AMP introduced the Adopt a Family & Youth Scheme (AFYS) in 1999 to encourage self-reliance within disadvantaged families. Under the scheme, families are assisted through financial assistance and management, economic empowerment, socio-educational and parental education programmes and family life skills workshops.
Adult family members undergo skills training either in economically-viable areas to increase their employability or in setting up a home-based business as an alternative source of income. School-going children under AFYS are enrolled into tuition and enrichment programmes to enhance their academic development. Parental education programmes and family life skills workshops are also conducted for parents under AFYS to equip them with the knowledge and skills to improve the quality of their family life.
AFYS assists low-income families with school-going children, who meet the following eligibility criteria:
1. Financial Assistance and Management
2. Economic Empowerment
3. Socio-Educational Development
4. Others
The Development & Reintegration Programme (DRP), introduced in 2018, is a collaboration between AMP and the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) that adopts a structured and holistic approach in the provision of a reintegration programme for Muslim offenders from incarceration to post-release.
It aims to provide additional support to Malay/Muslim inmates in the Drug Rehabilitation Centres, and their families through an individualised intervention plan, in-care and aftercare engagements, and financial and socio-educational assistance.
Cases are referred to AMP from the Singapore Prison Service.
INSPIRASI@AMP provides post-marriage support for young couples in the first ten years of marriage through Club INSPIRASI. Some of the initiatives include marriage enrichment programmes, family day activities, couple retreats, support group sessions, and support services, which include counselling and casework, as well as information and referral services.
Young couples who have graduated from the marriage preparation workshops under INSPIRASI@AMP will be enrolled into the marriage enrichment and support programmes to assist in their marital journey.
INSPIRASI@AMP, in collaboration with the Registry of Muslim Marriages (ROMM), supports young couples through premarital consultation session, marriage preparation workshops, and parents support group.
Young couples are assessed based on their readiness for marriage at the premarital consultation session with the focus on supporting them to make an informed decision on marriage. The session also seeks to identify and address potential issues that may affect the couples’ marriage and discuss post-marriage plans. Counsellors will also assess the level of functional support from their parents during the session. The couples and their families will then be encouraged to attend the marriage preparation workshops and other support programmes and services provided by INSPIRASI@AMP, to support couples in their marriage journey.
The marriage preparation workshops (Young Couples Programme) enable young couples to build a strong and stable marriage and support them in their journey in becoming parents. Through the workshops, couples can learn problem-solving and life skills, which they can adopt in their marriage.
Parents of young couples are also equipped with the skills and knowledge to help and support their children in their journey. The parents’ support group discusses expectations of in-law relationships, roles and responsibilities of parents and parents-in-law, and strategies to better support young couples towards independence.
The Parenting Education series is aimed at strengthening the family institution and encouraging the development of parenting skills within the community. The annual seminar or webinar is focused on helping parents to understand their roles better, as well as strengthen their spousal relationship and co-parenting skills.
