Yongin City Provides 100,000 KRW 'Chuseok Holiday Allowance' to 2,000 Welfare-Excluded Households

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province will provide a total of 200 million KRW as 'Chuseok holiday expenses' to 2,000 low-income households in welfare blind spots.

Yongin City announced on the 6th that considering the recent worsening economic situation due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, it decided to support low-income households in welfare blind spots who are experiencing difficulties in livelihood by providing 100,000 KRW per household for Chuseok holiday expenses.

The city prepared the support funds from neighbor-helping donations contributed to the city last year and this year.

The support targets are low-income households within 120% of the median income who are excluded from government support, etc. Recipients will be selected based on recommendations from each eup, myeon, and dong officer, and 100,000 KRW per household will be paid in a lump sum to the recipients' accounts on the 7th.

A city official said, "We prepared this with neighbor-helping donations so that marginalized vulnerable groups can have a happy holiday ahead of Chuseok," and added, "We hope this support will be an opportunity to improve the welfare awareness in Yongin City."

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