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The Support for Self-reliance (SFS) Scheme is a programme under the

Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) Scheme which aims
to assist the following able-bodied CSSA applicants / recipients aged 15
to 64# to secure employment to move towards self-reliance while
providing them with financial assistance:
(1) applicants / recipients being unemployed or with monthly earnings or
working hours less than the prescribed level set by the Social Welfare
Department (SWD) (thereafter collectively referred to as unemployed
CSSA applicants / recipients*); and
(2) single parents and child carers with their youngest child aged 12 to 14.
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Able-bodied CSSA adults aged 60 to 64 may participate in the SFS
Scheme on a voluntary basis and will not be subject to sanction if they do
not join the scheme.
*In addition to satisfying the residence requirement and financial tests,
an unemployed CSSA applicant / recipient aged 15 to 59 is required to
participate in the SFS Scheme as a condition of receiving CSSA
payment.
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The aim of the SFS Scheme is to assist able-bodied CSSA applicants / recipients to
improve their employability and the chance to secure employment. The scheme
comprises of two components:
(1) Employment Support Services (EmSS)
(2) Disregarded Earnings
Applicants / recipients aged 15 to 59 are required to undertake to participate in

related activities under the EmSS operated by the non-governmental organisations
(NGOs) commissioned by the SWD to help them secure paid employment while
receiving CSSA. To acknowledge their obligation, they are required to sign a Job
Seeker’s Undertaking to indicate that they fully understand their obligations to
comply with all the requirements under the SFS Scheme.
If an applicant / a recipient aged 15 to 59 refuses to sign the Job Seeker’s

Undertaking or fails to comply with any of the requirements stated in the Job
Seeker’s Undertaking, the SWD will, for the unemployed CSSA applicant / recipient:
• cease processing his / her application for CSSA;
• terminate further CSSA payment to him / her and other members of his / her
household if his / her application for CSSA has been approved; and
• request him / her to repay overpaid CSSA payment, if any, arising from the
non-compliance.
Also, the SWD will deduct $200 per month from the CSSA payment of the single
parents and child carers aged 15 to 59 on CSSA with their youngest child aged 12
to 14.
The SWD has commissioned NGOs to operate the EmSS with a view to
assisting able-bodied CSSA applicants / recipients to overcome work barriers
and enhance their employability so that they can find paid employment## as
soon as possible through the provision of integrated employment support
services on a family basis. The services include:
• to provide unemployed CSSA applicants / recipients and single parents and

child carers on CSSA with their youngest child aged 12 to 14 with employment
support services, including information on labour market / job vacancies /
retraining courses, regular interviews to help them develop action plans to find
employment, arranging job matching, etc.;
• to strengthen support for the aforesaid service recipients through social work
service;
• to assess the needs of the aforesaid service recipients and provide them with
tailor-made and focussed employment support services;
• to provide information on child care to single parents and child carers on CSSA
whose youngest child is aged 12 to 14; and
• to provide post-employment support services for at least three months to assist
the aforesaid service recipients who have secured employment to sustain
employment.
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For those unemployed CSSA applicants / recipients aged 15 to 59 who are
working no less than 120 hours per month with earnings no less than the
prescribed level set by the SWD, or those able-bodied CSSA adults aged 60 to
64 who are working no less than 60 hours per month, as well as those single
parents and child carers on CSSA with their youngest child aged 12 to 14 who
are working no less than 32 hours per month, they need not to participate in the
SFS Scheme.
With the objective of encouraging CSSA recipients to secure and sustain
employment, there is a provision of DE under the CSSA Scheme. The
arrangements for DE are as follows:
• monthly income that a recipient earns from working will be partially disregarded
up to a prescribed limit; and
• income that a recipient earns from a new job will be totally disregarded for a
prescribed period during the early stage of employment, provided that the
recipient has not enjoyed this benefit during the past two years.
The SWD is committed to providing a safety net for those who cannot support
themselves. Unemployed able-bodied CSSA applicants / recipients should
recognise that the granting of CSSA is only a temporary measure to assist them
to tide over a period of financial hardship. Able-bodied CSSA applicants /
recipients have the obligation to actively find and sustain employment and
support themselves and their family to reduce their / their family’s dependence on
public funds and to become self-reliant through the employment support services
provided to them.
If an applicant disagrees with a decision made by the SWD, he / she has the right to
lodge an appeal at the Social Security Appeal Board. An appeal must be lodged
within four weeks from the date of the notification issued by the SWD. Enquiries about
appeal procedures can be made at any Social Security Field Unit.
For more information about the SFS Scheme, please visit the SWD Homepage at
http://www.swd.gov.hk or make enquiry at the nearest Social Security Field Unit.
You may also contact the Departmental Hotline by phone at 2343 2255, by fax at
2763 5874 or send an email to [email protected].
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The Support for Self-reliance (SFS) Scheme is a programme under the

Applicants / recipients aged 15 to 59 are required to undertake to participate in

If an applicant / a recipient aged 15 to 59 refuses to sign the Job Seeker’s

• to provide unemployed CSSA applicants / recipients and single parents and

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