Andong-si Eliminates Welfare Blind Spots, Receives Commendation from Minister of Health and Welfare

Andong City (Mayor Kwon Ki-chang) was selected as an outstanding local government for actively protecting vulnerable groups during the winter season (November 2022 to February 2023) and received a commendation from the Minister of Health and Welfare on the 7th.

Andong City has been actively working to identify households in crisis by operating a winter welfare blind spot discovery task force, conducting YouTube promotions and campaigns.

In particular, they discovered single elderly households that could not receive any public support, cooperated with the Korea Legal Aid Corporation to help them obtain family registers, and assigned social welfare electronic numbers to apply for and determine public benefits.

Kwon Ki-chang, Mayor of Andong (center in the photo), is holding up a commendation certificate from the Minister of Health and Welfare.

Thereafter, they supported economic and emotional stability by connecting local residents with individual sponsors. This case was highly evaluated and selected as an exemplary case by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

Andong City operated a village welfare planning task force to enable residents to build local communities on their own, thereby supplementing the limitations of public support. They closely cooperated with related organizations by signing business agreements to discover and support welfare blind spots, practiced donation relays for vulnerable groups, greatly spreading a culture of sharing, and worked hard to improve citizens' welfare through public-private cooperation.

Mayor Kwon Ki-chang said, “We will do our best to build a more solid welfare safety net to quickly find hidden welfare blind spots and provide stronger support.”

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