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The Social Welfare Department (SWD) launched a pilot project of BIP (Pilot Project) from January 2006 to March 2008. The Pilot Project consisted of two parts: Part I was conducted by a non-governmental organisation, the Hong Kong Family Welfare Society (HKFWS) and Part II by the SWD. The HKFWS programme was completed and the report has been prepared in May 2008. For the SWD programme, an interim report has been published. After that, SWD continued to collect follow-up data after 12 months of completion of the project and the final report has been announced in August 2010.

The reports of Pilot Project on Batterer Intervention Programme (BIP) can be downloaded here:

- Final Report of Batterer Intervention Programme (Hong Kong Family Welfare Society) can be download here.

- Combined Interim & Final Report of Batterer Intervention Programme (Social Welfare Department) can be download here.

The Finance Committee of the Legislative Council approved on 14 May 2010 the provision of a one-off grant for education-related expenses of $1,000 for needy students.  Students from kindergarten to secondary education who are eligible in the 2010/11 school year for the flat-rate grant for school-related expenses (SRE) under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) Scheme and kindergarten students who are eligible for fee assistance under the Fee Assistance (FA) Scheme for Child Care Centres in the same school year will benefit from the one-off grant. 

Besides, the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council approved on 28 May 2010 to grant a household-based cash subsidy for Internet access charges  (SIA) starting from the 2010/11 school year for families with children, who are receiving primary or secondary education and are eligible for SRE under the CSSA Scheme.  The subsidy serves to reduce the burden of the CSSA families in meeting the Internet access charges for e-learning of their children at home.  The full subsidy for each eligible CSSA family is $1,300 in the 2010/11 school year.

Beneficiaries are not required to make application for the one-off grant and SIA.  Applicants of the CSSA cases eligible for the one-off grant and/or SIA will receive the payments on 17 August 2010 through the existing payment arrangement (i.e. through autopay to the designated bank account).  Applicants of the FA cases eligible for the one-off grant will receive a crossed cheque amounting to $1,000 by post issued on the same day.

The Task Group on Implementation of Integrated Family Service Centres (IFSCs) (Task Group), comprising representatives from all the nine Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) operating IFSCs, two NGOs operating the Integrated Services Centres in Tung Chung, 11 District Social Welfare Offices of Social Welfare Department (SWD) and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, was formed in May 2004 to discuss on operational issues and common areas of concerns arising from the implementation of IFSCs. A total of thirty-three Task Group meetings have been held between May 2004 and July 2010. You may retrieve the notes of the meetings in the following section: 

 
You may download here the notes of the thirty-second meeting.

The Social Welfare Department held a briefing session on Invitation of Quotation for Evaluative Study of the Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged (PFD) on 22 July 2010.   The powerpoint presented in the briefing session can be downloaded here.

Powerpoint on Briefing Session (English version only)

Information on additional and planned places of rehabilitation services for the period of June 2010 to December 2010 has been announced. Please download the information here.

The Social Welfare Department is now inviting, through Service Specifications and Annex, related business corporations and tertiary institutes with relevant experience to submit a quotation for conducting the above study.  The deadline for submission of quotation is 11 August 2010 at 11:00 am.  The Service Specifications and Annex can be downloaded here:

Social Welfare Department (SWD) will launch the Sixth Round application for Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged on 1 June 2010 with deadline for submission of applications on 30 September 2010.

Application guidebook and application form can be downloaded from here.

The list of Charitable Fund-raising Activities in public places in August 2010 issued with Public Subscription Permit (PSP) can be downloaded here.

The list of Charitable Fund-raising Activities in public places in September 2010 issued with Public Subscription Permit (PSP) can be downloaded here.