East China’s Jiangsu province is stepping up its efforts to reach out to the needy people amid the epidemic control by creating jobs and offering subsidies.
Qiu Xinyi, a 58-year-old citizen of Suzhou, used to do a small business in Suzhou. Now, he has been transferred to a property management company and has a monthly income of more than 3,000 yuan.
The Human Resources and Social Security Department of Gusu District in Suzhou has created more than 1,440 government-sponsored vacancies in 173 enterprises, such as security guards, cleaners, and postal diversion workers. The government has so far hired 195 people so far with the provision of job subsidies and social security subsidies.
The government has also provided free skills training and entrepreneurship training to disadvantaged groups.
The Civil Affairs Department of Changzhou has increased assistance to the needy people by opening a speedy assistance track, and made every effort to ensure the basic life of people with special difficulties.
50-year-old Wang Xiaoyan ,who lives in Chashan Street, Tianning District, has been living a hard life as she needs to take medicine for a long time to treat her diseases.
Recently, the community helped her obtain a subsistence allowance, a living allowance for the disabled, and a one-time temporary price subsidy of 200 yuan.
Since the recent spell of the epidemic, the Changzhou Civil Affairs Department has targeted 33,300 people with special difficulties, including 79 thousand people in low-income groups, issued a one-time temporary price subsidy of more than 16 million yuan, provided temporary assistance for 983 people, and distributed relief funds and various kinds of living supplies.
