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Home Ownership Plus Education (HOPE)#
Home Ownership Plus Education (HOPE) is an assistance scheme to
help young low income families get out of the poverty trap by
providing comprehensive assistance. The scheme aims to enable low
income families concentrate their limited resources on education
and skills upgrading.
Implementation Date
HOPE was implemented from 1 January 2004.
Eligibility Criteria
The eligibility criteria are:
* Married couples with 1 or 2 children;
* Either the husband or wife must be a Singapore citizen, and the
spouse must either be a Singapore citizen or a Permanent Resident
of Singapore;
* Monthly household* income of $1,500 or below;
* Age of the wife is 35 years ** or below; and
* Husband is employed.
* For families where at least one spouse has post-secondary
education, neither spouse earns more than $1,000 per month
each.
** For families where at least one spouse has post-secondary
qualification, the wife must be 30 - 35 years old.
Benefits to Approved Applicants
# Each HOPE family will receive the following benefits:
* Educational bursaries, in addition to what is already provided
for under Edusave, are as follows:-
Preschool - $250 per annum per child
Primary - $400 per annum per child
Secondary - $800 per annum per child
Junior college/ polytechnic/ITE - $1,200 per annum per child
University - $2,000 per annum per child
Special education - $600 per annum per child
* A housing grant of $50,000. The grant will be disbursed in annual
installments into the mother?s CPF account;
* A training grant of up to $10,000 per family over a 10-year
period, to enable the parents to attend skills training, divided
equally between the parents;
* A one-off cash grant of $1,000 to help the family offset
utilities bills;
* Mentoring support to guide the family and help them resolve any
problems, and;
* Cash grant of $6,000-$9,000 to help the couples with family life
education, family planning and parenting skills.
