Yeongdeungpo-gu Provides 500,000 Won Childbirth Support Fund for Disabled Persons

50 Million KRW Support Per Newborn in Families with Disabled Parents... Regardless of Disability Grade or Type
Application Possible at Local Community Center if Residency Requirement Met from One Year Before Birth to Application Date
Overlaps with First Meeting Voucher... "We Will Strive to Reduce Financial Burden and Improve Quality of Life"

Choi Ho-gwon, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo District

Yeongdeungpo-gu (District Mayor Choi Ho-kwon) announced that it is providing a ‘Childbirth Support Fund for Disabled Families’ to alleviate the economic burden associated with childbirth in families with disabled members.

Since 2021, based on the ‘Ordinance on the Support for Childbirth Expenses for Disabled Families in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul,’ the district has been providing childbirth support funds to families with disabled members who have given birth to a newborn.

The childbirth support fund is 500,000 KRW per newborn. It is provided to all families with disabled members regardless of disability grade or type.

The eligibility requirement is that the applicant must be a resident registered and living in Yeongdeungpo-gu from one year before the birth date until the application date. However, if the residence period is less than one year, the fund can be received if the applicant has lived in the district for more than one year by the application date.

Those wishing to apply for the childbirth support fund should visit the local community service center of their registered address within one year from the newborn’s birth registration date. Applicants must bring their ID card, welfare card (disability certificate), a copy of a bankbook in their name, and a resident registration certificate (or family relation certificate) showing the birth details.

Additionally, the childbirth support fund can be combined with the ‘First Meeting Voucher,’ which has been providing 2,000,000 KRW per newborn to all births since January 1, 2022.

For more details about the childbirth support fund for disabled families, inquiries can be made at each community service center in Yeongdeungpo-gu or the Senior and Disabled Affairs Division.

Furthermore, the district is promoting various welfare measures to improve the lives of disabled individuals, including ▲medical expense support for the disabled ▲provision of rental housing ▲day activity services for people with developmental disabilities ▲wheelchair repair cost support, among others.

Choi Ho-kwon, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, stated, “We established the childbirth support fund to ensure that families with disabled members are not restricted in their fundamental rights to childbirth and childcare due to physical or mental disabilities. We hope this support fund will reduce the economic burden on disabled families and help them raise their children. We will continue to provide unwavering support to improve the quality of life for disabled people.”

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