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The Government After-school Care Service (GACS) aims to provide care services for parents who are unable to take care of their children after school hours because they are working, looking for jobs or for other reasons.
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Includes homework help, parent education, social and developmental activities, group activities, community service or tours.
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The SWD has implemented the Enhanced After School Care Programme (EACP) through some of the organizations operating after-school care services by providing extended service hours on weekday evenings, Saturdays, Sundays and school holidays.
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Under the Fee Remission Scheme, the SWD provides subsidies in the form of full fee waiver, half fee waiver or one-third fee waiver to enable children from low-income families to receive child care services.
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The parent of the child applicant is working, seeking employment, or otherwise unable to care for the child applicant after school hours and includes one of the following conditions
- Student financial assistance schemes of the Student Financial Assistance Agency (i.e. School Textbook Assistance Scheme/Student Travel Subsidy Scheme/Internet Access Subsidy Scheme)
- Working Families Allowance (WFA) of the Office of the Working Families Allowance (OWA)
- Recipients of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) Scheme
- Monthly household income not exceeding the Median Monthly Domestic Household Income (MMDHI)
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Applicants may apply directly to the service units offering after-school care fee remission. The service units concerned will decide whether to grant the remission or not in the light of the after-school care needs of the applicant children and the financial situation of the applicant's family.
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They are located in all 18 districts in Hong Kong. The fee structure and fees vary from one after-school care organization to another.
Provides a list of after-school care units: https://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/pubsvc/young/cat_young/ascp/
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Actual opening hours vary according to individual service units.
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The above chart shows the number of places for after-school care services, the number of places exempted from full fees under the Fee Remission Scheme and the number of beneficiaries in various districts from 2017/18 to 2019/20
Source: Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children
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Address: 2/F, Sham Shung Court, 17-19 Wong Chuk Street, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon (at the junction of Wong Chuk Street and Fuk Wa Street)
Target: To provide after-school care and homework guidance services to children and youths in Sham Shui Po district (including Shek Kip Mei, Cheung Sha Wan, Lai Chi Kok, Mei Foo and Nam Cheong), in order to support families to deal with their children's pressure in schooling.
Application Procedures and Fees:
Membership Application
Applicants should bring along their identity cards and membership fees to the center during office hours. Membership fee (one year membership): $30 for individual member, $50 for family member (immediate family member).
Custodial service hours and times:
Mondays and Fridays: 1:30 pm - 9:30 pm (5:30 pm - 6:30 pm for dinner)
Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday: 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. for lunch)
Organization Tel: 2776 7600
Time required to apply for hosting service: depends on the progress of the approval process
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Address: 1/F, 1 Happiness Street, Cheung Sha Wan
Target: Primary 1 to Primary 6 students
Charges for services:
Monthly fee (if there are families with financial difficulties, they can apply for a fee reduction)
Application Procedures:
Applications are accepted every month. Applicants are required to come to the center in person or by fax to obtain an "Application for Custody" form. Upon return of the form, the director of the center will arrange a time for an interview, and payment of fees will be required only after acceptance of the application.
Custodial service hours and times:
Group A (half-day elementary school): Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Group B (Whole-day Primary School): Monday to Friday, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Full-time care is available during the summer months, please call or visit the center and ask the staff for details.
Organization Tel: 2360 0055
Time required to apply for hosting service: depends on the progress of the approval process
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Address: 1/F, 2/F, 4/F, Neighborhood Community Centre, Wan Tau Tong Estate, Tai Po, New Territories
Target: Primary 1 to Primary 6 students
Service charge: Free
Application Procedures:
Please come to our center or ask for a fax application form by phone. After completing the form, please submit it or fax it to our center, the staff in charge will make an appointment to meet and select the suitable participants.
Custodial service hours and times:
Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, 8:00am - 4:00pm (except the first four days of the first month of the Lunar New Year)
Organization Tel: 2654 6188 Staff in charge: Mr. Chan
Time required to apply for escrow service: Please submit the application form at least two weeks before the date of escrow.
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If you have any questions about the above information, please contact the Social Welfare Department. Or you are welcome to leave a message to our "Sunyu Academy" and we will try our best to answer your questions.
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Source:
Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service (Cheung Sha Wan Center)
Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong
Yan Oi Tong Jockey Club Tin Ka Ping Integrated Children and Youth Services Center
Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children
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