The MSF website may undergo scheduled maintenance every Tues, Fri and Sun, from 12am to 9am. Click here for the latest Safe Management Measures for weddings. Click here for other COVID-19 advisories. Click here for COVID-19 FAQs (for support schemes, etc).
All publications related to parenting & baby bonus are kept here.
MSF's response to a parliamentary question by Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang on whether the Ministry has conducted a study on whether cooperative co-parenting is easier with sole care and control or shared care and control.
Minister of State Sun Xueling's opening and closing speeches at the second reading of the Child Development Co-Savings (Amendment) Bill
MSF's response to a parliamentary question by Ms Raeesah Khan on the obstacles preventing application of tax rebates and baby bonuses to single parents.
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) is proposing to amend the Child Development Co-Savings Act (CDCA) to ensure that more working parents with Singaporean children benefit from family-friendly policies at the workplace.
MSF's response to a parliamentary question by Mr Christopher de Souza on what is being done to fight against the stigma that single mothers face and to support them in their challenges as single parents.
MSF's response to a parliamentary question by Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang on breakdown of divorce cases where shared care and control of the children was awarded.
We have also reviewed the structure and delivery of such programmes, with a view of improving their impact and delivery. I am glad to announce that we have moved to a new regional Parenting Support Provider model, where the appointed social service agency will be the one-stop service provider for their region.
