All Singaporean households to get $500 worth of CDC Vouchers

The Community Development Council (CDC) Vouchers Scheme 2024 was launched by Mr Lawrence Wong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance at Jalan Besar Community Club on 3 January 2024, together with Mayors Ms Low Yen Ling, Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth & Trade and Industry, Chairman of Mayors’ Committee and Mayor of South West District; Ms Denise Phua Lay Peng, Mayor of Central Singapore District; Mr Desmond Choo, Mayor of North East District; Mr Alex Yam, Mayor of North West District; and Mr Fahmi Aliman, Mayor of South East District.

The CDC Vouchers Scheme is a key initiative under the CDC’s Caring Community pillar – one of five pillars in its new strategic direction. From 3 January 2024, every Singaporean household can claim $500 worth of CDC Vouchers. This new tranche of CDC Vouchers continues to support households to better manage the cost-of-living, as well as the local hawkers and heartland businesses.

The 2024 CDC Vouchers have been allocated equally - $250 of CDC Vouchers to be spent at participating hawkers and heartland merchants, and another $250 at participating supermarkets. As of 1 January 2024, more than 23,000 hawkers and heartland businesses, and eight supermarkets with 415 outlets island wide, have onboarded the CDC Vouchers Scheme 2024. The participating supermarkets include Ang Mo Supermarket, Giant Singapore, HAO Mart, NTUC FairPrice, Prime Supermarket, Sheng Siong and U-Stars Supermarket, as well as Cold Storage which has just joined the scheme this year. The widespread acceptance of the CDC Vouchers presents greater convenience and an extensive variety of daily essentials and services to Singaporeans.

1.27 million Singaporean households can claim the digital 2024 CDC vouchers

Similar to previous tranches, 1.27 million households will receive a notification letter in their mailbox from 3 January 2024 with details on how to claim and spend the $500 CDC Vouchers. Only one member of each household will need to visit go.gov.sg/cdcv and login with his/her Singpass account to claim the CDC Vouchers 2024 on behalf of their household. A CDC Voucher link will be sent to the registered mobile phone number of the applicant, who can then share it with other household members via the link. The CDC Vouchers 2024 will be valid till 31 December 2024.

Residents can spend the vouchers at participating hawkers and heartland merchants identified by the teal CDC Voucher decal, as well as participating supermarkets identified by the yellow CDC Voucher decal. Alternatively, residents can also find the list of participating businesses near them at go.gov.sg/cdcvouchers.

Support for those who have problems claiming vouchers digitally

The CDC Vouchers 2024 will continue to be rolled out in its digital format to allow residents greater convenience in claiming and using their vouchers easily. For residents who have problems claiming the vouchers digitally, help will continue to be available at various Community Centres/Clubs (CCs) and SG Digital Community Hubs. Queue priority will be given to seniors and persons with disabilities at the CCs. Residents without smartphones or who need to set up their Singpass or reset their Singpass password will also be assisted at the CCs. CDCs seek the understanding of Singaporeans to be gracious during the peak period of the claiming of CDC Vouchers.

From 3 to 16 January 2024, the CDCs will be engaging close to 500 youth and student volunteers from People Association’s Youth Networks (YN) schools such as ITE College Central, East and West, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Raffles Institution, Singapore Management University, St Joseph's Institution, and Temasek Junior College who will be stationed at selected CCs to help with the claiming process. SG Digital Office (SDO) Digital Ambassadors at the SG Digital Community Hubs and Silver Infocomm Wellness Ambassadors will also be deployed to provide assistance for residents who need help to claim their digital vouchers. CDC Voucher Learning Journeys, organised in collaboration with SDO, will be taking place daily during this period in selected CCs to provide hands-on learning for residents to use the CDC Vouchers.

More information on the CDC Voucher Scheme 2024 is available at vouchers.cdc.gov.sg.

Claim and Spend rates of CDC Vouchers Scheme 2023

CDC Vouchers Scheme 2023 marks the highest claim figure among all the previous tranches, with 97.7% of 1.27 million Singapore households, which includes new households formed, claiming the CDC Vouchers 2023 as of 31 December 2023.

Of the claimed vouchers, more than $360 million (or 96.5% of the claimed vouchers) have been spent at participating hawkers, heartland merchants and supermarkets.

PA/CDC is aware of unofficial links circulating, and have filed a police report. We are working closely with the authorities for investigations.

For official information and updates on CDC Vouchers Scheme, please visit vouchers.cdc.gov.sg. If you detect any suspicious messages relating to RedeemSG or CDC vouchers, please contact PA at 6225 5322, or submit the information online at www.police.gov.sg/iwitness or call 1800 2550 000 to make a police report.