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A new 3-year study in Singapore will investigate "how pre-schoolers from disadvantaged backgrounds and their families can be best helped," according to this article from the Straits Times.
Mrs Phoon Chew Ping, NTUC First Campus' group child support officer, said: "We wanted to do a comprehensive study to gain more insights and evidence of the effects of the Child Support Model. "We also wanted to share this Singapore approach to help children from low-income families, identify new areas of needs that may arise over time and use the evidence to support advocacy efforts with the…
Four new group homes with smaller staff to child ratios are being set up in Singapore for children with greater needs and especially challenging behaviors. Staff will be trained using new 'Training Framework for Residential Care,' in which Malaysian government has invested $7 million over four years.
Singapore’s Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) will be launching a new pilot project by December which aims to enhance parenting skills and overall functioning in vulnerable families, according to the article. The plan is to provide counseling, connect families to resources, and offer other services in order to prevent child maltreatment and placement in alternative care.
According to the article, the Social and Family Development Ministry of Singapore is looking to better help children in foster care or homes. Mr Chan, the minister of Social Family and Development in Singapore, indicated that the best environment for children to grow up in is one that is akin to a home environment, and this has been supported by evidence from Singapore's and overseas institutional homes. The ministry will also strengthen its re-integration programme for children when they leave the homes or foster care.