The Comcare Big Wayang

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They had budgeted $6.25 million for this comcare fund to help the needy, but so far, only 25% or $1.6 million were given out. This clearly is a big wayang by MCYS, out to hoodwinked Singaporeans with big budget when they intended to disperse only a fraction of it.


http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_333332.html

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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--> IF YOU are facing trying times and really need financial aid, the Government has resources to help you, said the Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) said on Monday.

'While self-reliance is good, if you really need, then please ask for help. The resources are there, the money is there,' said Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon.

The Citizens' Consultative Committees' ComCare Fund, for example, is distributed by grassroots leaders to residents who need urgent financial aid.

The Government has budgeted $6.25 million for this fund in the current MCYS financial year which ends in March, but only about $1.6 million has been given out as of last December.

If you need assistance and don't know how to go about getting aid, call the ComCare Call hotline on 1800- 222-0000 for directions about the various help schemes available.

 

[saf_ranger]

by giving you 150 per month.and make us like a begger

 

[halsey02]

by giving you 150 per month.and make us like a begger

read...given out by grassroots leaders...so KIND of them..anyone called & applied...maybe, they can tell us, what it is like?, and we can appreciate the care & kindness shown...and should not grumble!

 

[Angelo]

$150 per month world class indeed.

 

[DerekLeung]

Pocket change !

Bailout also not for everyone !

For cronies companies only !

 

[Ah Hai]

The needy still lack awareness of help schemes
By Hetty Musfirah Abdul Khamid, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 03 February 2009 0015 hrs

The needy still lack awareness on help schemes

SINGAPORE: Of the S$6.25m budgeted for the CCC-ComCare Fund, only S$1.57m was disbursed to the needy and low-income families in the first nine months of the current fiscal year.

That was slightly higher than the S$1.53m disbursed for the whole of the previous fiscal year which ended in March 2008.

Although this means more people are seeking help, the government feels the Fund's relatively low usage can be attributed to a lack of awareness among the needy.

With the current economic crisis, the government expects more people to seek help.

In fact, cases under ComCare schemes like Work Support and ComCare Transitions have seen a slight increase - from 3,749 for the whole of fiscal year 2007 to 4,159 in the first nine months of this fiscal year.

Still, more can be done.

Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, Minister of State for Community Development, Youth & Sports, said: "The key thing is that there may be still some people who do not know where to go (for help). So I call upon those who really face difficulty to come forward to discuss with us and see how to help them.

"But, like what you said just now, not many people use this fund. I think it is not necessarily a bad thing because Singaporeans still have a very good value, they want to be self-reliant, they want to help themselves, (seeking help) through the family and so on."

In a bid to assure the public that the government has enough resources to help - especially since the CCC-Comcare Fund will be raised to S$7 million a year for the next two years as announced in the 2009 Budget - MCYS will be stepping up efforts to make sure that those in need do not fall between any cracks in the system.

Besides strengthening the network of grassroots leaders who have direct contact with needy residents, the ministry also hopes to encourage stakeholders to exercise flexibility when disbursing help. This includes training them to be more discerning of genuine cases.

The ministry is also looking to create greater awareness of the many help schemes available. If anyone needs assistance and does not know how to go about getting aid, they can call the Comcare hotline at 1800-222-0000 for directions about the various help schemes available.

- CNA/ir

 

[batman1]

The MIW are a bunch of shameful.irresponsible and insensitive blood-suckers.
Tax so much money from the people and give out so little by red-tape and now say many people are "UNAWARE " of the available financial assistance schemes.
The MIW are not doing their jobs properly in helping the people.
RETRIBUTION WILL BEFALL ON THE MIW FOR SQUEEZING SO MUCH BLOOD FROM THE PEOPLE.
They are still sleeping on the job. Maybe They will wake up only when they received more thinner and matchsticks ??????

 

[golden]

given their scholar brain...why dont they do a Mas Selamat marketing campaign?

have poster pasted all over the MRT, Bus deports, bus stops, all over shopping mall so that the poor are in constant expose to these HELP

BIG BOLD WORDS..

"GOV GIVING $150 TO THOSE WHO NEED HELP"

APPLY TO YOUR GRASSROOT ORGANISATION IN YOUR CC

Like that more effective mah...instead of just printing a few sentence on the newspapers where majority of those old folks dont read it or miss it..
its a half hearted program...mouth says want to give but heart like do it low profle so that we give out less...