Osan City Achieves 93% Enrollment Rate in Children's Savings Accounts for Low-Income Families

[Suwon Ilbo=Park Chan-hyuk Reporter] Osan City announced on the 7th that it has achieved a 93% enrollment rate in the 'Child Development Support Account (Ddim Seed Savings Account)' program, which helps low-income children build assets, ranking 3rd among 31 municipalities and counties in Gyeonggi Province.

This is the result of intensive promotion over five months from June to October this year, with the participation rate that was merely at the halfway mark (48%) nearly doubling. Exceeding the average enrollment rate in the province (48%) by a significant margin, this demonstrates that Mayor Lee Gwon-jae's prioritized welfare project has translated into tangible results through field-oriented administration.

The city proved once again that it is a place where welfare grows from the ground level. To support children for whom saving is difficult, the city connected citizens and organizational donors to ensure actual savings were made, and carefully watched for welfare blind spots.

In this process, the city and eight administrative welfare centers demonstrated exemplary on-the-ground administration. Civil servants visited homes directly to assist with applications and conducted approximately 6,300 promotional activities through phone calls, text messages, and SNS. As the field philosophy that "welfare policies only have meaning when they are communicated" translated into action, administration and citizens worked together to lower the barriers to the program.

Through these efforts, the city established a welfare model created together with citizens. As voluntary participation from donors expanded, a "culture of nurturing children's futures together" spread throughout the local community.

In particular, Mayor Lee Gwon-jae also participated as one of the donors, supporting children's self-reliance together with citizens in the field. This movement is evaluated not as a simple administrative achievement, but as a case where the city's vision of "Osan, a welfare city where we live together" has been realized.

Mayor Lee Gwon-jae stated, "Welfare grows not at desks, but in the field," and added, "Going forward, we will continue providing support through proactive administration so that more children can have opportunities for self-reliance."