Yongin-Style Disaster Relief Fund Applications Begin on 8th via City Website

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Nohoon] Yongin City announced that it will begin accepting applications for Yongin-style disaster relief funds, distributed to vulnerable groups struggling amid the third wave of COVID-19, through the city website starting on the 8th.

Applicants accepted from this date include households with three or more children (livelihood stability support fund of 100,000 won, 11,330 households) and children and youth with disabilities (special care support fund of 100,000 won, 2,000 people), and unemployed youth who lost jobs due to COVID-19 (hope support fund of 600,000 won, 1,000 people).

Households with three or more children and children and youth with disabilities can apply directly through the city website by the 26th. From the 22nd to the 26th, they can also apply by visiting their local administrative welfare centers (for households with three or more children) or the city's Department of Disability Welfare or district offices' Social Welfare Divisions (for children and youth with disabilities).

Unemployed youth can apply through the Job Support Project integrated application system, Job Aba (apply.jobaba.net), by the 17th. They can access it through a direct link on the city website.

Applications for emergency disaster relief funds (500,000 to 1,000,000 won) for approximately 28,000 small business owners whose operations were restricted or prohibited due to social distancing measures can be made on the city website from the 15th through March 31st.

Additionally, for entertainment establishments such as noraebang (singing rooms) and pojangmacha (tent bars) that have been subject to assembly restrictions for extended periods, the city plans to accept applications on the 4th and 5th and provide 2,000,000 won in management stabilization funds on the 9th and 10th for rapid livelihood stability.

Separately, childcare centers (1,000,000 won, February 4th to March 20th), tourism businesses (1,000,000 won, 4th to 8th), and artists (500,000 won, end of March) affected by the COVID-19 crisis can apply for support funds through each department's email.

In relation to this, the city added that it has established an integrated Yongin-style disaster support page that organizes support details, amounts, and application methods for each target group in an easy-to-understand manner.

To apply or view related information, applicants can click the 'Yongin City COVID-19 Response Support Project' banner on the city website's main page and then check the 'Third Yongin City Economic Support Measure' page.

Yongin Mayor Baek Goon-ki said, "We have created an integrated platform to make it convenient and expedient to use these support measures prepared to provide substantial help to vulnerable groups during COVID-19," and added, "I hope that all eligible citizens will receive benefits without exception and that it will contribute even a little to their daily lives."