Assistance for Low-Income Families with Young Children

6.11 To help lower-income families with young children, we will increase financial assistance for kindergarten and childcare. We will enhance the Kindergarten Financial Assistance Scheme (KiFAS) by increasing the level of subsidy from 75% of kindergarten fees, which is where it is currently, to 90%. This means that low-income families will now be able to enjoy a subsidy of about $80 a month. Subsidies for the Centre-Based Financial Assistance Scheme for ChildCare (CFAC) will be increased by between $20 and $40 a month for each child. Other enhancements to the ComCare Fund programmes will be announced by MCYS later. These enhancements will cost a total of $6 million a year.