Pohang-si Selected Consecutively as an Excellent Local Government in Welfare ... Realizing a Warm Welfare Special City

Ministry of Health and Welfare Selects Outstanding Local Governments for Medical Benefits and Social Welfare Project Evaluation

Gyeongbuk Province Also Wins Top Award for Developmental Disability Activity Service Project

Mayor Lee Gang-deok of Pohang is congratulating the welfare department staff on Pohang City's selection as an outstanding local government in the welfare sector evaluation.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Pohang City is reaping the fruits of realizing the "Hope Welfare Special City" by being selected as an excellent local government in various welfare sector evaluations.

The city achieved the great success of being selected as an excellent local government in the "2021 Implementation Results of the Community Social Security Plan" field among the 2022 Medical Aid Project evaluation and the 2022 Community Welfare Project evaluation hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

It also achieved results in various welfare fields, such as being selected as the best local government in the 2022 Developmental Disabilities Activity Service Project hosted by Gyeongbuk Province.

The Medical Aid Project hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare selects excellent local governments by evaluating the collection rate of medical aid unjust profits, handling of unjust profits due to violation of establishment standards, and overall medical aid performance of beneficiaries. Pohang City was selected as an excellent local government among 78 small and medium-sized cities nationwide.

It received high evaluations in ▲collection rate of medical aid unjust profits ▲medical aid performance of beneficiaries ▲long-term hospitalization management, and received high evaluations uniquely in Gyeongbuk due to bonus points such as ▲implementation of the home medical aid pilot project ▲core personnel activities of medical aid officers ▲efforts to strengthen internal capabilities.

Also, among the annual regional welfare project evaluations conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the "2021 Implementation Results of the Community Social Security Plan" field evaluates the fulfillment and appropriateness of the community social security plan contents, public-private cooperation, and excellence of implementation results targeting cities, provinces, and districts nationwide, selecting excellent local governments. Pohang City was selected as an excellent local government in the basic local government category.

In particular, projects promoted in ▲strengthening the effectiveness of the operation of Eup, Myeon, and Dong community social security councils ▲expansion of jobs for women with career interruptions ▲strengthening support services for earthquake trauma recovery ▲settlement of the reorganized child protection delivery system received high evaluations in the implementation results of the community social security plan.

In the field of developmental disabilities activity service projects, among 23 cities and counties in Gyeongbuk, excellent local governments are selected by evaluating institution operation, diversification of activity service programs reflecting users' needs, and service provision and management plans. Pohang City was selected as the best local government for developmental disabilities activity services.

It received particularly high evaluations in ▲overall institution operation according to budget operation plans ▲composition of various activity service programs according to individual user needs levels, and was selected as the best local government in Gyeongbuk due to various efforts such as reflecting future plans based on periodic monitoring results.

Mayor Kangdeok Lee said, "This is a valuable achievement made through joint efforts in all areas of social security for the prosperous life of Pohang citizens," and added, "We will do our best to develop the local community through better welfare realization worthy of the slogan 'Hope Special City Pohang.'"

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