Daegu Happiness Promotion Center Provides 100,000 KRW Transportation Cards to 2,100 Low-Income Youth

Daegu City Happiness Promotion Social Service Center (Director Jeong Suncheon, hereinafter referred to as the Happiness Promotion Center) announced on the 26th that it will provide 210 million KRW in transportation expenses to low-income youth and young adults in 8 districts and counties.

This project, part of the 2023 transportation welfare program "Together to Daegu," was established to reduce the transportation cost burden on youth and young adults and to encourage academic, cultural, and job-seeking activities so they can grow into healthy members of society.

Daegu Happiness Promotion Agency handed over transportation cards to support transportation expenses for low-income adolescents and young adults. (From left) Kim Jong-sik, Director of Administration at Daegu Happiness Promotion Agency; Jeong Soon-cheon, Director; Seo Seung-yeop, Director of Social Welfare.

The beneficiaries are low-income vulnerable groups (recipients of government aid, near-poverty class) aged 14 to 39 residing in Daegu. In cooperation with the Daegu City Welfare Policy Division, 2,100 people (1,000 youth and 1,100 young adults) recommended by the 8 districts and counties will each receive one transportation card worth 100,000 KRW.

The Daegu Happiness Promotion Center has been implementing the transportation expense support project for low-income youth and young adults for four years since 2020. This year, to promote the use of public transportation, the number of supported youth and young adults aged 14 and older was expanded from 1,700 to 2,100, considering the usage rate of transportation cards.

The transportation welfare project "Da 多 Together to Daegu 路" is a welfare enhancement program for Daegu citizens utilizing long-term unused transportation card prepaid balances through an agreement among Daegu City, DGB U-Pay, and the Daegu Community Chest of Korea. The Happiness Promotion Center is entrusted with operating this project to promote public transportation use and provide transportation welfare for vulnerable groups.

Additionally, the "All Ta" event to promote carbon-neutral public transportation use is currently underway. From May to September, Daegu citizens aged 14 and older who use public transportation (bus, subway) at least five times a month can apply on the Daegu City Happiness Promotion Social Service Center website. Each month, 550 people will be selected by lottery to receive a transportation card worth 50,000 KRW.

Jeong Suncheon, Director of the Daegu Happiness Promotion Center, stated, “We will do our best to help low-income youth and young adults grow up healthy and happy, and we plan to actively explore and lead support efforts to enhance the welfare of local residents.”

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