Low-income families will be empowered to uplift their lives: Forward SG report

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ComLink+ builds on the existing ComLink programme that started in 2019, where low-income families with children are given coordinated and comprehensive support for needs ranging from job assistance to their children’s development.

ensure that no family here gets trapped in a permanent underclass... there are early signs that social stratification is becoming more entrenched.  

Government’s efforts to help the low-income must not “kill this motivation for them to be self-reliant and independent”..Beneficiaries also said that maintaining their dignity is important

some low-income families face multiple stressors such as ill health and caregiving responsibilities. Their circumstances and lower educational qualifications affect their job prospects and incomes. 

there was recognition that more must be done to make pre-schools more affordable and accessible for lower-income families, to give children a good start.”

Qn: Does your society do enough to help people live with dignity? (RV Prelim 2023)