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The number of individuals receiving financial aid from ComCare, a key social safety net for the low-income in Singapore, was the highest in its last financial year since it was set up in 2005.
A total of 96,040 beneficiaries were on the various Community Care Endowment Fund (ComCare Fund) schemes in its last financial year, which ended in March. This is a 22 per cent increase from the 78,580 people in the year before.
The second-highest number was in the financial year that ended in March 2015, when there were 91,093 beneficiaries.
ComCare disbursed $236 million in financial aid in its last financial year, a 56 per cent jump from the $151 million in the year before and the largest sum given out since its inception.
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) released the ComCare annual and trends report yesterday.
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