Jinju City Selected for 'Korea Disabled Development Institute Sponsored Public Contest'

Rapid and Accurate
Essential Information Linkage Support
for New Persons with Disabilities

Jinju City in Gyeongnam announced on the 6th that it has been selected in the "2024 Demand-Centered Disability Support System Support Project" competition conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Disabled People's Development Institute for local governments nationwide, securing 20 million KRW in national funding.

Jinju City Hall exterior view.

The project selected in this competition is the "Newly Discovered Disabled Immediate Support Service." This project establishes a cooperative system among the Jinju City Disabled Comprehensive Welfare Center and seven other organizations and groups to identify unregistered disabled individuals. Through outreach services to newly registered disabled persons, the project plans to provide necessary welfare information and implement measures such as comprehensive welfare counseling and service linkage, thereby carrying out welfare projects that reflect the individual welfare needs and characteristics of the disabled.

To establish the immediate support system for the disabled and ensure smooth project implementation, the city and seven organizations, including the Disabled Welfare Center, signed an agreement and will carry out the project from March to October.

This project, led by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Disabled People's Development Institute, aims to build a new welfare service model for disabled persons based on the needs of users and regional characteristics. As a result of the nationwide competition for local governments, eight local governments, including Jinju City, were finally selected.

A city official stated, "Through the newly selected 'Newly Discovered Disabled Immediate Support Service,' we will do our best to identify unregistered disabled individuals and ensure that newly registered disabled persons receive prompt and accurate services."

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