‘Gwangju-Daum Integrated Care’ Embraces Crime Victim Citizens

City, Police Agency, Education Office, and Good Neighbors
'Hope Sprout Integrated Support Group' Agreement

On the afternoon of the 8th, Gwangju Mayor Kang Ki-jung attended the 'Gwangju-style Integrated Care Crime Victim Support Business Agreement Ceremony' to support socially vulnerable groups at the business room on the 3rd floor of the city hall. After signing the agreement, he took a commemorative photo.
[Photo by Gwangju City]

Gwangju City's innovative care model, 'Gwangju-daum Integrated Care,' embraces even the wounds of socially vulnerable victims of crime.

On the 8th, Gwangju City signed a 'Hope Sprout Integrated Support Group Business Agreement for Supporting Socially Vulnerable Groups' with four organizations, including the Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education, Gwangju Police Agency, and the social welfare corporation Good Neighbors, at the city hall business room. The signing ceremony was attended by Mayor Kang Gi-jung of Gwangju, Superintendent Lee Jeong-seon of the Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education, Chief Park Seong-ju of the Gwangju Police Agency, and Secretary-General Kim Woong-cheol of Good Neighbors.

Launched last year in Gwangju as the nation's first, the 'Hope Sprout Integrated Support Group' is a public-private network established to support socially vulnerable groups related to crime. It involves 69 organizations and groups centered around the Gwangju Autonomous Police Committee and the Gwangju Police Agency.

According to the agreement, the Gwangju Police Agency will identify socially vulnerable crime victims, while Gwangju City, the Office of Education, and Good Neighbors will connect various services such as care, education, and economic support from each institution to help treat victims' trauma and assist their healthy return to daily life.

Since March last year, the city has provided care services to about 70 people, including linking the Gwangju-daum Integrated Care service to a man in his 70s who was unable to move after a 'random attack' crime while returning home early in the morning in April, supporting meals, housekeeping, and hospital accompaniment services.

Mayor Kang Gi-jung stated, "The Hope Sprout Integrated Support Group, started as the nation's first, is becoming a warm stepping stone to help victims recover," and added, "We will continue to devote all our efforts to protecting the precious lives of citizens through a dense welfare network."

Meanwhile, 'Gwangju-daum Integrated Care' was recognized for its innovation and received the International Urban Innovation Award from the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG).

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