'Mobile Infinite Care Center' Operation Completed to Discover Welfare Blind Spots in Summer

Yongin Special City (Mayor Lee Sang-il) announced on the 25th that it has concluded its activities to discover and support crisis households in welfare blind spots by operating the ‘Summer Mobile Infinite Care Center’ six times since the 26th of last month. This activity ended with a rental apartment complex in Suji-gu, and a total of 150 places were visited to listen to the grievances of crisis households and initial consultations were conducted for 21 households that were reported.

[Korean Today] Commemorative photo of employees of participating organizations at the booth of the Infinite Care Center that visits during the summer © Reporter Na-yeon Kim

Yongin Special City operates an Infinite Care Center to solve emotional, psychological, economic, housing, and employment problems for crisis households facing complex problems. This center provides customized welfare through public-private cooperation, and operates a separate ‘Mobile Infinite Care Center’ in summer and winter to solve the difficulties of welfare recipients that change depending on the season.

At the Winter Infinite Care Center held in February of this year, 14 households in need of help were identified and counseling was provided.

This summer, the Infinite Care Center began promotional activities in 150 locations, including motels, one-room apartments, goshiwon, rental apartments, and subway stations in the area, starting with Idong-eup, Cheoin-gu on the 26th of last month, in order to intensively identify crisis-stricken households vulnerable to heat waves.

Various organizations participated and cooperated in this activity, including Yongin City Infinite Care Center, Cheoin, Giheung, and Suji Infinite Care Network Team, Yongin Dream Start, Yongin City Cheoin Disabled Welfare Center, Yongin City Giheung Senior Welfare Center, Yongin City Suji Senior Welfare Center, Yongin Regional Self-Reliance Center, Yongin City Suicide Prevention Center, and Yongin City Housing Welfare Center.

The center established counseling offices in residentially vulnerable areas or areas with a large floating population to promote reporting methods for households in crisis and to provide counseling on mental health, jobs, and welfare systems to the general public.

A Yongin City official said, “We conducted initial consultations for the 21 households reported in this activity, and we plan to provide customized services through public benefits, private support, and integrated case management.” He added, “We will continue to operate the Infinite Care Center to find blind spots in welfare.”