Called Small Group Homes, the homes will provide more intensive services and care for children with higher needs. These include therapy and personalised tutoring and mentoring.
These homes will have a lower staff-to-child ratio of one staff for every three children, compared to existing homes which have one for every 25 children.
Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports Halimah Yacob announced the initiative at a residential care conference on Wednesday morning.
She said: "We recognise there are children who really do need intensive care, closer supervision, individualised attention and closer engagement. These are the children with higher needs who will benefit from the Small Group Homes.
"All the children going into the small group homes will, of course, be coming from existing homes. We will be working very closely with the management staff of the homes to identify the children who really need specialised attention."
Also announced at the conference are additional programmes and assessment tools for all children's homes in Singapore. They include a resilience building programme for children who have undergone trauma.
-CNA/ac
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