Held under the Ministry of the Interior and Safety... The only Seoul district selected as an excellent case to advance to the finals
Various support projects to identify welfare blind spots, including 'Hope 365, Bodeum 36.5℃'
Awarded the Minister of the Interior and Safety Commendation and secured a special grant of 35 million KRW
Gwangjin-gu (Mayor Kim Kyung-ho) won the Grand Prize at the ‘2024 Eup/Myeon/Dong Welfare and Safety Service Improvement Best Practice Competition’ hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on the 28th of last month.
This competition was organized to review the achievements in building welfare and safety improvement models at the Eup/Myeon/Dong level nationwide and to discover best practices in areas such as ▲ identifying and supporting welfare blind spots ▲ Eup/Myeon/Dong safety management functions.
Previously, Gwangjin-gu was the only autonomous district in Seoul to advance to the finals as an excellent case in the ‘identifying and supporting welfare blind spots’ category.
The evaluation was conducted through presentations of best practices by nine local governments nationwide that advanced to the finals, followed by on-site judging by six experts.
Gwangjin-gu was recognized for its efforts to identify welfare blind spot crisis households and establish a dense welfare safety net within the local community by ▲ being the only autonomous district in Seoul to implement the ‘map-based identification’ project, which involves direct field surveys of crisis information target households within the welfare blind spot identification system ▲ assigning detailed addresses to vulnerable households such as semi-basement houses ▲ providing customized welfare counseling services for residents of irregular temporary housing facilities.
In particular, the judges highly evaluated Gwangjin-gu not only for identifying welfare crisis households but also for solidly promoting various welfare support projects such as ▲ Hope 365, Bodeum 36.5℃ ▲ the 200 Household Care Project ▲ the Our Neighborhood Care Team Project.
With this award, Gwangjin-gu secured a commendation from the Minister of the Interior and Safety along with a special grant of 35 million KRW.
Kim Kyung-ho, Mayor of Gwangjin-gu, said, “This award is thanks to the hard work of Gwangjin-gu employees who have brainstormed and implemented innovative policies to improve the welfare of residents,” adding, “We will continue to do our best to create a warm and safe urban environment without welfare blind spots.”
Gwangjin-gu is also scheduled to receive a commendation from the Minister of Health and Welfare later this month in recognition of its contribution to the establishment and management of the Social Security Information System.
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