Pohang City and Post Office Launch 'Welfare Registered Mail Service' to Identify Welfare Blind Spots

Si-Post Office, Business Agreement Signed

Strengthening Social Safety Net Within the Region

On the 11th, Pohang City signed a business agreement with Pohang Post Office for the 'Welfare Registered Mail Service' and began supporting the discovery of welfare blind spots.

Pohang City signed a business agreement with the post office on the 11th for the 'Welfare Registered Mail Service.' (Second from the left, Choi Myunghwan, Director of the City Welfare Bureau; right, Jeong Changwon, Postmaster)

The Welfare Registered Mail Service is a project in which Pohang City selects 300 households each month suspected to be in crisis due to power or water disconnection, overdue electricity bills, or health insurance premium arrears, and sends registered mail containing welfare information. Postal workers deliver the mail and assess the household's living environment, actual residence status, and other basic welfare data, then complete a checklist and return it.

After reviewing the data received from the postal workers, the customized welfare teams in the towns, townships, and neighborhoods plan to provide crisis household visits, consultations, and welfare services such as public benefits and private services.

Choi Myunghwan, Director of the Welfare Bureau, said, "This agreement is expected to play a significant role in actively discovering welfare blind spot crisis households in the region and preventing social isolation and solitary deaths. Through the Welfare Registered Mail Service, we will strengthen the social safety net and create a happy Pohang where no marginalized groups are left behind."