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Press Releases issued by MSF. For media enquiries, please get in touch with our Communications Division.
The Ministry of Social and Family Development will be inviting Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to nominate suitable candidates for appointment as the Singapore Government Representative for Children's Rights on the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC).
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) will be enhancing the Seniors' Mobility and Enabling Fund (SMF) and Assistive Technology Fund (ATF) to expand support for seniors and persons with disabilities and improve client centricity.
Parliament has passed amendments to the Women's Charter (WC) to reflect the importance of family relationships. The amendments serve to enhance the marriage process and strengthen focus on care for the family and welfare of the children in divorce proceedings.
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) has formed a Workgroup to review and further strengthen the Maintenance of Parents Act to better meet the needs of our elderly and community.
MSF extended the application period for the COVID-19 Recovery Grant (CRG) until 31 Dec 2022, to continue to provide support for those who are financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) will be launching the Strengthening Families Programme at Family Service Centre to bring together existing marriage and divorce support programmes and services, and introduce a new family counselling service for family relationship issues including marital, financial, parent-child issues, and ageing and extended families.
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) will be proposing amendments to the Women’s Charter (WC) to make the marriage improve the marriage process for couples and incorporate therapeutic justice into divorce proceedings.
Minister for Social and Family Development Mr Masagos Zulkifli announced new initiatives to support early childhood (EC) educators, preschool operators and children at the Early Childhood Conference on 16 October 2021.
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) will be releasing the ComCare Annual Report FY2020 and the ComCare Trends Report FY2016-2020. MSF disbursed $236 million in ComCare assistance in FY2020, a 56% increase from FY2019’s $151 million.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) will be releasing the report by the Taskforce on Family Violence with 16 recommendations aimed at improving immediate support for survivors, enhancing protection for them, preventing violence from recurring, and raising awareness of early warning signs.
