Incheon City Introduces Monthly 100,000 KRW Learning Allowance for Disabled Vocational Trainees

Incheon City is expanding opportunities for people with disabilities to participate in vocational training to strengthen their self-reliance capabilities.

The city announced on the 8th that starting this year, it will provide a learning allowance of 100,000 KRW per month to improve the treatment of people with disabilities undergoing training at vocational rehabilitation facilities.

The support targets people with disabilities who have been training for more than one month at 40 vocational rehabilitation facilities for the disabled in the Incheon area. The city expects about 400 people to benefit from the support this year.

Incheon has a total of 39 vocational rehabilitation facilities, including 36 protected workshops and 3 labor workshops, with a total of 375 trainees with disabilities.

People with disabilities are receiving training at a vocational rehabilitation facility.
[Photo by Incheon City]

Meanwhile, according to a survey on the operation status of vocational rehabilitation facilities for the disabled in Incheon last year, the average monthly income of trainees with disabilities was 116,000 KRW. Most trainees at the facilities are people with severe disabilities who generally have low abilities, resulting in low income.

An official from Incheon City said, "We hope the learning allowance will serve as an incentive to increase the work motivation of people with severe disabilities," adding, "We will continue to develop various policies to help people with disabilities become self-reliant members of society."

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