HSP

Healthy Start Programme (HSP)

HSP helps low-income families with newborn babies or children aged 6 years old and below to enhance their parenting skills and parent-child interactions. The aim of the Programme is to strengthen the family as a unit and provide opportunities for their children to receive early childhood education/ development.

What HSP Provides

Families will be provided with the following: Parenting Programme - Parenting skills to promote parent-child bonding Family Development - Counselling and family support Subsidies for Preschool Education - Assistance to pay for the kindergarten and childcare fees of their children

Who Can Apply

Families with newborn babies or children aged 6 years old and below who have little or no family or social support, and whose preschool going children are not receiving preschool education; The child must be a Singapore citizen or permanent resident of Singapore (PR). If the child is a PR, then at least one member of the immediate family should be a Singapore citizen; The family’s monthly household income is $1,500 or below; and Family must meet the assessment of HSP agencies (see below for list of agencies) based on an assessment checklist.

Where to Apply

HSP Agencies The Ang Mo Kio FSC Blk 230 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 #01-1264 Tel: 6453-5349 Fax: 6455-6183 Beyond Social Services 120 Bukit Merah View #01-04/06 Tel: 6272-3675 Fax: 6272-4675 Care Corner FSC (Woodlands) Blk 345 Woodlands St 32 #01-198 Tel: 6362-2481 Fax: 6362-4824 Fei Yue FSC (Bukit Batok) Blk 185 Bukit Batok West Ave 6 #01-187 Tel: 6569-0381 Fax: 6569-5868 Tanjong Pagar FSC Blk 18 Jalan Membina #04-01 Tel: 6270-6711 Fax: 6270-9663 TRANS Centre (Bedok) Blk 411 Bedok North Ave 2 #01-106 Tel: 6449-0762 Fax: 6449-8135

Information on this brochure is accurate as of June 2005.