Gyeonggi-do Expands Child Meal Support Platform to Entire Province Starting July

Gyeonggi Province will expand the child meal support platform for children eligible for meal support to 31 cities and counties within the province starting this July.

On the 28th, Gyeonggi Province announced that the existing child meal card, which was only available for on-site face-to-face payments, will be usable on ‘Baedal Teukgeup,’ Gyeonggi’s public delivery app, through the ‘Child Meal Support Platform’ developed in 2022. This platform will be expanded to 31 cities and counties within the province starting this July.

Gyeonggi Province had previously conducted a pilot operation in Yongin and Uiwang starting from May last year. During that period, the platform was used 2,426 times.

When using this platform, a delivery coupon worth up to 3,000 KRW, which can be used for delivery fees, is provided. The delivery coupon can be used up to four times per month when placing orders.

Gyeonggi Province also operates a ‘location-based affiliated store search service’ and a ‘one-on-one Q&A board’ to help children eligible for meal support easily find nearby available restaurants.

Gyeonggi-do Child Meal Support Platform

Additionally, to improve administrative efficiency, a ‘fraudulent receipt monitoring system’ has been established, and the process for new registration and exclusion of affiliated stores that children eligible for meal support can use at the eup, myeon, and dong levels has been simplified. This measure aims to minimize complaints related to affiliated store management and prevent fraudulent use of child meal cards.

Yoo So-jeong, Director of the Child Care Division of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "Following the pilot operation of the platform last year, the full-scale operation will expand meal choices for children eligible for meal support, enhance user convenience, and improve administrative work efficiency."

Meanwhile, Gyeonggi Province developed the platform after being selected in January 2022 for the ‘Vulnerable Groups Non-face-to-face Life Care Platform Construction’ public project hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Information Society Agency.

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