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Big families with young kids to start receiving $1,000 credits
The Straits Times
|September 10, 2025
About 33,000 Singaporean children eligible for first round of payment to defray expenses
Families with three or more Singaporean children aged one to six years old will receive $1,000 in credits for each child from Sept 10, under a scheme to defray expenses.
About 33,000 Singaporean children are eligible for this round of credits. This is the first disbursement under the new Large Families Scheme, which was introduced by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong at Budget 2025.
The families will continue to receive $1,000 every year till the child turns six.
The Large Family LifeSG credits can be used at various physical and online merchants to defray household expenses such as groceries, pharmacy items, utilities and transport, said the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) in a statement on Sept 10. The credits will be valid for 12 months.
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