Parliamentary QA
YOUTHS SUPPORTED UNDER CREST-YOUTH AND YIT PROGRAMMES AND AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT DURATIONS
16 October 2024
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NOTICE PAPER NO. 3140
NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON OR AFTER 16 OCTOBER 2024
Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Ms Nadia Ahmad Samdin
MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC
Question No. 6204
To ask the Minister for Health (a) what is the average age of youths who are supported by the (i) Youth Community Outreach Team (CREST-Youth) and (ii) Youth Integrated Team (YIT), respectively; (b) what is the average duration which a youth is supported for; and (c) how many touchpoints does a mental healthcare worker has with (i) the youth and (ii) their caregivers, respectively, during that period.
Answer
1 Details of Youth Community Outreach Team (CREST-Youth) and Youth Integrated Team (YIT) services are shown in Table 1. MOH does not track the number of sessions CREST-Youth and YIT service providers have with caregivers.
Table 1: Average client age, duration of support, and number of sessions of CREST-Youth and YIT services
CREST-Youth YIT
Table caption
CREST-Youth | YIT | |
|---|---|---|
Average age of youths who are supported | Majority of the youths are between 17 and 21 years. | |
Average duration which a youth is supported for | 4-5 months | 6-7 months |
Average number of sessions with youth | 4 sessions | 4 sessions |