Community Care Fund Assistance Programmes
The Education Bureau has implemented the following 15 assistance programmes under the Community Care Fund. Among them, the School-based After School Care Service Scheme (Expanded Programme)* is an on-going assistance programme and the remaining 14 programmes have been incorporated into the Government regular assistance programmes / completed.
- School-based After School Care Service Scheme (Expanded Programme)*
- Subsidy to Meet Lunch Expenses at School
- Enhancement of the Flat Rate Grant under the School Textbook Assistance Scheme
- Enhancement of the Financial Assistance for Needy Students Pursuing Programmes Below Sub-degree Level
- Extra Travel Subsidy for Needy Special School Students
- Provision of Funding for Ordinary Schools to Arrange Special Educational Needs Coordinators Pilot Scheme
- Subsidy for Persons Holding Non-local Qualifications to Conduct Qualifications Assessment
- Providing Hostel Subsidy for Needy Undergraduate Students
- Increasing the Academic Expenses Grant under the Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students
- Enhancing the Academic Expenses Grant for Students with Special Educational Needs and Financial Needs Pursuing Post-secondary Programmes
- School-based Fund (Cross-boundary Learning Activities)
- After-school Care Pilot Scheme
- Provision of a One-off Special Subsidy for Students on Full Grant under the School Textbook Assistance Scheme before the Launch of the Low-income Working Family Allowance Scheme
- Provision of a One-off Grant for School-related Expenses to Kindergarten Students
- Provision of Subsidy to Needy Primary and Secondary Students for Purchasing Mobile Computer Devices to Facilitate the Practice of e-Learning
More information of the assistance programmes is available at the website of Community Care Fund at the following link:
https://www.communitycarefund.hk/en/assistance.html
*Jointly implemented by the Education Bureau and the Social Welfare Department