Assistance

Persons with disabilities can get subsidies to acquire, replace, upgrade or repair necessary assistive technology equipment and accessories (e.g. wheelchairs, hearing aids, etc).

Get cash gifts; and open special savings accounts to benefit from CDA First Step and dollar-for-dollar matching for your baby. Baby Bonus helps parents lighten the financial costs of raising children.

Having serious and persistent problems disciplining your children? BeaconWorks helps parents and children work on their strained relationships.

Persons with physical disabilities who drive or their family members who drive them can obtain car park labels that enable them to park at designated parking lots.

The Caregivers Training Grant (CTG) helps caregivers to enhance their capabilities to better care for the physical and socio-emotional needs of persons with disabilities or the elderly.

The child care and infant care subsidy is to help parents to defray some of the cost of child care fees and to ensure affordability and accessibility of child care services to all that require the services.

From 1 April 2013, the ComCare Child Care Subsidies (also known as the Centre Based Financial Assistance for Child Care, CFAC) will be combined with the universal working mother subsidy, into one subsidy framework. This simplifies the application process for parents and Child Care Operators.

ComCare helps you pay part of your child's Kindergarten fees. You can apply for the ComCare Kindergarten Fee Assistance at any of the Kindergartens participating in the programme.

Long-term ComCare assistance for those who are permanently unable to work.

Temporary ComCare Assistance for households whose members are temporarily unable to work

ComCare helps you pay part of your child's Student Care fees. You can apply for the ComCare Student Care Fee Assistance at any of the Student Care Centres participating in the programme.

Urgent ComCare Assistance for those requiring immediate help for less than 3 months.

Voluntary Welfare Organisations (VWOs) can apply for a grant from the Ministry to carry out Cyclical Maintenance for their facilities. 

Day Activity Centre provides care and skills training for adults with disabilities.

The Development Support (DS) and Learning Support (LS) programmes provide development support and learning support for children with mild developmental needs so they can make a smoother transition to primary school.

Persons with disabilities who are unable to take public transport due to their disabilities and require a vehicle to earn a living can benefit from the certificates of entitlement (COE) and the additional registration fees (ARF) waivers when they purchase a vehicle.

Drop-in Disability Programme provides adults with disabilities with social and recreational activities for a few hours a day, a few days a week.

The Early Intervention Programme for Infants and Children programme (EIPIC) provides learning and therapy services for preschool children with moderate to severe developmental needs.

Children participate in activities that maximise their developmental growth potential and minimise the development of secondary disabilities.

There are schemes and services to enable persons with disabilities to be supported for training and acquire employment. Schemes are also available to support employers Schemes are also available to support employers to hire, train and integrate persons with disabilities.

The Foreign Domestic Worker Grant provides support to families who hire foreign domestic workers to care for the frail elderly or persons with at least moderate disability.

The Foreign Domestic Worker Levy Concession enables families to pay a lower monthly levy when employing foreign domestic workers as full-time caregivers of their loved ones with disabilities.

Setting up a social service centre or expanding existing centres

Provides comprehensive benefits to young, low-income families who choose to keep their family small so they can invest in their children's future and break out of the poverty cycle.

Home-Based Care Services provide home-help support for adults with disabilities to continue to live in the community.

MSF funds child care centres that run the Intergrated Child Care Programme (ICCP), making it possible for children with mild to moderate developmental needs (aged 2-6) to attend, learn and play with their peers at these centres.

This card provides free medical and hospitalisation treatment at government/restructured hospitals and polyclinics for needy residents of sheltered and disability homes.

We fund the operations and facilities of community-based and residential services for the elderly, people with disabilities, families in need and youth.

MSF initiated a pilot in March 2015 with the Movement for the Intellectually Disabled in Singapore (MINDS) to simplify the process to apply for deputyship for young adults with severe intellectual disability.

The Partner Connection Fund is an enabler fund that helps jumpstart the dating industry by encouraging new entrants and supporting players in their efforts to upgrade and professionalise themselves.

Voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs) can seek support and advice from us to secure premises for their activities.

Persons with disabilities can apply for the Public Transport Concession that offer concessionary travel on public buses and the Persons with disabilities can apply for the Public Transport Concession that offer concessionary travel on public buses and the MRT.

Long-term residential care for adults with disabilities with no alternative accommodation. Short-term care is also available to give respite to caregivers.

Children Disability Homes provide long- and short-term residential care for children with special needs aged below 16.

Community Group Homes enable persons with disabilities to live independently in designated HDB Flats retrofitted with disability-friendly features.

The Sabbatical Leave Scheme aims to provide social workers the opportunity to recharge and refresh themselves. The scheme also provides social workers the opportunity to engage in activities for professional advancement.

Persons with disabilities who are unable to use public transport due to their disabilities can look to a means-tested subsidy support for their taxi fares for the purpose of attending school or work.

Parents or primary caregivers of persons with disabilities who wish to safeguard their loved ones' welfare and financial security can approach the Special Needs Trust Company (SNTC) to draw up care plans and set up trust accounts.

Persons with disabilities who need to take dedicated transport provided by voluntary welfare organisations (VWO) to access school and care services can tap on means-tested subsidies.

Voluntary Welfare Organisations (VWOs), Charities and Institutions of Public Character (IPCs) can tap on VCF to improve their capabilities and services in the social service sector.