Good news for NTUC members with school-going children! You can apply for U Care Back to School Vouchers from now till 10 September 2012 and reduce your spending on school-related expenses.
This year’s U Care Back to School Vouchers will see $4.8 million worth of vouchers set aside to assist some 38,000 school-going children of low-income union members.
With the Labour Movement’s raised income eligibility for U Care assistance programmes, the total monthly gross household income has been set at $2,800 and below or a per capita income of $725 and below.
This is up from the previous gross monthly household income of $2,200 and below or per capita income of $600.
“U Care Back to School vouchers continues to be a very well-received assistance programme under the U Care Fund.
“It has helped our low-income union members and their families in a big way, greatly reducing expenses in preparing their school-going children for the new school term. This year, we hope to reach out to more and deliver a greater impact,” said NTUC Competency Director (Care and Share) Zainal Sapari
Each eligible child will receive a booklet of vouchers worth $125, valid from 15 November 2012 to 31 March 2013.
Vouchers can be used for school textbooks, assessment/reference books, stationery, school uniforms, PE attire, shoes, socks, bags or other school-related items at authorised bookshops and uniform suppliers.
The vouchers will also be accepted for other items such as haircuts and spectacles at participating retailers at BATA, Times Bookstores, EC House, Evergreen Stationery, Nanyang Optical Outlets, POPULAR Bookstores, The Point Optical and Eyecare Specialist.
The vouchers can also be used at the annual NTUC `U Care Back to School’ Fair from 15 to 16 December 2012 at The Plaza, National Library Building, where you can expect exclusive deals and special promotions on school-related items.
Apply today: Submit your application with supporting documents, such as a record of your salary (payslip, employer’s letter, CPF statement or IR8A form, whichever is applicable) and copies of your child/children’s birth certificates. If you have previously submitted your income documents for U Stretch application 2012, you need not submit them again unless there are changes. Other terms and conditions apply.
Online (U Care System)
Log in to U Portal to access the online system (www.ntuc.org.sg/ucare/apply). Check out the Online Demo (http://www.ntuc.org.sg/ucare/onlineappdemo.htm) and Factsheet (http://www.ntuc.org.sg/ucare/onlineappfactsheet.htm) to familiarise yourself with the online process.
Hardcopy
Ordinary Branch (OB) members: Obtain the hardcopy form and apply directly with your respective unions.
General Branch (GB) members: Apply directly with NTUC Member Services Centre, NTUC Centre, No. 1 Marina Boulevard #B1-01, Singapore 018989, or contact NTUC Member Services hotline at 6213 8008 or chat with NTUC Membership Services at ntuc.co/chat.
You will be informed of the outcome of your application and the collection details of the vouchers from mid-November 2012 onwards. For enquiries, chat with NTUC Membership Services at ntuc.co/chat.
Eligibility: Member’s child/children must be studying in the following schools in Singapore in 2013:
Kindergarten 1 or 2; Primary to Secondary School Level (Government/Government-Aided/Independent Schools under MOE); Post-Secondary Level (Junior Colleges, Institute of Technical Education (ITE), Millennia Institute and Polytechnics); and MOE-registered Special Education Schools.
