Dongducheon City Holds First Half of 2017 'Welfare Committee Meeting'

The Resident Life Support Division of Dongducheon City announced that it held a first half of 2017 welfare committee meeting on the 21st in the City Hall small conference room with 15 welfare committee members in attendance.

The Welfare Committee in Dongducheon City's eight districts has a total of 16 welfare committee members appointed with two from each district, and they carry out roles including discovering vulnerable groups requiring case management, uncovering families in crisis, eliminating blind spots in welfare services and linking services, and discovering welfare resources.

The meeting was organized to strengthen the capacity of welfare committee members from each district. It provided guidance on changes and major content for 2017 regarding emergency welfare and the Unlimited Care project, which quickly supports families in crisis, and various opinions were exchanged regarding efforts to discover blind spots in welfare services, know-how and challenges encountered so far.

Ryu Beom-sang, Director of the Resident Life Support Division, stated, "Above all, active participation is important for overcoming the limitations of the public welfare delivery system and realizing thoughtful and warm welfare implementation," and requested, "We hope for continued active engagement in community welfare activities through the district community welfare council."