Pyeongtaek City Conducts Survey on Middle-Aged Single-Member Households in Crisis

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-seong] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 27th that it will conduct a survey on middle-aged single-member households in crisis through October 13 to identify welfare blind spots and prevent deaths of solitude.

The survey, conducted in connection with the 2023 resident registration fact-checking, is being carried out to identify middle-aged single-member households aged 40 to 64 in crisis who are experiencing difficulties in their daily lives due to not receiving welfare services, such as unemployment, illness, and severance of family and social relationships.

Based on the data identified in this survey, the city plans to prepare and implement support measures that can prevent crisis situations such as social isolation.

The survey is conducted as follows: When neighborhood and village chiefs confirm residents and discover welfare crisis households, social welfare officials, community welfare coordination committee members, and honorary social welfare officials conduct second-stage on-site counseling to identify the welfare needs of the subjects.

Meanwhile, the city conducted training for case management officials of the customized welfare teams at eup, myeon, and dong on the 14th for this survey.

A city official stated, "We will actively operate the welfare blind spot identification and death of solitude prevention system through public-private cooperation to identify households in crisis early and do our best to connect welfare services in various ways."