Hwaseong City Receives Commendation Award in Child Meal Support Program Evaluation

Hwaseong City announced on the 13th that it received a commendation award (4th place) in the child meal support program evaluation conducted by Gyeonggi Province and the Family Women Research Institute for 31 cities and counties in the province.

The city received high scores in items including community linkage for meal box delivery, periodic surveys and identification of additional beneficiary children, and establishment of meal support measures during school breaks among the 10 evaluation indicators.

As a reward, the designated excellent meal support institutions will receive provincial financial support, and officials will be given priority for overseas training opportunities.

As a result of this evaluation, Seongnam City was selected as the top-ranked institution, with Ansan City and Bucheon City chosen as excellent institutions, and Hwaseong City, Suwon City, and Goyang City selected for commendation awards.

A city official stated, "Taking this award as an opportunity, we will make greater efforts in the meal support program so that approximately 1,200 children in our city who would otherwise go without meals can grow up healthy and happy," and added, "From the end of this year, we will replace the existing meal box delivery system with a 'meal support electronic card (G-dream card)' method to improve the psychological withdrawal experienced by children who would otherwise go without meals."