Yangju-si Selected as an Excellent Municipality in the 'National Mind Investment Support Project Outstanding Municipality Evaluation'

Gyeonggi Yangju City (Mayor Kang Su-hyun) announced on the 13th that it was selected as an excellent local government in the ‘2024 National Mind Investment Support Project Excellent Local Government Evaluation’ conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare at the Koreana Hotel in Seoul on the 12th.

Yangju City was selected as an excellent local government in the '2024 Nationwide Mind Investment Support Project Excellent Local Government Evaluation' (fourth from the right is Yangju City). Provided by Yangju City

The ‘National Mind Investment Support Project’ is a program that provides professional psychological counseling services to citizens experiencing emotional difficulties such as depression and anxiety, and it has been implemented since July this year.

This evaluation was conducted on 229 cities, counties, and districts nationwide based on three indicators and eight items: △ project operation (service application rate, low-income participation rate, number of registered providers and personnel) △ budget input performance (budget execution rate, service utilization rate) △ operation of dedicated project organizations.

As of the end of November, Yangju City registered and operated four providers and provided vouchers to 271 citizens, achieving excellent results in this evaluation and being selected as an excellent local government. Through this, the city received the Minister of Health and Welfare’s Commendation and a prize money of 5 million won at the event.

Mayor Kang Su-hyun of Yangju City stated, “Taking this selection as an excellent local government as an opportunity, we will do our best to ensure that Yangju citizens experiencing depression and anxiety can receive professional psychological counseling services early, and we will strive to make citizens’ minds healthier through the National Mind Investment Support Project.”

Meanwhile, Yangju citizens experiencing emotional difficulties such as depression and anxiety can apply for services by obtaining a referral form from the Mental Health Welfare Center, Wee Center/Wee Class, or a diagnosis or opinion letter from a psychiatric medical institution and submitting it to the administrative welfare center of their jurisdictional eup, myeon, or dong, or through the Bokjiro system.