Yeongcheon City (Mayor Choi Ki-moon) will, starting from 2025, ▲Childbirth and childcare (3) ▲Students and youth (3) ▲Seniors (1) ▲Businesses (3) ▲Welfare (3) ▲Resident convenience (5) ▲Health (2), etc. On the 31st, it was announced that 20 new policies in 7 areas that citizens can directly feel will be changed. revealed.
【Childbirth and childcare fields (3)】
① Postpartum cooking expenses support project (city)
Up to 1 million won is provided for postpartum cooking expenses per childbirth. The target is a mother who gave birth after January 1, 2025, and the payment will be made to mothers who registered as residents in Yeongcheon City from the date of birth to the date of application and registered the birth address of the child as Yeongcheon City, starting from the day 6 months have elapsed from the resident registration period.
② Expansion of support projects for infertile couples (abolition of age classification) (Government)
The support project for infertile couples, which previously classified ages into those under 44 and over 45, will abolish age classification and support up to 1.1 million won for fresh embryos and up to 500,000 won for frozen embryos.
③ Support for medical expenses for mothers aged 35 or older (province)
We provide medical expenses of up to 500,000 won per pregnancy, including outpatient treatment fees and testing fees, to mothers over 35 years of age with a resident registration address in Gyeongsangbuk-do.
【Student/Youth Field (3)】
④ Expansion of taxi fares for students to safely return home to some areas (city)
The taxi fare support project for students to safely return home will be expanded to students who have addresses in certain areas of the district and commute to high schools in the city.
⑤ Free city bus transportation card fare for children and youth (city)
Starting December 14, 2024, city bus transportation card fares for children and youth aged 6 to 18 within the district became free. Applicable when using a nationwide compatible card and boarding at a stop within Yeongcheon City.
⑥ Monthly rent support for young workers (city)
A monthly rent of 200,000 won will be provided for up to 12 installments for young workers aged 19 to 45 with an address in the area and those earning less than 120% of the median income of young households (approximately 2.6 million won).
【Senior field (1)】
⑦ Support for transportation expenses when elderly drivers voluntarily return their driver’s license (city)
The existing return reward will be increased from 100,000 won to 200,000 won for voluntary return.
【Corporate field (3)】
⑧ Small and medium-sized business working capital secondary preservation support project (city)
The recommended loan amount for city preferential companies will be increased from a maximum of 600 million won to a maximum of 700 million won.
⑨ Serious disaster prevention consulting support (city)
We provide on-site consulting and certification five times for small and medium-sized businesses with five or more employees. For amounts under 1 million won, full support is provided, and for amounts over 1 million won, 90% is provided within the limit of 3 million won. It is scheduled to be announced in March 2025.
⑩ Expansion of dispatch of overseas trade missions (city)
We provide after-sales support for logistics costs, storage costs, and overseas certification costs for about 12 small and medium-sized businesses that export or wish to export within the region.
【Welfare field (3)】
Change in Veterans Honor Allowance payment amount (city)
The Veterans Honorary Allowance, which is 100,000 won per month, will be increased to 150,000 won per month.
⑫ Project to support electric wheelchair insurance for the disabled (city)
Up to 20 million won is provided per accident.
⑬ Bedding laundry support project for low-income seniors and disabled people living alone (city)
We support blanket washing for up to 1,000 people three times a year.
【Resident convenience areas (5)】
⑭ Yeongcheon bus late-night operation and route adjustment (city)
In connection with the opening of the Hayang extension of Daegu Urban Railway Line 1, the last bus No. 555-1 was newly established at 22:50 and 23:30 departing Yeongcheon, and city circulation buses No. 2, 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3 were added. A new platform was built at Yeongcheon Young University Hospital. It is in effect from December 23, 2024.
⑮ Expansion of public transportation metropolitan transfer system (city)
Participating local governments in the public transportation metropolitan transfer system were expanded to Cheongdo, Goryeong, Seongju, Chilgok, Gimcheon, and Gumi, and were changed to two transfers within 30 to 60 minutes after getting off.
⑯ Implementation of mobile resident registration card system (government)
This is a system that issues a (physical) resident registration card with an embedded IC chip and then uses it to register a mobile resident registration card on an individual’s mobile communication terminal device. IC resident registration cards (mobile resident registration cards) are issued free of charge only to new resident registration card issuers (17 years of age or older). This is possible, and is scheduled to be implemented nationwide on February 7, 2025.
⑰ Establishment of new standards for farmland improvement (filling, etc.) (government)
When improving farmland, new regulations have been established such as prior reporting regulations to cities, counties, and districts, improvement regulations such as appropriate soil composition, restoration orders, and penalty standards.
⑱ End of guidance period for housing rental contract reporting system (Government)
As of May 31, 2025, the guidance period for the housing rental reporting system will end, and fines will be imposed for late reporting.
【Health field (2)】
⑲ Expansion of targets and support for shingles vaccination for Yeongcheon citizens (city)
Those in the lowest income bracket over the age of 65 are provided free of charge, and the vaccine cost is partially subsidized for general citizens over the age of 65 (administration fee of 19,610 won is borne by individuals).
⑳ New introduction of national vaccination hexavalent combination vaccine (Government)
A new hexavalent combination vaccine will be introduced with support for three hexavalent combination vaccines and one hepatitis B vaccine.
Yeongcheon Mayor Choi Ki-moon said, “If a little attention improves the quality of life of citizens, that is citizen happiness.” He added, “We will continue to implement policies that make citizens happy from the perspective of citizens and do our best to promote them in an easy-to-understand way.”
Economy Queen Reporter Hongmi Kim / Photo Yeongcheon City
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