Ulju-gun Receives Presidential Citation for Dream Start Project

Selected as the Best Institution Among 82 Agricultural and Fishing Rural Basic Entities

Ulsan Ulju-gun announced on the 2nd that it received the Presidential Citation in the 2024 Dream Start Project Evaluation hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Child Rights Protection Agency.

This year’s Dream Start Project Evaluation assessed the overall operation of the Dream Start project conducted over three years from 2021 to last year, targeting 82 basic local governments nationwide.

The evaluation selected 17 outstanding institutions (top 20%) through assessments in four areas: △organizational composition management △integrated case management △community cooperation △satisfaction.

Ulju-gun was selected as the best Dream Start institution by receiving high scores above both the overall average and the top 20% institution average in all four evaluation areas.

It ranked first in the administrative section among the 2024 Dream Start project operation evaluation fields and received positive evaluations in the community cooperation area, which had been vulnerable due to the characteristics of agricultural and fishing village basic local governments.

Resource discovery and promotion to provide appropriate services to recipients, a high understanding of the local community, and active project activities were highly praised.

County Governor Lee Soon-geol said, “We will do our best to provide various customized services suitable for children so that they can grow into healthy children who dream of challenges beyond the threshold of growth,” and added, “We will not spare interest and support to promote policies that listen to and can be felt by children’s voices.”

Since starting the nation’s first Hope Start pilot project in 2007, Ulju-gun is currently conducting case management for 362 children this year. Based on the slogan “Ulju Moving Forward in Step with Children’s Footsteps,” a child-friendly city, it provides 22 essential and customized programs according to children’s developmental areas.

If there are vulnerable children aged 0 to 12 who need help such as case management, they can contact Ulju-gun Office Dream Start, Seobu Dream Start, or Nambu Dream Start for consultation.

Ulju-gun is receiving the Presidential Citation for the 2024 Dream Start Project and is taking a commemorative photo.

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