Incheon City Establishes Regional Hub Social Welfare Centers... Providing Customized Services for Residents

Incheon City is establishing regional hub-type social welfare centers to provide customized welfare programs for residents. On the 21st, the city announced that it will reorganize the comprehensive social welfare center system and promote the 'Social Welfare Center Plus Project' to offer tailored programs to local residents.

Currently, the number of welfare centers in Incheon is 0.68 per 100,000 people, the lowest among special and metropolitan cities nationwide. In particular, due to the increase in single-person households, low birth rates, and population aging, regional social issues and the diversity of social needs are rising. As a result, there are limitations in meeting residents' needs with the existing functions of welfare centers, raising the necessity for changes in the system and roles of social welfare centers.

The city believes that building new large-scale comprehensive welfare centers, as done previously, requires significant manpower and budget, and it is also difficult to secure resident accessibility. Therefore, it plans to establish hub-type welfare centers, develop programs suited to regional characteristics, and respond to demand.

Accordingly, the city recently formed a task force (TF) to promote the project and plans to specify the scale and operation plans for each region by next month. The customized Social Welfare Center Plus Project was selected last month as a new innovation task by the Health and Welfare Division of the Incheon City Policy Innovation Group, an advisory body to the Incheon mayor.

An official from Incheon City stated, "We plan to operate a dedicated team to build various private cooperation systems and implement visiting local welfare services. We hope that citizens can receive programs reflecting regional characteristics close to where they live, thereby enhancing their sense of welfare and quality of life."

Incheon City Hall

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