The Yeonsu 1-dong Administrative Welfare Center (Director Cho So-young) in Yeonsu-gu District opened a mobile “Our Neighborhood Welfare Counseling Center” at Hambak Children’s Park on the 7th. Rather than waiting for residents at the community center, officials went directly to a place where residents gather in their daily lives to identify welfare needs.
 [The Korean Today] Mobile ‘Our Neighborhood Welfare Counseling Center’ operating at Hambak Children’s Park © Reporter Kim Mi-hee |
On the day, the Yeonsu 1-dong customized welfare team checked the basic health status of residents visiting the park and provided health consultations. By allowing residents to receive routine health checks and welfare consultations in one place, the team lowered the barrier to access.
Residents who reported difficulties in daily life were given guidance on necessary welfare services following consultations and were connected to actual support. The team also handed out welfare service guides and promotional materials, publicizing the services in an effort to find residents in the welfare blind spot who are unable to receive help because they are unaware of available programs.
Not a few people miss out on welfare benefits because they do not know the application procedures or find it difficult to visit the administrative welfare center. Operating the counseling center at a place residents pass through daily, such as a children’s park, is seen as an attempt to address these limitations.
“We set up the counseling center in a place where residents live their daily lives to reduce the inconvenience of having to visit the administrative welfare center in person,” said Cho So-young, director of Yeonsu 1-dong. “We will continue to pursue field-oriented welfare administration so that we can actively reach out to and support residents in need.”
[ Reporter Kim Mi-hee: incheonsouth@thekoreantoday.com ]
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