Finding Residents in Welfare Blind Spots: 'Gyeonggi-do Hope Bodumi' to Recruit 30,000 People This Year

Gyeonggi Province is recruiting 30,000 members for the 'Gyeonggi-do Hope Boddeumi' to report neighbors in welfare blind spots.

The Gyeonggi-do Hope Boddeumi plays a role in finding residents in welfare blind spots and reporting them through the emergency welfare hotline (010-4419-7722), emergency welfare call center (120-0), Gyeonggi Bok G Talk (KakaoTalk channel), and the emergency welfare call center website (gg.go.kr/welfarehotline).

The core of Hope Boddeumi is to build a dense welfare safety net based on voluntary participation from welfare organization workers, public institutions, mandatory reporters, workers in daily life industries, and general residents can also participate.

Gyeonggi Province is recruiting 30,000 Hope Bodeum members this year to report households at risk in the welfare blind spots.

Earlier, the Gyeonggi Provincial Council amended the Ordinance on Support for Discovering Neighbors in Crisis in Gyeonggi Province on the 29th of last month.

The ordinance includes the legal basis for recruiting and supporting the activities of Gyeonggi-do Hope Boddeumi, strengthening the Hope Boddeumi policy, which is a human safety net promoted by Gyeonggi Province.

Gyeonggi Province supports livelihood, housing, and medical expenses for neighbors in difficulty reported by Hope Boddeumi through the emergency welfare crisis counseling hotline if they qualify as beneficiaries of existing welfare systems such as basic livelihood security, lower-income groups, and emergency welfare. Additionally, even if they do not receive welfare benefits, private sponsored welfare services will be linked as needed to resolve crisis situations.

Heo Seung-beom, Director of the Welfare Bureau of Gyeonggi Province, said, "Hope Boddeumi is a voluntary human safety net for discovering and reporting welfare blind spots where people suffer in loneliness, and we hope that positive influence will spread around."

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