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The Ministry of Health and Welfare, together with the Korea Disabled People’s Development Institute, will hold the ‘2025 Disabled Community Independence Support Pilot Project Performance Sharing Conference’ on December 11 at the President Hotel in Seoul. The pilot project has been promoted since 2022 to support the housing choices and community independence of persons with disabilities, and the Disabled Community Independence Act was enacted in March 2025.
The event will be attended by relevant organizations, including local governments and the Korea Land and Housing Corporation, to share the progress of the pilot project and discuss future directions. The Minister of Health and Welfare will award commendations to 15 local governments and institutions that have contributed to the project. Additionally, Aejiam Social Welfare Corporation, which won the grand prize in the video contest for disabled community independence support, will receive the Minister’s Award.
The second part of the event will feature the screening of five award-winning videos, presentations of excellent cases of the pilot project by target groups such as residential facilities and home-based disabled persons, and guidance on the operation direction of the pilot project in 2026. The Ministry of Health and Welfare’s director, Seong Jae-kyung, emphasized the significance of this year’s enactment of the Disabled Community Independence Act and plans to thoroughly prepare for the implementation of the main project in 2027.
Lee Kyung-hye, director of the Korea Disabled People’s Development Institute, expressed hope that the performance sharing conference would be a venue for encouraging and uniting those who have worked for the community independence of disabled people and pledged to further develop independence support policies.