Gangneung-si, Private Cooperation to Identify and Aid 'Winter Welfare Crisis Households'

Visiting Relief Activities for Vulnerable Groups and Monitoring of Socially Isolated Households Until February Next Year

Gangneung City Hall

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] Gangneung City announced on the 20th that it will operate a three-month intensive discovery period for vulnerable households in cooperation with the private sector until February next year.

The targets for the intensive discovery investigation are 510 people notified by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and 821 people targeted for planned discovery by Gangneung City. This includes those who are delinquent in public utility charges and health insurance premiums, unemployed daily workers in winter, low-income patients with severe illnesses, and heating-vulnerable elderly living alone.

The 'Hope Mobile Counseling Center' of the Gangneung City Hope Welfare Support Group visits areas densely populated by vulnerable groups to provide relief activities and monitors socially isolated households remotely.

In the private sector, life support workers from elderly customized care providers, the Community Security Council, comprehensive social welfare centers, and volunteer centers cooperate to discover vulnerable households, and plan to expand the scale of discovery through SNS and other means.

The city provides emergency welfare, basic living security, and support for living and medical expenses through the Gangneung City Hope Embrace Project to vulnerable households, and plans to resolve crisis situations by linking case management with private resources.

Jo Yeon-jeong, Director of Welfare Policy Division, said, "In winter, seasonal unemployment and cold waves worsen the living conditions of vulnerable groups," and urged, "Citizens should pay more attention to their surroundings and request help from community centers and health and welfare counseling centers if they see someone in need."

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