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Social Welfare
District Support Scheme for Children and Youth Development
The SWD allocates $15 million annually to provide direct cash assistance and implement projects through NGOs under the District Support Scheme for Children and Youth Development, addressing the developmental needs of disadvantaged children and young persons which cannot be met by their families or the mainstream education system.
Child Development Fund
The Child Development Fund provides children from disadvantaged backgrounds with personal development opportunities. Through the fund's projects, participants draw up and implement their own development plans and learn to accumulate savings and intangible assets (such as a positive attitude, personal resilience and capacity and social networks), thus helping their long-term development. In 2014, 21 projects operated by NGOs and seven school-based pilots operated by schools were launched, benefiting almost 2,700 children aged between 10 and 16. The 2014 Policy Address earmarked an additional $300 million to ensure the fund's sustainability.
Clinical Psychological Services
In 2014, 73 clinical psychologists in the SWD and NGOs provided 2,723 psychological assessments and 17,114 treatment sessions for 3,472 cases presenting psychological or psychiatric disorders.
Funding and funds
Subventions and Service Monitoring
Recurrent subventions were given to 170 NGOs to provide social welfare services in accordance with government policies. Capital grants from the Lotteries Fund were allocated to NGOs on the advice of the Lotteries Fund Advisory Committee to meet NGOs' non-recurrent commitments. The Service Performance Monitoring System keeps track of the output, outcome and service quality of subvented units, according to 16 well-defined service quality standards. and specific funding and service agreements, through regular self-assessment reports. submitted by NGOs and review/surprise visits conducted by the SWD.
The Lump Sum Grant Independent Complaints Handling Committee handles complaints related to subvented NGOs receiving Lump Sum Grant that cannot be satisfactorily addressed at the NGO level.
Social Welfare Development Fund
The Social Welfare Development Fund supports all subvented NGOs to carry out training and professional development programmes, business system upgrading projects and service delivery enhancement studies. In 2014, about $80 million was approved for 99 applications.
Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged
The Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged promotes tripartite partnership among the welfare sector, the business community and the government in helping the disadvantaged. Donations in money and in kind from the business sector are matched dollar-for-dollar by the government
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