Yongin City to Provide Female Adolescents Up to 142,000 Won a Year for Menstrual Products

For ages 11 to 18... Online applications through October 30; in-person applications through November 13

Yongin Special City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Lee Sang-il), said it will begin accepting applications on October 21 for the second half of the year under its universal menstrual product support program for female adolescents. The program provides up to 142,000 won a year to female adolescents aged 11 to 18 to purchase menstrual products.

Yongin Special City will provide funding for menstrual products for female adolescents. Provided by Yongin City.

Beginning this year, the city expanded eligibility from low-income residents to all female adolescents in the area. A total of 46,685 people are eligible, and the city will invest 4.615 billion won, including city and provincial funds.

Eligible applicants are female adolescents born between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2015, who are registered residents of Yongin. The support will be paid via a mobile card for Yongin Y-Pay, the local currency. Those receiving menstrual product vouchers from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family are not eligible for duplicate support.

Online applications will be accepted from October 21 to 30 through Gyeonggi Minwon 24. In-person applications can be submitted from October 21 to November 13 at the administrative welfare center for the applicant's registered address.

Those who applied in the first half of the year will receive their second-half support in October without submitting a separate application. New applicants will receive the full annual support amount in stages after November 13, following eligibility checks. To receive the support, applicants must install the Gyeonggi Local Currency app on their mobile phones and sign up in advance.

The support can be used at CU, GS25, 7-Eleven, and emart24 convenience stores that accept Yongin Y-Pay, as well as at the menstrual product store in the Baedal Teukgeup app. Support funds issued this year must be used by December 31; any remaining balance will automatically expire.

A Yongin City official said, "We hope female adolescents who have not yet received the support will make sure to apply during this application period and benefit from the program."

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