Baby Bonus & Government Support for New Parents in Singapore

Singapore offers meaningful support to help with the cost of raising a child. Here's a plain-English overview of the main schemes for new parents.

Baby Bonus Cash Gift

A cash gift paid in instalments over your child's early years. Following the 2023 enhancements, it is $11,000 for the 1st and 2nd child and $13,000 for the 3rd and subsequent children.

Child Development Account (CDA)

• CDA First Step: a grant of $5,000 credited without you needing to save anything first.
• Government co-matching: the Government then matches your own savings dollar-for-dollar, up to a cap that rises with birth order (for example, $4,000 for the 1st child, more for later children).

CDA savings can be used at approved institutions for childcare, healthcare, and more.

MediSave Grant for Newborns

Every Singaporean newborn receives $4,000 in their own MediSave account, which helps pay for healthcare such as vaccinations, hospitalisation and approved treatments.

Paid leave

• Government-Paid Maternity Leave of up to 16 weeks for eligible working mothers.
• Government-Paid Paternity Leave for eligible fathers, which has been progressively enhanced.
• Shared parental leave and childcare leave may also apply.

Scheme amounts and eligibility are updated from time to time, so always confirm the current details on the official LifeSG Baby Bonus site before you plan.