220 Beneficiaries assisted
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EMERGENCY RELIEF SCHEME
To provide short-term relief to individuals and families in need of temporary financial assistance, regardless of race, religion or nationality. The Emergency Relief Scheme( ERS) enables them to meet their immediate needs while they seek long term help from other sources. The main eligibility criteria is immediate financial need arising from sudden death, imprisonment or illness of the primary or secondary wage earner, lack of family support e. g. abandonment of the family / elderly parents by a spouse / children.
Referral Partners: KK Women’ s and Children’ s Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, National Heart Centre, National University Hospital, Tanjong Pagar FSC, Fei Yue FSC, Care Corner FSC, Singapore Children’ s Society FSC, Lighthouse Evangelism, and Others.
Fig. 1: Amount of Financial Grants( Total: FYs 96 / 97- 15 / 16: $ 1,342,388)
$ 120000
$ 30,104
$ 77,145
$ 60,910
$ 46,845
$ 58,477
$ 83,810
$ 103,430
$ 66,249
$ 65,383
$ 71,393
$ 96,776
$ 111,136
$ 88,070
$ 82,750
$ 80,070
$ 55,430
$ 38,350
$ 36,290
$ 49,100
$ 40,670
$ 100000
$ 80000
$ 60000
$ 40000
$ 20000
$
1996 / 97 1997 / 98
1998 / 99 1999 / 00
2000 / 01 2001 / 02
2002 / 03 2003 / 04
2004 / 05 2005 / 06
2006 / 07 2007 / 08
2008 / 09 2009 / 10
2010 / 11 2011 / 12
2012 / 13 2013 / 14
2014 / 15 2015 / 16
For the Period of FY 15-16
220 Beneficiaries assisted
Emergency Relief Scheme Since the scheme was started in 1995, we have disbursed a total of $ 1,342,388
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