Suwon City Recruits 600 Job-Seeking Young Adults for Transportation Subsidy Program

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-yeong] Suwon City announced on the 22nd that it will recruit 600 candidates for the '2020 Job-Seeking Young Adults Transportation Subsidy Program' by the 15th of next month.

The job-seeking young adults transportation subsidy program supports job-seeking youth by providing transportation cards charged with transportation funds (cheong cards) to ease their financial burden. The 'cheong card' (youth transportation card) is a public transportation card that can be used on buses and subways, and a total of 300,000 won is supported over five months at 60,000 won per month.

Eligible applicants are young people aged 19-34 (born between January 1, 1985 and December 31, 2001) who reside in Suwon as of the announcement date (April 17) and are preparing for employment, and are household members of families with income at or below 120% of median income (based on March 2020 health insurance premium calculation standards).

Applications can be submitted through the Integrated Job Support Project Reception System (https://apply.jobaba.net). Young people who do not meet the eligibility requirements will be excluded from selection. Rankings will be determined based on the period of residence in Suwon and participation history in job support programs (2018-2020).

The list of selected young adults is scheduled to be announced on May 29. Individual notification will be sent via text message to those selected. 'Cheong cards' are scheduled to be distributed at 'Cheong-nyeon Baram Jidae' (Haenggung-ro, Paldal-gu) from June 2-5.