Prospective Jinju Mayor Kyu-Il Cho Vows to Realize Customized Welfare Throughout the Entire Life Cycle

Enhancing Treatment for Social Workers and Care Workers

Expanding Support for Youth Settlement and Senior Welfare Infrastructure

Strengthening Support Systems for Persons with Disabilities and Multicultural Families

Prospective Jinju Mayor Kyu-Il Cho announced his welfare pledges for the 9th popularly elected administration, stating, "I will build a customized welfare city where every citizen can experience improvements throughout their entire life cycle."

On the afternoon of May 11, Candidate Cho held a press conference at the briefing room of Jinju City Hall, unveiling welfare pledges covering welfare policies and areas including children, youth, women, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and multicultural families.

First, in the area of welfare policy, he focused on improving the treatment of social workers and care workers. He pledged to expand the scope of mandatory continuing education for social workers, increase health checkup subsidies, and provide financial support for health checkups and continuing education for care workers.

Candidate Kyu-il Cho is holding a press conference on the afternoon of the 11th at the briefing room of Jinju City Hall.

In addition, he plans to support health checkup costs for personnel working at long-term care facilities and to operate a "Jinju-style Substitute Personnel Support Center" to alleviate the burden of work gaps for employees at social welfare facilities.

For children's welfare, his pledges include expanding "Guseulmoeum" daycare centers, strengthening support for daycare center environment improvements, and increasing the operation of part-time childcare rooms. The pledges also include adding more toy banks, operating a toy hospital, and expanding support for meal expenses at daycare centers. Notably, he revealed plans to establish a child welfare center using the building of the Hadae-dong Industrial Market.

For youth welfare, he proposed increasing monthly rent subsidies for young people, building university dormitories, and operating welcome and settlement packages for employed youth. He also pledged to support youth settlement in the region and start-ups by operating a Youth Stay Center and expanding youth start-up spaces.

In the area of women's welfare, he will promote the installation of more free sanitary product vending machines and expand home security services for women. The pledges also include holding a "Pomegranate Market" for women entrepreneurs, strengthening employment support for women returning to work after a career break, and providing safety education for women.

For senior welfare, the core pledge is to expand park golf courses. This includes expanding the Songbaek and Waryong courses and newly establishing facilities in the Hotan, Micheon, Munsan, and Naedong areas, aiming to create park golf courses with a total of 325 holes.

He also plans to increase the activity allowance for senior center instructors, provide sofas to senior centers, expand smart bus shelters, and support diagnostic costs for age-related hearing loss and hearing disabilities.

In the area of welfare for persons with disabilities, he promised to establish the Western Welfare Center for the Disabled and a specialized welfare center for people with developmental disabilities, as well as to set up an emergency care center for the disabled. He aims to bridge the welfare service gap between the eastern and western regions and establish a tailored support system for individuals with developmental disabilities.

For multicultural family welfare, he announced plans to operate an Eastern Multicultural Family Center and to promote the establishment of a Jinju Branch Office of the Immigration and Foreigners Office. Candidate Cho explained, "In response to the increasing number of multicultural families, we will provide more stable and accessible administrative and welfare services."

Candidate Cho emphasized, "Welfare is not a policy for just certain groups, but a basic policy to improve the quality of life for all citizens," adding, "We will establish a Jinju-style welfare system where no one is left behind, from children to the elderly."

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