Seongnam City Partners with LH to Provide Youth Housing for People with Developmental Disabilities... Recruiting Project Implementing Agencies

A multi-family house located in Taepyeong-dong supported for young adults with developmental disabilities through an agreement between Seongnam City and LH

Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province will recruit an implementing agency for the youth housing support project for people with developmental disabilities from August 1 to 14.

The youth housing support project for people with developmental disabilities is the first project of its kind initiated by Seongnam City among the 31 cities and counties in the province.

The LH Gyeonggi Regional Headquarters, which has an agreement with Seongnam City, will purchase and remodel multi-family housing in Taepyeong-dong to provide, and Seongnam City will recruit and select young adults with developmental disabilities aged 19 to 39 in November to support their move-in.

The lease period is 5 years, and the rent is about 40% of the market price.

The implementing agency will manage eight multi-family houses located in Taepyeong-dong, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam City, and provide services such as daily care for residents with disabilities, additional activity support (40 hours per month), visiting nursing, and accompaniment support.

Seongnam City will provide the implementing agency with an annual operating and project budget of 300 million KRW.

The contract period for implementation is from October 1 this year to December 31, 2027.

Eligible applicants are social welfare corporations with their main office located in Seongnam City.

Applicants must submit an application form, corporate status documents, and major business performance records within the period.

Seongnam City will hold a Disability Independence Support Committee meeting to comprehensively review the main operational projects, financial capacity, and ability to establish an independence support system of the applicant corporations and select the implementing agency by August 31.

A Seongnam City official explained, "Among registered disabled persons in Seongnam City, there are 3,751 people with developmental disabilities," adding, "We are promoting various projects for them, such as operating night care classes, providing smart devices that can track location, and the Smile Account project to help asset formation."

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