Yongsan-gu Produces and Distributes 1,300 Copies of Welfare Booklets

Neighbors to Detect At-Risk Households... Distribution Target Expanded to 500 Copies

Welfare Work Manual and Counseling Application Form Included

Contents of At-Risk Household Reporting Rewards Included... Encouraging Active Discovery

Yongsan-gu (District Mayor Park Hee-young) will produce and distribute 1,300 copies of the 2023 Welfare Handbook.

This is to assist private personnel such as welfare account holders in identifying households in welfare blind spots.

After private personnel record counseling details of at-risk households in the Welfare Handbook, they cut out the page and submit it to the local community service center for linkage to welfare counseling. It is produced in a convenient-to-carry A5 size (15cm width, 21cm height) to be taken along with a small bag during visits.

Additionally, the handbook is composed of ▲ know-how for discovering at-risk households ▲ visit counseling checklist ▲ welfare service information ▲ at-risk household reporting reward support projects.

The know-how for discovering at-risk households includes 13 signs that can detect crises such as accumulated mail and mobility difficulties.

The visit counseling checklist is organized with on-site counseling guidelines, precautions for the elderly and disabled, and emergency response methods. Welfare service information includes guidance on National Basic Livelihood Security, Seoul-type Basic Security, Near-Poverty Support, Emergency Welfare Support, and contact information for welfare institutions.

800 copies are distributed to welfare account holders, community security councils, and honorary social welfare officers. This year, the distribution target has been expanded. 500 copies will also be delivered to five welfare hub institutions and the Yongsan-gu Volunteer Center.

A district official stated, “Since 2020, we have been producing the Welfare Handbook for use in the field,” adding, “This year, we included the newly established at-risk household reporting reward content.”

The at-risk household reporting reward is 50,000 KRW per report. Anyone can report regardless of their address, but there is an annual payment limit of 300,000 KRW. The reward is paid when a non-beneficiary at-risk household is discovered and reported, and then selected as a welfare beneficiary such as a National Basic Livelihood Security recipient.

The reporting reward is based on the “Yongsan-gu Ordinance on the Activation of Discovery and Support for At-Risk Households,” enacted in April this year. Those who report already-beneficiary households or mandatory reporters such as public officials, medical personnel, account holders, welfare facility workers, and apartment managers are excluded from receiving the reward.

Park Hee-young, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, said, “By utilizing the Welfare Handbook, we will be able to provide necessary welfare services to hidden at-risk households at the appropriate time,” and added, “We will continue to provide necessary support so that the public and government can cooperate to eliminate welfare blind spots.”

The district conducted the “Jeongdawoon Neighbors” campaign from April to June this year to discover at-risk households. A total of 1,873 people from 131 organizations in 16 neighborhoods participated with the aim of looking after at-risk households in need of help.

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