discovery, support, and management of welfare blind spots in cooperation with city and county governments and related organizations.

Accordingly, starting from the 29th, the province plans to focus on discovering high-risk individuals in welfare blind spots by utilizing welfare human networks such as Eup/Myeon Hope Welfare Teams, community leaders (Itongjang), and local social security councils.

In particular, an investigation will be conducted on long-term unregistered residents, and customized services will be provided every two months to individuals identified through crisis information such as water and electricity disconnections and health insurance premium arrears.

Discovered individuals with crisis information will be assigned a dedicated manager, including the responsible village official and community leader, who will conduct counseling and welfare checks at least once a week.

On the 26th, Deputy Governor Moon Geum-ju will preside over a meeting of city and county deputy heads to issue special measures.

The plan is to find neighbors who are not protected by laws and systems, provide emergency support, and link with private resources for more robust assistance. Additionally, those excluded from the institutional framework will be re-investigated to devise relief measures.

Jeonnam Governor Kim Young-rok said, “We will mobilize all administrative capabilities to find crisis households with unknown residences that have no history of receiving benefits in the social security information system,” adding, “We will strive to ensure that the welfare support system is efficiently managed through this measure.”

Jeonnam Province also plans to actively engage in promotional activities such as integrated case manager counseling, continuous display of banners at the Welfare Counseling Call Center (129), distribution of visiting health and welfare service leaflets, newsletters, and community bulletins.

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