Overview

AD Hostels provide alternative accommodation for adults with disabilities who are unable to live with their families.

They are suitable for adults with disabilities who are high functioning in their community living skills (e.g. able to travel independently) and do not require institutional care. Priorities are given to those who are employed either in the open employment or sheltered workshops.

These hostels also offer short-term residential-based training in work and life skills with the aim of helping individuals to resume independent living back at their own homes or in alternative forms of assisted community living.

SG Enable provides referrals to government-funded AD Hostels in Singapore.

Who Can Apply

Applicants should:

1. Be between 18 and 55 years old ^{[1] [2]}  
2. Be a Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident ^[3]  
3. Have a permanent disability based on any one of the following:
• Physical Disability – Requires assistance with at least one of the six Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) due to physical impairment
• Moderate visual impairment or worse in the better eye
• Moderate hearing loss or worse in the better ear
• Intellectual Disability
• Autism

Proof of disability must be provided using the Disability Verification Form (DVF) ^[4] completed by a relevant registered Healthcare Professional. 

4. Have low support needs, be independent in activities of daily living and do not require any personal assistance in mobility, feeding, toileting, personal grooming and hygiene and are able to travel independently. 
5. Have a good prognosis of attaining independent work and life skills. Priority will be given to applicants who are in open employment or a sheltered workshop. 
   

Applicants may not be eligible if they have one or more of the following:

• They have untreated infectious diseases
• They are suffering from serious psychotic disorders and/or serious behavioural problems that require them to be under close individual supervision or nursing care 

^[1] Applicants who are below age 21 will need the consent of parents or legal guardians for their application. 

^[2] Applicants who are aged 21 and above with no mental capacity, will need the consent of the appointed deputy(s)/donee(s) on behalf of the applicant. 

^[3] For Permanent Residents, at least one immediate family member must be a Singapore Citizen. Immediately family members refer to spouses, parents, children of the applicant, including stepparents and stepchildren.  

^[4] From 8 September 2025, the Disability Verification Form (DVF) is the standardised proof of disability required to verify an individual’s disability status when applying for selected MSF disability schemes and services and other selected Government disability schemes. Applicants can check if their disability status is already verified via their Touchpoints, SupportGoWhere, or call SG Enable at 1800-8585-885. 

How To Apply

Please approach a social service professional from a Touchpoint (e.g. Social Service Agency (SSA), hospitals etc.) for assistance in submitting an AD Hostel application. If you are currently not receiving support from any social service or medical touchpoints, you may approach SG Enable for assistance.  

Before meeting your Touchpoints, all applicants are encouraged to check if your disability status has already been verified by logging into SupportGoWhere with your Singpass. If you do not have a verified disability status, the Touchpoint will guide you to the relevant registered healthcare professional(s) to assist with completing the DVF. 

Submission of applications to SG Enable by Social Service Professional (Online or Hardcopy) 

Step 1: 

All applicants should check if they have a verified disability status by logging into SupportGoWhere with their Singpass. If the applicant already has a verified disability status, a DVF is not required. 

Step 2: 

If the applicant does not have a verified disability status or has a new disability condition which has not been verified previously, registered Touchpoint Assessor/Admin must submit a copy of the DVF completed by a relevant registered Healthcare Professional together with the application for Adult Disability (AD) support.  

Step 3: 

Registered touchpoints’ Assessor/Admin may submit clients’ AD application and completed DVF online via CorpPass (recommended) or via hardcopy. 

1. Online submission (recommended)
   Log into e-Services using your CorpPass
   

2. Hardcopy submission

   Download the AD application form, print and send together with the required documents

If required, download sections of the form and DVF below:

• Client Assessment Form (Revised)
• Medical Information Form
• Declaration Form
• Disability Verification Form  

By Post
SG Enable - Adult Disability Services
20 Lengkok Bahru
#01-01
Singapore 159053

By Email
ad.services@sgenable.sg

Upon receiving the referral, SG Enable will contact the applicant to provide information to help them make an informed decision on their choice of service.

Acceptance into the programme at the preferred hostel is subject to the availability of vacancies and approval of the hostel management.

Application Processing

SG Enable will contact the applicant within 10 working days upon receiving the completed application together with the required supporting documents from the touchpoint. SG Enable will also update the social worker who assisted in the application on the status of the application.

More Information

For more information about AD Hostels, please visit our frequently asked questions page.

To learn more about the hostel programme offered by different organisations, please download the Adult Disability Hostels Service Matrix (PDF).