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Supporting Lower-Income Households Trends Report 2024

Topic(s): Financial Assistance & Social Support

MSF's Supporting Lower-Income Households Trends Report 2024 covers key trends in social support and the progress that lower-income households are making to achieve stability, self-reliance, and social mobility for their families. 

Emphasising the shift from social assistance to social empowerment, the Report focuses on trends in Community Care (ComCare) assistance over the past five years (2019 to 2023), and the situation of ComLink+ families as at December 20231 since its nationwide rollout in July 2023.  

     

Empowering lower-income families towards stability, self-reliance and social mobility Higher monthly cash assistance for ComCare short-to-medium term assistance (SMTA) amounts Decline in households assisted through ComCare short-to-medium term Assistance (SMTA) and Long-term Assistance (LTA) Greater emphasis on social empowerment through Comlink+ measured across six domains namely Income Security, Children's Development and Education, Housing, Family Functioning, Financial Resilience and Health

1 in 3 ComLink+ families experienced income security High preschool enrolment but attendance needs improvement Most families had yet to achieve home ownership It takes everyone to build a caring and inclusive society


The Report also highlights the collective responsibility that society has in supporting lower-income households. From the Government, the family, to the community - all of us have a part to play in building a more caring and inclusive Singapore. 


1 This serves as the first data point for ComLink+, hence no trends are available yet in this Report.