2024년 긴급복지 생계지원금Starting this year, emergency welfare livelihood support for single-person households will increase from 623,300 won per month to 713,100 won per month, an increase of 89,800 won.
In order to strengthen support for low-income crisis households, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (Minister Cho Gyu-hong) will invest KRW 358.5 billion in the emergency welfare budget by relaxing the eligibility criteria for emergency welfare support in 2024 and increasing the livelihood subsidy.
Emergency welfare support* is a system that quickly provides livelihood, housing, and medical care to low-income people who have difficulty maintaining their livelihood due to crisis situations such as loss of income due to unemployment or serious illness requiring hospitalization.
* (Request for support) Jurisdictional city, county, district (eup, myeon, dong), Health and Welfare Counseling Center (☏129)
* (Report) Anyone who discovers a person eligible for emergency support reports it to the support request agency.
The income standards and financial asset standards for those eligible for emergency welfare support have been improved as follows.
Based on a single-person household, the income standard will be increased from KRW 1,558,419 or less per month in 2023 to KRW 1,671,334 or less in 2024, and the financial asset standard will be increased from KRW 8,077,000 (actual financial assets) or less in 2023 to KRW 8,228,000 or less in 2024, resulting in more households in crisis. can now support.
< 2024 Emergency Welfare Income and Financial Asset Standards >
* (Financial assets in 2023) Actual financial assets calculated by adding living reserves (median income as of 2023) and 6 million won (announced in 2023)
The livelihood support payment to be paid in 2024 was increased from 623,300 won per month in 2023 to 713,100 won per month, an increase of 89,800 won, based on a single-person household.
(Unit: KRW/month)
For fuel costs, 150,000 won per month is provided to households eligible for emergency support who receive livelihood and housing support during the winter season (January to March and October to December).
To expand emergency welfare support, the budget was increased by KRW 43 billion (13.6%) from KRW 315.5 billion in 2023 to KRW 358.5 billion.
Jeong Chung-hyeon, Director of Welfare Policy at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said, “With this measure, people who are in crisis due to sudden job loss can receive more help.”
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