Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Department of Social Development
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If a foster parent is
getting the FCG, they
can also get the CDG.
Foster parents do not
have to pass the means
test for the CDG. xiv
All parents/caregivers
(other than foster
parents) must earn less
than the means test
income threshold. If the
caregiver is unmarried,
then he or she must
earn, in a year, less than
10 times the annual
amount of the CDG.
In practice, this means
that he or she must
earn (as at 1 April 2010)
less than R10 800 per
month. If married, the
monthly joint income
must be less than
R21 600 per month.
Social relief
of distress xv
A temporary form of
help either in the form
of food, food vouchers
or a cash transfer
which will be given for
a maximum of three
months
Application can be made
for an extension for a
further three months
under exceptional
circumstances.
When an application
is made at the SASSA
offices, the designated
officer must approve or
reject the application for
SROD immediately.
Targeted beneficiaries
Persons living in
poverty in need of
immediate temporary
assistance
Qualifying criteria xvi
not have the means
to care for him- or
herself and their
family.
be a South African
citizen, a permanent
resident or a refugee.
be waiting for
payment of a social
grant; or
be medically unfit to
work for less than six
months; or
SASSA
Often, however,
application is made
with the support of a
social worker, whether
in the employ of the
state or an NGO.
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