Pyeongtaek City Conducts Full-Scale Survey on Living Conditions of Single-Person Middle-Aged Households

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Suh Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 7th that it will conduct a full-scale survey on the living conditions of single-person middle-aged households aged 40 to 64 with low income levels and high employment insecurity from the 7th through March 20, 2020, in conjunction with the 2020 resident registration fact-finding survey.

This survey is conducted to discover and support middle-aged single-person households aged 40 to 64 who are experiencing difficulties in their livelihood despite having welfare needs such as unemployment, illness, and breakdown of family and social relationships, but who have been unable to receive welfare services for various reasons.

To this end, when neighborhood leaders familiar with local conditions identify households at risk of welfare crisis, social welfare officials, members of community welfare coordination councils, and honorary social welfare officials conduct secondary home visits and consultations to provide customized welfare services connected with public services and private resources.

According to the results of last year's full-scale survey of middle-aged single-person households aged 50 to 64, 158 households at risk of living alone were identified, and 186 cases of public and private resources were provided.

A city official urged, "To discover households in welfare crisis, the attention and cooperation of citizens are urgently needed. If there are families in crisis in your neighborhood, please take an interest and contact the city's welfare policy division and the Unlimited Care Team (031-8024-3005) or the nearest eup, myeon, or dong administrative welfare center."