Seongnam City Partners with Korea Railroad Corporation and Others for Homeless Employment Project

Seongnam City signed a cooperation agreement on a homeless employment project with Korea Railroad Corporation and Seongnam City Homeless Comprehensive Support Center.

Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province is partnering with Korea Railroad Corporation and the Seongnam City Comprehensive Support Center for the Homeless to provide street cleaning jobs to homeless people around Moran Station.

These three organizations recently signed a "Job Cooperation Agreement for the Homeless" at the Seongnam City Comprehensive Support Center for the Homeless, the details of which were announced on the 10th.

According to this agreement, among the approximately 10 homeless people residing around Moran Station, six individuals with a willingness to work will be hired to perform cleaning duties around Moran Station for six months until October 31.

The hired homeless workers will work 3 hours a day, 60 hours per month, and receive 820,000 KRW.

Korea Railroad Corporation will support the wages, and the Seongnam City Comprehensive Support Center for the Homeless will select the workers.

Seongnam City will support the selected homeless individuals by assisting their admission to self-support facilities (Anna's House) or providing nearby goshiwon rooms as temporary housing for about 250,000 KRW per month.

The job provision project for homeless people around Moran Station was first introduced from May to November last year, with four participants at that time. Among them, three have continued working through participation in Seongnam City's Restart Project (shopping bag manufacturing) and employment at local factories.

A city official explained, "This project improves the environment around Moran Station to alleviate citizen inconvenience and creates an opportunity to boost the self-reliance motivation of homeless people," adding, "For homeless individuals with a will to become independent, we will support social reintegration by linking them to LH rental housing and sustainable jobs through cooperation among related organizations."

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