Ulju-gun Partners with Nam Ulsan and Ulsan Post Offices to Prevent Solitary Deaths

Ministry of the Interior and Safety Contest 'Hope Delivery · Welfare Registered Mail Check-up'

On the 23rd at 10 a.m., Ulju-gun announced that it signed an agreement for the ‘Hope Delivery and Welfare Registered Mail Check-in Project’ with Nam Ulsan Post Office and Ulsan Post Office at the Ginkgo Hall of the county office.

The agreement was arranged to promote the check-in project for households at risk of solitary death, attended by County Governor Lee Soon-geol, Nam Ulsan Post Office Director Moon Du-ho, Ulsan Post Office Director Seo Eun-sook, and Son Deok-hyun, Chairman of the Ulju-gun Volunteer Center.

This signing ceremony is part of the ‘Love and Friendship, Hope Delivery Check-in Project,’ which was selected as a Ministry of the Interior and Safety public contest project this year.

Ulju-gun is signing a "Check-in Care" agreement with Nam Ulsan and Ulsan Post Office to prevent solitary deaths.

The ‘Love and Friendship, Hope Delivery Check-in Project’ will be implemented from next month until December with a total budget of 52 million KRW, including 6.5 million KRW in national funds.

Among the households at risk of solitary death in Ulju-gun, 170 households under intensive management will receive essential goods delivered and supported twice a month by postal workers. After delivering the goods, the postal workers check on the recipients’ well-being and report any crisis situations or special circumstances to Ulju-gun for follow-up management.

The ‘Welfare Registered Mail Check-in Project’ will be carried out from June to December targeting 200 households per phase identified through the Happiness Connection system as at-risk households. Postal workers will visit these households via registered mail to assess their living conditions and provide welfare information.

Lee Soon-geol, Governor of Ulju-gun, said, “Through this agreement, we will identify households exposed to solitary death risks and provide services such as check-ins, crisis management, and safety confirmation. We will establish integrated and systematic measures to prevent solitary deaths.”

Ulju-gun is promoting various projects to prevent solitary deaths, including the ‘Happy Village Care Project’ that provides care services to vulnerable groups, ‘Discovery of Middle-aged Single-person Households,’ ‘AI Check-in Call Project for Single-person Households,’ ‘Smart Care Plug Project,’ and ‘Senior Smart Care Doll Support Project.’

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