Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Department of Social Development
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develop skills, create
jobs and create
income-earning
opportunities.
The DoSD is responsible
for achieving these
objectives by:
increasing the number
of registered ECD
centres;
increasing the number
of children receiving
the per-child ECD
subsidy;
increasing the value of
the per-child subsidy
in registered subsidised
ECD centres.
The NIP for ECD and the
EPWP ECD plan identify
the 2.5–3 million children
living in poverty as the
priority target for scaling
up ECD in terms of the
NIP.
The provincial DoSDs
are responsible for the
bulk of the funding
and implementation
responsibility.
Local government’s role
is limited to inspection
of ECD centres for
compliance with health
and safety requirements
and to the registration
of ECD centres.
The National
Integrated
Plan for Early
Childhood
Development
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The NIP for ECD has
been developed to foster
coordinated planning
and action to address
the comprehensive
needs of young children
(0–4) holistically
through collective action
by all government
departments and roleplayers,
including NGOs
and community-based
organisations.
Targeted beneficiaries
Vulnerable children,
including those affected
by poverty, disability and
HIV/AIDS
A number of
departments, including
Social Development,
Education and Health
ECD centres
Parents
NGOs
The NIP services and
programmes are divided
into primary and
secondary services and
programmes, which are
the responsibility of a
range of departments.
Primary services include:
referral services for
health and social
development services
(including grants);
early learning
stimulation;
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