Wando-gun Awarded ‘Best’ in Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Mind Investment Support Project

Expansion of 'Mental Health Psychological Counseling' Service Institutions

Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 17th that it was selected as the best local government in the evaluation of the '2024 National Mind Investment Support Project.'

The 'National Mind Investment Support Project' is a program by the Ministry of Health and Welfare that has been providing professional psychological counseling services (vouchers) to residents experiencing emotional difficulties such as depression and anxiety since July.

Wando County received the Grand Prize in the evaluation of the "2024 National Mind Investment Support Project." Photo by Wando County

The Ministry of Health and Welfare evaluated 229 cities, counties, and districts on ▲service application rate ▲number of registered service providers and personnel ▲budget execution rate, and selected local governments with outstanding project performance.

To promote the Mind Investment Support Project, the county expanded the number of service providers to improve accessibility to mental health counseling services and supported residents with emotional difficulties such as depression and anxiety with up to 640,000 KRW for psychological counseling services.

County Governor Shin Woo-cheol stated, “We hope that residents will take care of their minds through the Mind Investment Support Project, and we will continue to do our best to increase residents' happiness index by operating various mental health promotion programs.”

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