Lee Mayor "Efforts of Public Officials and Citizens Bear Fruit... Will Build a Dense Welfare Network"

Osan City in Gyeonggi Province achieved a series of awards in government and Gyeonggi-do evaluations through outstanding welfare administration.

Outstanding Welfare Administration in Osan City... 13 Awards in 13 Categories Last Year View original image

Osan City announced on the 6th that it received awards in 13 categories last year, hosted by major institutions such as the Ministry of Health and Welfare and Gyeonggi Province, through various welfare activities including customized welfare, strengthening public-private cooperation, and discovering households in crisis.


A representative award was the Grand Prize for the 'Visiting Health and Welfare Service.' The city received the award by discovering and supporting citizens in need through a direct visiting approach and customized welfare services. The city was highly evaluated for various projects, including ▲ the mobile counseling vehicle 'Hope-dong CAR' ▲ operation of the 'Legal Home Doctor' ▲ the 'Welfare Registered Mail Service' that checks on residents through registered mail delivery ▲ the 'Visiting Mobile Counseling' by the Gyeonggi-do Financial Welfare Support Center for Low-Income Citizens ▲ and the 'Bus to the Heart' operated by the Osan City Mental Health Welfare Center.


The city also won the Grand Prize in the 'Public-Private Cooperation and Resource Linkage' category. This was the result of strengthening the cooperative network in the local community and realizing systematic resource distribution. The city drew positive responses by encouraging voluntary participation from private companies and organizations to eliminate welfare blind spots and by strengthening practical support for vulnerable groups.


In addition, last year the city received awards for ▲ operating the Hope Welfare Support Group (Ministry of Health and Welfare - Excellence Award) ▲ discovering and supporting welfare crisis households in winter (Ministry of Health and Welfare - Excellence Award) ▲ Basic Livelihood Security (Minister of Health and Welfare Award) ▲ Post-management of social security benefits (Excellence Award) ▲ Establishment of child protection system (Excellence Award) ▲ Discovering neighbors in crisis and promoting public-private cooperation (Gyeonggi Province - Grand Prize) ▲ Operation evaluation of joint response system for child abuse (Excellent Institution) ▲ Gender impact assessment policy improvement contest (Grand Prize) ▲ 'Excellent Case of National Basic Local Government Manifesto' in the population structure change response category (Excellence Award) ▲ Public-private cooperation mock case contest (Ministry of Health and Welfare - Excellence Award).


The city also achieved five awards in various competitions over the past year in areas such as child welfare, emergency welfare, and case management practice.



Lee Gwon-jae, Mayor of Osan City, said, "This achievement is the result of the efforts of both public officials and citizens," adding, "We will continue to create a city where every citizen can feel happiness through a dense welfare network."


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