Kim Dong-yeon's Plan to Expand 'Opportunity Income for Disabled' to 5,000 People... Monthly Payment of 50,000 Won

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province will provide additional payments of the ‘Opportunity Income for Persons with Disabilities,’ a flagship policy of Governor Kim Dong-yeon, to 5,000 more recipients.

Gyeonggi Province announced that on the 19th, consultations with the Ministry of Health and Welfare regarding changes to the social security system for additional support of Opportunity Income for Persons with Disabilities were completed, and payments began on the 25th. As a result, those who were excluded during the first application in July can now receive Opportunity Income for Persons with Disabilities if they meet the eligibility criteria.

When Gyeonggi Province accepted the first applications for Opportunity Income for Persons with Disabilities in July, 10,000 people applied?five times the initially planned payment scale of 2,000 recipients?prompting preparations for countermeasures.

To provide more opportunities to participants who qualified for Opportunity Income for Persons with Disabilities but were excluded in the first round, Gyeonggi Province allocated an additional 1.3 billion KRW in the first supplementary budget in September. Subsequently, consultations with the Ministry of Health and Welfare for additional payments were conducted and completed on the 19th.

This additional support will provide a lump sum payment of 150,000 KRW over three months (October to December), with 50,000 KRW per month, to ‘persons with severe disabilities’ who take care of their own health.

Participants must wear a smartwatch, register their own exercise goals, and engage in physical activity at least twice a week for one hour or more, actively managing their own health through movement. Gyeonggi Province views the improvement or stabilization of health through the activities of persons with disabilities, which reduces social costs (medical and care expenses), as a social value.

Payments to the initially selected 2,000 recipients prior to this additional support were completed on the 18th. They received a total of 300,000 KRW over six months (July to December), paid in two installments of 150,000 KRW in July and October.

Kim Neung-sik, Director of Welfare for Gyeonggi Province, stated, "As social interest in Opportunity Income for Persons with Disabilities grows, we will promptly distribute both smartwatches and support funds to the second round of recipients. We will carefully manage not only the performance of value activities by persons with disabilities but also changes in their families and difficulties encountered during the value execution process, aiming to develop this project into one that offers more opportunities."

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