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Gumi City in North Gyeongsang Province said on the 19th that it began operating the Check-in Care Parcel mail service on the 17th to proactively identify and support households at risk of isolation.
The program was selected through a competition run by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, and Gumi was chosen again this year after last year’s selection.
The city signed a memorandum of understanding with the Gumi Post Office and launched full operations, providing support to 100 households in the area through December.
The program targets households identified by a solitary-death risk assessment tool as being at high risk of isolation.
About 70% of the targeted households are newly identified, expanding outreach to potential at-risk households that had not previously been registered as welfare recipients.
Under the program, postal carriers visit targeted households twice a month, deliver essential goods valued at about KRW 10,000 (approximately $7.50), and check on residents’ well‑being. If carriers detect signs of crisis—such as health problems or changes in living conditions—they immediately notify the city and the local administrative office, which will connect the household to tailored support.
Jung Seong-hyun, acting mayor of Gumi, said the on-the-ground welfare checks carried out in cooperation with the post office will help reduce the isolation felt by at-risk households and ensure timely access to necessary support. He added that the city will concentrate administrative resources on building a more robust social safety net.
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