The only Singaporean studies investigating the needs of children and youth in care have involved institutionalized male and female youth offenders.
However, to the best of the authors' knowledge, no studies profiling the needs
of the children and youth placed in out-of-home care for protection or
welfare concerns have been conducted in Singapore. In addition, while
previous studies have focused mainly on mental health concerns and
abuse history (Chu et al., 2009), no studies to date have investigated