"This center is an area that leads the efforts (to make welfare hubs)," she said. "I hope this model will spread across the nation as it is being applied here successfully."

The center has been designated a "welfare hub" through which the government seeks to provide tailored welfare services to those in need of them.

Through the center, the government has been trying to identify the "blind spots" in the state welfare system and make government services more "accessible" to a wider population, officials said.

The center was part of the government's ongoing program to provide services that are customized to meet the specific needs of individuals at different stages of life such as those for the elderly and the underprivileged.

"The government is pushing to revamp the welfare service system so that these services can be more effectively delivered to the people," Park's office Cheong Wa Dae said in a press release.

Between 2014 and last year, the government test-ran welfare hubs in 15 low-level administrative units across the country. It plans to introduce this kind of welfare program in some 3,500 local administrative units by 2018.

In recent weeks, Park has been ramping up efforts to promote various policy initiatives aimed at enhancing the well-being of citizens, such as an after-school childcare program and flextime system, both of which are designed to help workers maintain work-family balance. (Yonhap)