{"id":1020,"date":"2020-08-27T11:59:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T11:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/?page_id=1020"},"modified":"2020-11-11T06:33:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T06:33:50","slug":"understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/research-projects\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Decisions on Financial Assistance for Low-income Households"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\n\t\tUnderstanding Decisions on Financial Assistance for Low-income Households\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-content\/plugins\/bb-plugin\/img\/pixel.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\tOverview\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>The study aims to understand the individual and group decision-making processes of social service practitioners when making financial assistance assessments. The study will explore different considerations faced by social service practitioners, such as the role of financial assistance and their experience with clients receiving financial assistance. The findings will further our understanding of financial assistance and enable improvements in financial assessment policies and practice to better assist clients in need.<\/p>\n\t\t<h3>Key Facts<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p>Lead Agency : Social Service Research Centre (SSR)<\/p>\n<p>Research Team :<br \/>Dr Ong Qiyan (SSR)<br \/>Dr Neo Yu Wei (SSR)<br \/>A\/P Irene Y.H. Ng (SSR)<br \/>Mr Tan Jian Qi (NUS)<br \/>Ms Mayves Gan (NUS)<br \/>Ms Bavani Pillai (Kampong Kapor Family Service Centre)<br \/>Ms Chew Jia Hui (Kampong Kapor Family Service Centre)<\/p>\n<p>Research Focus : Low-Income Families, Children and Youth, Financial Assistance<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\tSSR Staff Involved\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/08\/OngQiyan_01-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Dr Ong Qiyan\" height=\"2560\" width=\"1920\" title=\"OngQiyan_01\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\tDr Ong Qiyan\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/staff\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/08\/Neoyuwei_01-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Dr Neo Yu Wei\" height=\"2560\" width=\"1920\" title=\"Neoyuwei_01\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\tDr Neo Yu Wei\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/staff\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/08\/Ireneng_01-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"A\/P Irene Y.H. Ng\" height=\"2560\" width=\"1920\" title=\"Ireneng_01\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\tA\/P Irene Y.H. Ng\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding Decisions on Financial Assistance for Low-income Households Overview The study aims to understand the individual and group decision-making processes of social service practitioners when making financial assistance assessments. The study will explore different considerations faced by social service practitioners, such as the role of financial assistance and their experience with clients receiving financial assistance. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"parent":115,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1020","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Understanding Decisions on Financial Assistance for Low-income Households - Social Service Research Centre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/research-projects\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Understanding Decisions on Financial Assistance for Low-income Households - Social Service Research Centre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Understanding Decisions on Financial Assistance for Low-income Households Overview The study aims to understand the individual and group decision-making processes of social service practitioners when making financial assistance assessments. The study will explore different considerations faced by social service practitioners, such as the role of financial assistance and their experience with clients receiving financial assistance. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/research-projects\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Social Service Research Centre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-11T06:33:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-content\/plugins\/bb-plugin\/img\/pixel.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/research-projects\\\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/research-projects\\\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\\\/\",\"name\":\"Understanding Decisions on Financial Assistance for Low-income Households - Social Service Research Centre\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/research-projects\\\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/research-projects\\\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/wp-content\\\/plugins\\\/bb-plugin\\\/img\\\/pixel.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-27T11:59:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-11T06:33:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/research-projects\\\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/research-projects\\\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/research-projects\\\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/wp-content\\\/plugins\\\/bb-plugin\\\/img\\\/pixel.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/wp-content\\\/plugins\\\/bb-plugin\\\/img\\\/pixel.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/research-projects\\\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Research Projects\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/research-projects\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Understanding Decisions on Financial Assistance for Low-income Households\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/\",\"name\":\"Social Service Research Centre\",\"description\":\"NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Social Service Research Centre\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/cropped-CoBrand-Social-Service-Research-Centre-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/cropped-CoBrand-Social-Service-Research-Centre-3.jpg\",\"width\":761,\"height\":164,\"caption\":\"Social Service Research Centre\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/ssr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Understanding Decisions on Financial Assistance for Low-income Households - Social Service Research Centre","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/research-projects\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Understanding Decisions on Financial Assistance for Low-income Households - Social Service Research Centre","og_description":"Understanding Decisions on Financial Assistance for Low-income Households Overview The study aims to understand the individual and group decision-making processes of social service practitioners when making financial assistance assessments. The study will explore different considerations faced by social service practitioners, such as the role of financial assistance and their experience with clients receiving financial assistance. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/research-projects\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\/","og_site_name":"Social Service Research Centre","article_modified_time":"2020-11-11T06:33:50+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-content\/plugins\/bb-plugin\/img\/pixel.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/research-projects\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\/","url":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/research-projects\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\/","name":"Understanding Decisions on Financial Assistance for Low-income Households - Social Service Research Centre","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/research-projects\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/research-projects\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-content\/plugins\/bb-plugin\/img\/pixel.png","datePublished":"2020-08-27T11:59:23+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-11T06:33:50+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/research-projects\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/research-projects\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/research-projects\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-content\/plugins\/bb-plugin\/img\/pixel.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-content\/plugins\/bb-plugin\/img\/pixel.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/research-projects\/understanding-decisions-on-financial-assistance-for-low-income-households\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Research Projects","item":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/research-projects\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Understanding Decisions on Financial Assistance for Low-income Households"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/","name":"Social Service Research Centre","description":"NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/#organization","name":"Social Service Research Centre","url":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/06\/cropped-CoBrand-Social-Service-Research-Centre-3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/06\/cropped-CoBrand-Social-Service-Research-Centre-3.jpg","width":761,"height":164,"caption":"Social Service Research Centre"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1020"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1895,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1020\/revisions\/1895"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}