Suwon Emergency Disaster Relief Fund Applications Begin on the 15th

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City announced on the 14th that applications for the Suwon Emergency Disaster Relief Fund to assist victims affected by COVID-19 will begin on the 15th.

The Suwon Emergency Disaster Relief Fund, totaling 26.3 billion won through the 2021 Suwon City First Supplementary Budget, will be concentrated on special workers and freelancers, unemployed youth, and affected small business owners.

◇Special Workers and Freelancers Livelihood Stability Support: 500,000 won
First, special workers and freelancers whose income has decreased will receive 500,000 won per person in livelihood stability support. A total of 5 billion won will be allocated to 10,000 people.

Those must have residence in Suwon City as of the announcement date on the 12th. Those who received the Ministry of Employment and Labor's third emergency employment stabilization support will be selected as expedited payment recipients and will receive payment by April. Expedited payment applications will be accepted until the 26th.

New payment recipients may apply if they were active as special workers or freelancers without employment insurance during October-November of last year, had annual income of 50 million won or less in 2019, and experienced a 25% or greater income decrease in December of last year or January of this year. New recipients can apply from the 22nd through April 2nd, undergo review, and receive payments in May.

◇Unemployed Youth Hope Support: 500,000 won
Unemployed youth will also receive 500,000 won in hope support. A total of 1 billion won will be allocated to 2,000 unemployed youth.

The target is youth aged 19-34 with household registration in Suwon City as of the announcement date on the 12th, who were employed in part-time, temporary, daily, or part-time work for four or more weeks but resigned after January 20, 2020, and remain unemployed.

Online applications can be submitted from the 15th through the 26th on the Gyeonggi Job Foundation Job Ava homepage (https://apply.jobaba.net), and in-person applications will also be available from March 29th.

◇Small Business Owners in Assembly-Prohibited and Assembly-Restricted Industries: 500,000-1,000,000 won
Small business owners in assembly-prohibited industries who participated in infectious disease prevention measures will receive 1 million won, and those in assembly-restricted industries will receive 500,000 won. Total support amounts to 14.3 billion won.
Eligibility requires being a small business owner who opened before November 30th of last year and has been operating continuously.

Assembly-prohibited industries include entertainment bars, lounges, colt techs, holdem pubs, academies and private lessons, indoor sports facilities, party rooms, karaoke rooms, indoor standing concert halls, and direct sales promotion centers. 4,800 establishments will receive 1 million won each.

Assembly-restricted industries include restaurants and cafes, beauty and hair salons, PC bangs, reading rooms, study cafes, vocational training institutions, arcade and multi-bangs, amusement parks and water parks, bathhouses, movie theaters, concert halls, wedding halls, and general retail stores of 300 square meters or larger. 19,000 establishments are expected to receive 500,000 won each.

◇Dedicated Suwon Emergency Disaster Relief Fund Application Homepage Launches
Suwon City will open a dedicated page from 9 a.m. on the 15th to facilitate convenient applications for the Suwon Emergency Disaster Relief Fund.

A link to the ‘Suwon Emergency Disaster Relief Fund’ application page is accessible to anyone through the Suwon City Hall homepage and the main screen divided into COVID-19 status information.

The application homepage will operate from the 15th through April 2nd, providing applications and comprehensive information about the three types of support funds.

Suwon City also plans to implement special guarantee support and fee assistance for small business owners facing financial difficulties, provision of food waste sorting bags to small restaurants, expanded Suwon Pay incentives, and activation of the Baedalcheukgeup app according to schedule.

Yeom Tae-young, Mayor of Suwon, stated "I hope Suwon City's pinpoint emergency disaster support will be helpful to citizens who have faced difficulties due to COVID-19 over the past year," and added "Starting with applications on the 15th, we will concentrate our efforts to enable fast and convenient support."