Gurye-gun Supports the Identification of Welfare Crisis Households in Winter

Published 08 Jan.2024 13:31(KST)

Customized Service Plans Suitable for Individual Households

Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it will intensively identify and support welfare crisis households for three months from December 2023 to February 2024.

The county aims to have a warm winter together with the vulnerable by proactively responding to winter crisis factors and plans to focus on identifying ▲households at risk of cold waves ▲elderly living alone, disabled persons, and children at high risk of isolation ▲households struggling due to high inflation and high interest rates.

[Photo by Gurye-gun]

The county has actively utilized a human safety net composed of local residents from eup and myeon areas, including the Community Social Security Council, Gurye-gun Welfare Mobile Unit, and honorary social welfare officers, along with the crisis household identification system, and has identified 55 crisis households so far.

For the crisis households identified during the winter, the county plans to prioritize heating support such as energy vouchers for a warm winter and subsequently provide flexible public support including basic living security and emergency welfare support. If necessary, customized services suitable for each household, such as livelihood, medical care, and housing, will be supported through case meetings of the Welfare Mobile Unit and the council.

A county official stated, “If there are neighbors in difficulty around you, please report to the Ministry of Health and Welfare call center or the eup/myeon office of your residence.”

Kim Soon-ho, the county governor, said, “We will establish a dense human safety net to ensure that no marginalized residents occur during the winter and will do our best to identify and support crisis households.”