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15 September 2025
Insights & Perspectives
Greater Inclusion in a Super-Aged Society: Recommendations for CareShield Life and Long-Term Care in Singapore

By 2026, Singapore will become a super-aged society, with more than one-fifth of our population aged 65 and above. This shift carries profound implications for families, caregivers, and our nation’s long-term care framework.

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26 May 2025
Insights & Perspectives
Managing Today’s Costs, Investing in Our Children’s Future – Leap Philanthropy welcomes new initiatives in Budget 2025 to support working families
We welcome the new initiatives that will help working families manage education-related and household expenses amidst rising living costs. These include the S$500 LifeSG Credits for children aged 0-12 and the S$500 top-up to Edusave and Post-Secondary Education Accounts for those aged 13 to 20. We noted these schemes will benefit about 755,000 children and youths.
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26 March 2025
Insights & Perspectives
Greater Cost-of-Living Support for Critical illness Survivors through CareShield Life
Many working families struggle when a breadwinner faces critical illness. To advocate for stronger support for this vulnerable segment, Leap201 launched the Care4WorkingFamilies (C4W) programme in January 2025.
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14 February 2025
Insights & Perspectives
Budget 2025: Supporting working families in kids’ busing

Fresh ideas to boost government support schemes to help children get to school as families juggle rising living costs.

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22 February 2024
Insights & Perspectives
Budget 2024: Workfare enhancements announced at Budget 2024 equate to Bigger Payouts, for More Low-Income Workers
Increasing the cash portion and accounting for inflation and the household size can provide more financial stability.

Singapore, 22 Feb 2024 – LEAP201 commends the government’s 2024 Budget, titled ‘Building Our Shared Future Together’.

We were paying close attention to the enhancements of the Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) scheme.

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16 January 2023
Insights & Perspectives
WIS Reimagined — Leap201 & NUS Recommendations for Workfare Income Supplement Reform

The report argues that the individual-based WIS model fails to account for household-level financial stress — particularly for low-income families.

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19 February 2022
Insights & Perspectives
Employers must buy Primary Care Plans for migrant workers living in dorms, working in certain sectors from April” – MOM announcement on 19 Feb 2022
The introduction of Primary Care Plans (PCP) for companies to cover the medical costs of their migrant workers is one of the most progressive and important moves announced by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), as part of the Singapore Government Budget 2022 .
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31 January 2022
Insights & Perspectives
Budget Measures needed to support vulnerable migrant workers
The pandemic has not only impacted business performance, but also intensified the challenges facing vulnerable groups in our society. With economic recovery evident, now is the right time to strengthen medical coverage for our migrant workers – a key part of Singapore’s workforce.
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