Special Care Subsidy Scheme for Persons with Severe Disabilities
Description
The Social Welfare Department (SWD) has incorporated the pilot programme, namely “Special Care Subsidy for the Severely Disabled” under the Community Care Fund into the Government’s regular assistance programme and renamed as the “Special Care Subsidy Scheme for Persons with Severe Disabilities” (the Subsidy Scheme) with effect from October 2023. The Subsidy Scheme aims at providing persons with severe disabilities who are living in the community and not receiving the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance with a special care subsidy for assisting them to purchase care goods, services or for other purposes related to nursing care.
Eligibility Criteria
An applicant should meet ALL of the following criteria:
- The applicant is aged below 60 at the time of application and receiving Higher Disability Allowance (HDA) under the Social Security Allowance (SSA) Scheme; and
- The applicant lives in the community (Note 1) and fulfills relevant monthly household income requirement [i.e. the monthly household income of the applicant and his/her family members living in the same premises in Hong Kong does not exceed the income limit applicable to the corresponding household size (Please refer to Brief on Special Care Subsidy Scheme for Persons with Severe Disabilities); while no asset limit is imposed.]
(Note 1) It refers to those not receiving care in residential institutions subsidised by the Government (including subsidised places in subvented/contract homes and residential care homes under various bought place schemes) or any public hospitals and institutions under the Hospital Authority, or boarding in special schools under the Education Bureau.
Application Procedures
- Applicants who may be eligible for the Subsidy Scheme can make the application. If the applicant is aged below 18 or has been medically certified to be unfit to make a statement, the application should be made by the parent/guardian or the appointee currently approved by SWD to receive HDA under the SSA Scheme on the applicant’s behalf.
- Applicant / applicant’s guardian / appointee should submit the completed application form together with the following documents (income proof documents are not necessary when submitting the application) by post or by hand to the Carer Allowances and Subsidies Team of SWD:
- a copy of the applicant’s identification documents, e.g. Hong Kong Identity Card; and
- a copy of the Hong Kong Identity Card of the applicant’s guardian / appointee (if applicable but not necessary for the application made by a social worker of the SWD who is the public guardian/appointee of the applicant).
Enquiries
Carer Allowances and Subsidies Team, SWD
| Address： | Room 404, 4/F, Lady Trench Training Centre, 44 Oi Kwan Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong |
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| Tel. No.： | 3468 5635 |
| Fax No.： | 3468 5648 |
| Email： | castenq@swd.gov.hk |
| Time： | Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 1.00 pm and from 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm, excluding Public Holidays |
| SWD Website： | www.swd.gov.hk |