The government announced the 4th supplementary budget for providing customized support to small business owners who suffered damage from the re-proliferation of Corona 19, the underprivileged, and households with childcare burdens.
Up to 2 million won in cash is distributed to small business owners and self-employed workers, and up to 1.5 million won in emergency employment security support is provided to the underprivileged, such as specially employed workers (special high school) and freelancers.
Unemployed young people (ages 18-34) who have not been employed for a long time receive a special job search support fund of 500,000 won, and a special care support fund of 200,000 won per child is provided to children under elementary school age.
In addition, all citizens over the age of 13 are exempted from 20,000 won in communication expenses.
This is the contents of the support fund organized in question and answer format.
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Q. To whom is the support fund paid and how much?
▲ To explain the case as a family of four, a father who has recently been unable to operate a PC cafe receives a new desired fund of 2 million won, and a mother whose income has recently decreased by working as a door-to-door salesperson receives an emergency employment security fund of 1.5 million won. Receive.
In addition, a family can receive a total of 4.2 million won by adding 500,000 won to the job search support fund received by a daughter in her twenties, who is a job-ready student, and 200,000 won for the youngest child in elementary school.
In a house with two elementary school children, a total of 400,000 won can be received for each child of 200,000 won per child.
The father who runs the cafe receives an additional 1.5 million won for the new desired fund, and 500,000 won for the mother who previously received the first emergency employment security fund while working as a teacher after school.
In this case, the total amount of support is 2.4 million won.
If my father runs a small bookstore in the neighborhood with annual sales of less than 400 million won, he can only receive support if the sales decline is confirmed.
This is because bookstores do not belong to the specially damaged business category, which is prohibited or restricted.
Instead, if sales decreased by even one won after the re-proliferation of Corona 19, it is included in the support and receives a new desired fund of 1 million won.
If the mother is a full-time housewife and the child is a middle or high school student, there is no additional funding.
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Q. I am a small business owner who closed business early last month.
Can I receive a re-challenge incentive for closed stores?
▲ The re-challenge incentive for closed stores is provided to small business owners who closed their business after August 16, when the social distancing measure was upgraded to the second stage.
Small business owners who closed their business prior to that time can use other support methods, such as store demolition fees (up to 2 million won) and re-employment incentives (up to 1 million won upon successful employment).
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Q. I lost my job due to Corona 19 while working as a restaurant employee.
I am not a small business owner or a special high school worker. How can I get support?
▲ After the re-proliferation of Corona 19, if your income has decreased due to unemployment, vacation or closure of business, you can receive emergency livelihood support expenses.
For a household of four, if the income is less than 3,611,881 won and the property is less than 600 million won (in large cities), one million won is paid at a time.
However, the emergency livelihood support fee is paid on a household basis, not on an individual basis.
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Q. How is the child care subsidy paid?
▲ Cash of 200,000 won per child is paid to the account.
There is no separate application process, and subsidies will be provided through the child allowance account for preschool children and school banking for elementary school students.
Out-of-school children receive a separate application.
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Q. I am a 25-year-old young man preparing for a job.
Can I get a job search aid?
▲ From last year to this year, it is possible for young people who have participated in job-seeking support programs such as job-seeking support funds and job-seeking success packages.
It is included in the application for young people who are new to participate in the employment success package.
However, support is not available for youth who do not participate in the program.
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Q. Is the Internet fee included in the communication fee support?
▲ Communication fees refer to mobile communication service charges, that is, mobile phone charges.
Internet usage fees are not included in the communication fee.
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Q. Do I have to apply for communication fee support separately?
▲ If you are a mobile communication service subscriber in your own name, you do not need to apply separately and receive a reduction of 20,000 won for communication expenses automatically from the billing history for September (reflected in the October bill).
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Q. I am a second grader in middle school using a mobile phone in my mother's name.
Can I get support for communication expenses?
▲ If the mobile phone you are using is not your name, you must change your name at an agency, etc. by the 23rd to receive the reduction of communication costs.
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Q. I have two mobile phones.
Can both of them receive support for communication expenses?
▲ In principle, the communication fee is only supported once per mobile phone per person.
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Q. How can I get support if my monthly communication fee is less than 20,000 won?
▲ Reduction benefits will be carried over to the next month.
For example, a person with a mobile phone bill of 19,000 per month will receive a full reduction of the bill for September, and an additional 1,000 won will be deducted from the bill for October, the next month, and a total of 20,000 won will be provided.
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