Payouts under the SG Child Support Package start in April 2027, and the one job parents can do now is link each child’s bank account to the child’s PayNow ID before 1 April 2027. The package, announced at the 2026 National Day Rally, replaces the Baby Bonus Scheme and the Large Families Scheme, with set amounts for each birth year.
Every Singapore citizen child aged 17 and below qualifies, and the support is the same regardless of birth order. Until April 2027, families keep enrolling in the Baby Bonus Scheme and keep receiving the Baby Bonus Cash Gift as before.
What each birth year gets
The amounts depend on when a child was born.
| Child born | Baby Gift | Child Credits | CDA | PSEA top-up at 17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From 1 April 2027 | S$10,000 | S$2,000 a year, ages 1 to 16 | S$5,000 First Step Grant; co-matching cap S$5,000 | S$10,000 |
| 1 January 2026 to 31 March 2027 | Top-up to S$10,000 | S$2,000 a year, ages 1 to 16 | Co-matching cap S$5,000 | S$10,000 |
| 14 February 2023 to 31 December 2025 | Top-up to S$10,000 when the Cash Gift ends, if eligible | S$2,000 a year, ages 1 to 16 | Co-matching cap S$5,000 | S$10,000 |
| 1 January 2015 to 13 February 2023 | None | S$2,000 a year, ages 1 to 16 | Co-matching cap S$5,000 | S$10,000 |
| 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2014 | None | S$2,000 a year, ages 1 to 16 | None | S$10,000 |
| In 2009 | None | None | None | S$10,000 |
For children born from 1 January 2015 to 31 March 2027, the CDA First Step Grant stays at the existing Baby Bonus and Large Families amounts. Families can keep saving up to their child’s current co-matching cap until 30 September 2027, and every cap moves to S$5,000 from 1 October 2027.
When the money arrives
The Baby Gift for children born from 1 April 2027 is paid in two tranches within 12 months of birth. Children already receiving Baby Bonus Cash Gift payouts keep getting them until 31 March 2027, and any top-up to S$10,000 is paid by 30 April 2027.
Child Credits of S$2,000 a year go to children turning 1 to 16 from 2026 onwards. The first payout is in April 2027, and later payouts land on the child’s birthday.
The S$10,000 PSEA top-up goes into the Post-Secondary Education Account, which opens automatically after the CDA closes. Children turning 17 in 2026 receive it in June 2027; after that, the top-up arrives in June of the year the child turns 17.
The PayNow step
Cash payouts go to the bank account linked to the child’s PayNow ID, which is the child’s NRIC or birth certificate number. That account has to be either a personal account in the child’s name or a joint account with a parent, such as a Child Savings Account.
Linking is done in the bank’s own app or internet banking, at the PayNow registration screen, with an SMS one-time password if the bank asks for one. The PayNow profile in the app shows whether it worked.
The CDA cannot be used for this. It is ring-fenced for approved education and healthcare costs at Approved Institutions, and its money cannot be withdrawn as cash.
Enrolment, by age
Children born on or after 1 April 2027 are enrolled as part of birth registration on LifeSG. Children born from 2014 to 31 March 2027 who are already in the Baby Bonus Scheme move across automatically in April 2027; those not yet enrolled should join the Baby Bonus Scheme first, through LifeSG.
Children born from 2009 to 2013 who have left the Baby Bonus Scheme also transfer automatically. New citizens and adopted children can enrol separately. The CDA, now open until the end of the year a child turns 16, sweeps any unused balance into the PSEA, up to the child’s PSEA cap.
The Child Support Package hotline is 1800 111 2222, open 8.30am to 6pm on weekdays and 8.30am to 1pm on Saturdays.
