Support Measures for Achievable, Enjoyable and Celebrated Parenthood - Government-Paid Leave

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Support Measures for Achievable,
Enjoyable and Celebrated Parenthood
HOUSING
                     A place of our own

Faster Access To Housing                                       More Affordable Home Ownership
 17,000 Build-To-Order (BTO) flats in 2018                        First-timer families can receive up to $120,000 in grants
 Shorter waiting time of about 2.5 years for some                when buying a resale flat, and up to $80,000 when buying
 BTO flats, starting with 1,100 units by end-2018                a new flat

     NEW   Another 2,000 BTO flats with shorter                  Resale flats:
    waiting times in 2019                                           CPF Housing Grant of $50,000 for 2- to 4-room
 First-timer married couples with or expecting a child              flats and $40,000 for 5-room and larger flats
 enjoy priority under Parenthood Priority Scheme (PPS)              Up to $40,000 in Additional CPF Housing Grant (AHG)
 Parenthood Provisional Housing Scheme (PPHS)                       Proximity Housing Grant (PHG) of $30,000/$20,000
 for families awaiting completion of their new flats                for families buying a resale flat to live with/near their
    Monthly rent at around half or less than half                   parents/children
    the market rate                                              New flats:

 Re-Offer of Balance Flats (ROF) exercise to help young             Up to $40,000 in AHG
 couples book a flat faster                                         Up to $40,000 in Special CPF Housing Grant
  NEW   Grant and loan eligibility to be assessed just              for families buying 4-room and smaller new flats
 before key collection instead of application stage for             in non-mature HDB estates
 student/ NSF couples                                            Fresh Start Housing Scheme to help second-timer
                                                                 families with young children living in public rental flats
                                                                 achieve home ownership again
Help Families Live Closer Together
 Proximity Housing Grant (PHG) for families who buy resale flats to live with/near their parents/married child
      NEW   Higher PHG of $30,000 for families to live together with their parents/married child
      NEW   Proximity condition simplified to radius of 4km
 3 Gen flats, Married Child Priority and Multi-Generation Priority Schemes for those who are buying
 new flats and wish to live close to family
COMMUNITY AND WORKPLACE SUPPORT
                   We can manage work and family successfully

Parental Leave                                           Family Bonding
 16 weeks of paid Maternity Leave                         Embracing PArenthood Movement:
     4 weeks of paid Shared Parental Leave                    Initiative by People’s Association to celebrate
                                                              the birth of new Singaporean babies and
 2 weeks of paid Paternity Leave
                                                              forge community support for young parents
 12 weeks of paid Adoption Leave
                                                          ActiveSG’s sports programmes
 Additional 4 weeks of unpaid Infant Care Leave
                                                          Family-friendly activities at our museums, parks and
 for public servants to be taken in child’s first year
                                                          other community spaces
 (3-year pilot from 2017)
     Public servants and their spouses guaranteed        Greater Support for
     6 months of parental leave per couple               Family-Friendly Workplaces
 6 days of unpaid Infant Care Leave for parents           Tripartite Standard on Flexible Work Arrangements
 with children under 2 years                              (FWAs)
 Paid Childcare Leave:                                        Helps employees and job seekers recognise
     6 days for parents with children under 7 years           companies with progressive FWA practices
                                                          To support FWAs:
     2 days for parents with children 7 to 12 years
                                                              Tripartite Advisory on FWAs published by
  NEW Tripartite Standard on Unpaid Leave for
                                                              tripartite partners
 Unexpected Care Needs
                                                              Work-Life Grant to support adoption of FWAs
     Up to 2 or 4 weeks unpaid leave for employees
     with immediate family members or infants with            BCA’s Accessibility Fund covers up to 60%
     unexpected care needs respectively                       of construction costs to upgrade private
                                                              buildings* with family-friendly features,
                                                              including nursing rooms

                                                          * Built before the 1990s and had sought co-funding support
                                                            from BCA to fit basic accessibility features
PRE-SCHOOL AND EDUCATION
                     Care for baby. Peace of mind for Daddy and Mummy

Expanding Childcare/ Infant                              Quality Early Childhood Development
Care Capacity
                                                          Setting up National Institute of Early Childhood
 Increased full-day places by over 50% in the last 5      Development (NIEC) to train early childhood professionals
 years to about 150,000                                   Early Childhood Development Centres Act ensures
 Increasing full-day places by 40,000 over the            higher and more consistent quality pre-schools
 next 5 years                                             KidSTART pilot programme to give low income
 50 MOE kindergartens by 2023                             children early access to health, learning and
                                                          developmental support

Making Childcare/ Infant Care                            Strengthening Support for Education
More Affordable
                                                          Bursaries for students in publicly funded
 Basic Subsidy of up to $600 for infant care and up to    Post-Secondary Education Institutions (PSEIs)
 $300 for childcare for working mothers
                                                          Significant education subsidies throughout all levels
 Families with non-working mothers are eligible for a     of education
 Basic Subsidy of up to $150 per month
                                                          Enhanced MOE Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS)
 Families with working mothers, and with gross            and School Meals Programme to provide more
 monthly household incomes of $7,500 and below,           support for lower income families
 are eligible for an Additional Subsidy (lower income
                                                          Expansion of after-school care in all primary schools
 families receive more)
                                                          by 2020. Lower income families can receive total
 Kindergarten Fee Assistance Scheme: Lower and            subsidies of up to $285 a month; revised income
 middle-income families may pay as little as $1           criteria to benefit more families
 a month at Anchor Operators or MOE kindergartens
BETTER HEALTH
                     For all ages

For Parents/ Newborns                                             Support for Assisted
 $4,000 Medisave Grant for newborns                               Conception Procedures

   NEW MediShield Life to cover serious pregnancy                    Up to 75% Government co-funding for eligible
 and delivery-related complications                                  couples undergoing Assisted Reproduction
 MediShield Life coverage from birth                                 Technology (ART) treatments at public hospitals

 Medisave Maternity Package - use Medisave to help                        NEW  From 1 Apr 2018, the caps will increase to
 pay for delivery and pre-delivery care:                                up to $7,700 for 3 fresh cycles (from $6,300) and
                                                                        $2,200 for 3 frozen cycles (from $1,200)
     Up to $900 for pre-delivery care
     Between $750 and $2,150 for delivery medical                    Medisave for Assisted Conception Procedures (ACP):
     expenses depending on type of procedure                         Couples can withdraw up to $15,000 from Medisave
                                                                     for ACP, subject to per-cycle withdrawal limits
     $450 for each day’s stay in hospital

NurtureSG
https://www.moh.gov.sg/content/moh_web/home/pressRoom/highlights/2016/nurturesg.html

 Foster healthy habits from young by equipping our children and youth with the skills and knowledge
 to embrace healthy living and improve their health outcomes

                     ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT
                     Helping families get around safely and conveniently

More Inclusive, Family-Friendly Public Transport System

 Family-friendly bus and rail network:
     Open strollers on public buses
     Priority queues at all train stations and new bus interchanges for less mobile passengers, including expecting
     mothers and families with strollers

     New bus interchanges and integrated transport hubs with nursing rooms, including Bukit Panjang, Outram,
     Sengkang, Shenton Way and Tampines
     Diaper-changing stations along future Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) and Circle Line 6 stations
CARING FOR OUR CHILDREN
                     Supporting parents in child-raising

Baby Bonus Cash Gift
 $8,000 per child for 1st and 2nd child, and $10,000 per child for the 3rd child onwards

Child Development Account (CDA)
 CDA First Step: A $3,000 contribution to the CDA given without having to save in the CDA first

                               CDA First Step
                                                    Government            Total Government
       Birth Order of Child   (Parents’ savings
                                                    Co-savings              Contribution
                                not required)

                                                        $3,000
                                                    Parents’ Savings

          1st & 2nd              $3,000                   $3,000             $6,000
                                                  Government Co-savings

                                                        $9,000
                                                    Parents’ Savings

          3rd & 4th              $3,000                   $9,000            $12,000
                                                  Government Co-savings

                                                       $15,000
                                                    Parents’ Savings

        5th & Beyond             $3,000                   $15,000           $18,000
                                                  Government Co-savings
CARING FOR OUR CHILDREN
                        Supporting parents in child-raising

Parenthood Tax Rebate (PTR)                                 Working Mother’s Child Relief (WMCR)
 Parents can claim the following amount under PTR:            A working mother can claim the following amount under WMCR:

       Birth Order of Child   Rebate Amount                                                 Percentage of
                                                                    Birth Order of Child
                                                                                            Earned Income

                                                                                               15%
                                                                          1st child
            1st child            $5,000

                                                                                              20%
                                                                         2nd child

           2nd child            $10,000                                                        25%
                                                                         3rd & each
                                                                      subsequent child

           3rd & each
        subsequent child        $20,000

Qualifying Child Relief (QCR) & Handicapped Child Relief (HCR)
 Tax relief of $4,000 per child under QCR
 Tax relief of $7,500 per child under HCR

Foreign Domestic Worker Levy Concession
 Concessionary levy of $60 for families who engage a foreign domestic worker if they have
 a child below 16 years old
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