{"id":3524,"date":"2022-05-24T03:24:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T03:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/?page_id=3524"},"modified":"2025-04-16T06:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T06:20:06","slug":"leap201","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/research-projects\/leap201\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Resilient Workforce &#8211; Ensuring Opportunities for Lower-Income Workers and their Families"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\tBuilding a Resilient Workforce: Ensuring Opportunities for Lower-Income Workers and their Families\n\t<\/h2>\n<h3>\n\t\tOverview\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>The project, &#8220;Building a Resilient Workforce: Ensuring Opportunities for Lower-Income Workers and their Families&#8221;, explores whether the objectives of the Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) Scheme can be broadened to deliver more impactful and sustained outcomes for Singapore.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\tRelated Information\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/04\/A-8000333-00-00-Final-Report-Published.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report on the Workfare Income Supplement Reimagined<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<ul>\n<li>Opinion: Reimagining Workfare to uplift low-wage families<br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/newshub\/news\/2023\/2023-04\/2023-04-28\/LOW-bt-28apr-p16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Business Times<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaobao.com.sg\/forum\/views\/story20230518-1395756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lianhe Zaobao<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/nus-researchers-propose-ways-to-enhance-workfare-for-low-income-singaporeans-and-their-families\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article: NUS researchers propose ways to enhance Workfare for low-income Singaporeans and their families<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<h3>Key Facts<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p>Partner Agency : <a href=\"https:\/\/leap201.org\/\">Leap201 &#8211; Venture Philanthropy Organisation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Principal Investigator : Dr Ong Ee Cheng (Department of Economics &amp; SSR, NUS)<\/p>\n<p>Research Team :<br \/>A\/P Irene Y.H. Ng (Department of Social Work &amp; SSR, NUS)\u00a0<br \/>Mr Tan Zhi Han (SSR, NUS)<\/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\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/11\/Ong-Ee-Cheng_cropped.png\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Dr Ong Ee Cheng&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;br&gt; Department of Economics and &lt;br&gt; Social Service Research Centre, &lt;br&gt;National University of Singapore\" height=\"190\" width=\"190\" title=\"Ong Ee Cheng\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<b>Dr Ong Ee Cheng<\/b>\n<br \/> Department of Economics and <br \/> Social Service Research Centre, <br \/>National University of Singapore\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/01\/Irene-NG-e1642138683548.jpeg\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;A\/P Irene Y.H. Ng&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;br&gt;Principal Investigator, IWP,&lt;br&gt;\nAssociate Professor, &lt;br&gt;\nDepartment of Social Work, and&lt;br&gt;\nSteering Committee Chair, &lt;br&gt;\nSocial Service Research Centre, NUS \" height=\"1651\" width=\"1651\" title=\"Irene NG\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<b>A\/P Irene Y.H. Ng<\/b>\n<br \/>Principal Investigator, IWP,<br \/>\nAssociate Professor, <br \/>\nDepartment of Social Work, and<br \/>\nSteering Committee Chair, <br \/>\nSocial Service Research Centre, NUS \n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ssr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/09\/Tan-Zhi-Han-scaled-e1662106151327.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Mr Tan Zhi Han&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Research Associate,&lt;br&gt;Social Service Research Centre,&lt;br&gt;National University of Singapore\" height=\"1475\" width=\"1475\" title=\"Mr Tan Zhi Han\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<b>Mr Tan Zhi Han<\/b><br \/>Research Associate,<br \/>Social Service Research Centre,<br \/>National University of Singapore\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building a Resilient Workforce: Ensuring Opportunities for Lower-Income Workers and their Families Overview The project, &#8220;Building a Resilient Workforce: Ensuring Opportunities for Lower-Income Workers and their Families&#8221;, explores whether the objectives of the Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) Scheme can be broadened to deliver more impactful and sustained outcomes for Singapore. 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