All preschool subsidy applications are means-tested through Household Means Eligibility System (HOMES) which verifies your household composition and determines your Household Income (HHI) or Per Capita Income (PCI), if applicable. Household or personal expenses are not considered.

For Salaried employees: ECDA considers your average gross monthly income over 12 months, as assessed by Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board or Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) within the last 2 calendar years. This includes bonuses, commissions, overtime, allowances and employee CPF contributions.

For Self-employed persons: ECDA uses your average trade income over 12 months based on the latest IRAS assessment within the last 2 calendar years, income declared or assumed under the CPF legislation.

If such data is unavailable, you may be required to provide relevant supporting documents from the Supporting Documents Checklist (https://file.go.gov.sg/ecda-subsidy-application-suppdocs.pdf) to the HOMES Ops team or ECDA for assessment.

HHI applications (less than 5 family members): Both parents' income is included in the computation, even if they have different registered addresses. When married couples apply for subsidies, both parents and their children are automatically considered as one family nucleus.

PCI applications (5 or more family members): All family members residing at the same registered address as the main applicant must be included in the computation, including grandparents and other relatives. This means family members living at a different registered address, including the spouse, will be excluded from the PCI computation.