Supporting children and youths from vulnerable families Recent Initiatives Upstream Prevention
Holistic, Localised client/ Key community family - Themes network centric concept approach KidSTART Giving our children a good start
Desired Outcomes: • Age-appropriate child development • Improved parent-child interactions & family functioning • Earlier enrolment & regular attendance in preschool KidSTART 1. Home Visitation 2. KidSTART Groups 3. Enhanced Support to Programme Preschools
• Regular home visits • Weekly community-based • Additional resources for pilot • Parenting skills and knowledge playgroup sessions preschools • Regular screening of child’s • Build parental skills and • Improve engagement with and development and maternal well- parent-child bonding support for parents being • Improve preschool attendance & school readiness SSO clusters of: Expand to another 5000 3 current 1. Kreta Ayer/Bukit Merah 1000 children 2. Boon Lay (inclusive of children over next 3 pilot regions Taman Jurong) supported in pilot 3. Geylang Serai years UPLIFT: Seamless support ecosystem Help within schools and beyond 5. Stronger school-community partnerships
1. Strengthen after-school care and support
2. Build up students’ mental and emotional resilience
3. Step up parent engagement and support
4. Address underlying LTA causes through better case School management and pragmatic help Community
Disadvantaged Child & Family 6. Better coordination between school, Government agencies, community partners Localised Community Network Pilot Enhance existing support for children/youths and their families faced with challenging circumstances, with opportunities to succeed
Provide timely Facilitating data and holistic sharing between support for relevant agencies, children/youths to enable better with at-risk understanding of behaviours the circumstances faced by Piloting Phase 1 at: children/youths Boon Lay/ Jurong West Strengthening Social Service Delivery S3D
(1) Comprehensive and (2) More Convenient (3) Better Coordination Targeted Support to Receive Help across agencies
Guidelines for Case Master Streamlined assessment Community Link to provide Action Planning to facilitate and protocols to make it easier for targeted support for rental families align agencies on a common ComCare clients to access other with children action plan for clients with help schemes multiple complex needs All SSOs to offer access to Equip frontline officers across multiple services, either in agencies to identify clients’ needs person or through video- and connect them to relevant help conferencing
Enablers Supported by SG Cares Community Network sessions
Supported by system enablers, e.g. database to merge and share data to support service planning and outreach Community Link (ComLink) To empower and uplift families with children staying in rental housing
P R O G R A M M E SPACE
Close case support and Work with the Convenient access coordination to ensure community – to social services families progress and to curate and run and community achieve goals. customised initiatives at or near programmes to their homes. Those with support needs. homeownership potential will be given support as they journey Jalan Kukoh towards home Marsiling ownership. 4 sites Kembangan-Chai Chee Boon Lay